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Woman shares horrors of PTSD, looking for answers Play Video
January 23, 2012 7:44 PM
A Colorado Springs woman says she's still recovering from the horrors of domestic violence she experienced last summer. However, Rebecca Granados says she feels like it was her husband's Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder that led to the attack - and more specifically the medications he was taking. Now she says she... more » -
VA wait times too much for local vet Play Video
December 13, 2011 7:50 PM
"I am so blessed that this woman stuck with me; I mean I've put her through the test," says Don Dupuis, a Vietnam veteran. He says it's the 40-plus years of P.T.S.D. he's had since coming home from war. "Something wasn't right; I just didn't know what it was,"... more » -
VA adding nearly $1M to help CO homeless vets; HQ in CO Springs Play Video
October 17, 2011 7:40 PM
"Let me tell you, my business cards are still warm from the printing press," says Dee Drake, program director for Homes for all Veterans; she seems anxious to start handing them out. Drake and her staff are eager to get things started at Homes for all Veterans. It's a... more » -
VA adding nearly $1M to help CO homeless vets; HQ in CO Springs
October 17, 2011 5:24 PM
A nearly $1 million grant from Veterans Affairs is going towards helping homeless vets across Colorado. Homes for All Veterans is putting their headquarters in Colorado Springs; mainly because of the large numbers of veterans in the Pikes Peak region. They're a part of Denver Options, a group that... more » -
Soldier gets help getting off the streets
November 6, 2010 12:43 AM
The hassles of moving are only happiness for Jesse Thomas, an Iraq combat veteran who's been homeless for months; including the last five that he's had his son, Jah-mere. "This is the car seat that I had for him when we slept in the car and these two baby... more » -
Dems question Ken Buck's view on running the V.A.
September 23, 2010 7:19 PM
El Paso County Democrats are questioning G.O.P. Senate candidate Ken Buck's plans for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Democrats met in Memorial Park in Colorado Springs Thursday, concerned Buck has plans to privatize the V.A and take it out of government control. The plan was mentioned on a recent... more » -
20 years after Op. Desert Shield began, V.A. is looking into illnesses
August 15, 2010 8:47 PM
Nearly 700,000 men and women served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in the Gulf War. The Department of Veterans Affairs says nearly a quarter of them suffer from symptoms related to what they call the Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses. Veterans have experienced chronic symptoms such as fatigue, weakness,... more » -
Funding for Colorado VA hospital clears committee
July 20, 2010 3:36 PM
A bill that includes more than $451 million toward a new Veterans Affairs hospital in Denver has been approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee. Colorado Democratic Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet said Tuesday the bill has a total of $800 million for VA and military construction in the... more » -
Looking forward to new V.A. regulations
July 12, 2010 7:49 PM
There are new guidelines in place that will help soldiers file claims for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, one of the most common after effects of war. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs signed off on the change today, to try and streamline the process. For one local man, there is... more » -
VA seeks to make benefits easier for vets to get
March 18, 2010 12:25 PM
The Veterans Affairs Department is taking steps for the first time to make it easier for veterans of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars to get disability benefits for malaria, West Nile Virus and other diseases. The VA has proposed a regulation change that lets veterans qualify for benefits by... more »
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