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New VA clinics, expansions left in limbo
February 26, 2013 3:59 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A veterans' health clinic in Brick, N.J. is in such disrepair that when the snow gets heavy, patients have to go elsewhere for fear the roof might collapse. Another in San Antonio has extensive mildew and mold problems that could prove a health hazard for employees and... more » -
Report: Fayetteville VA failed suicide risk vets
February 3, 2013 1:35 PM
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - An internal government audit finds the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center failed to fully follow up with veterans considered high suicide risks after their hospital discharge. The Fayetteville Observer reports the VA is required to check on high-risk patients weekly for the first month following their... more » -
Vets face confusion using GI Bill at state schools
January 5, 2013 12:27 PM
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - In choosing to serve her country in uniform, Hayleigh Lynn Perez knowingly accepted a nomadic life. Now the former Army sergeant says she and thousands of other veterans trying to get a higher education are being penalized for that enforced rootlessness. Under the Post-9/11 GI Bill,... more » -
Major hurdles remain to end veteran homelessness
November 11, 2012 12:59 PM
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) - Arthur Lute's arduous journey from his days as a U.S. Marine to his nights sleeping on the streets illustrates the challenge for the Obama administration to fulfill its promise to end homelessness among veterans by 2015. Lute has post-traumatic stress disorder from the 1983 bombing... more » -
V.A. opening up medical marijuana options for vets
July 26, 2010 6:55 PM
K.C. Stark served five years in the Army, but now is back in Colorado and making a living as a dispensary owner in Colorado Springs. When he served treatment with marijuana was something you didn't think about. "You did fear that you could lose benefits," says Stark, a... more »
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