Tag Archives: PTSD

SERVICE DOGS IN VA PTSD CASES

You folks with bent brain syndrome who desire a good service/comfort dog may want to investigate this avenue. Hell, you don’t need to have scrambled eggs upstairs to need one. They are great to talk about the meaning of life … Continue reading

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VA–DEFINE SUICIDE, PLEASE.

Jamie Reno, the biggest little journalist from down south, continues to excavate some good chowder for consumption. His latest here, found in the International Business Times, is a scathing indictment of the VA’s propensity to shoot the whistleblowers-or- if more … Continue reading

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More good news

I want to share the good news that my husband’s disability claim has been largely successful–although he was denied HCV.  We received a decision in under one year and the information found on this website was critical. Nonetheless, there is … Continue reading

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PROJECT SANCTUARY

Here’s a real hands-on charity in Colorado. I read over their 2012 IRS 990  Sanctuary 990 2012 and liked what I see.  Project Sanctuary conducted ten retreats in 2011, their latest year tabulated above. That took 103 military families-Dads, Moms, and in … Continue reading

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VA TO EXPAND TBI INJURIES

Well, the VA finally has decided to think like an AO presumptive claim. Certain diseases travel in a herd. TBI is a compendium of many brain damaged functions in no particular order. Additionally, no one suffers from exactly the same … Continue reading

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CLASS OF 2013

Ladies and Gentlemen, I proudly present to you the class of 2013-an eclectic bunch to be sure.    Stretch (left, below) was elected class valedictorian and Chubby was voted most likely to be eaten first.

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“Dogs bless you”: service dogs for veterans

We are huge fans of sharing our lives with furry companions, at one time sharing our property with a rescued yellow lab, five rescued beagles and two rescued cats.  It could get really noisy when they howled in chorus to … Continue reading

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BETTER WATCH OUT. BETTER NOT POUT. BETTER NOT FILE ‘CAUSE I’M TELLIN’ YOU WHY

This was in my Facebook from  Chapman AmVETS. Ugly percentages. The comments alone make me sick. Perhaps some of these enlightened people will step forward and sign up for a few years of early morning wake ups and cold chow. Cold … Continue reading

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WHERE’S THAT CONFOUNDED VET?

Member Bruce McCartney, our Atlanta bureau chief, sends us this one. Seems the Atlanta VAMC can’t keep track of it’s PTSD inpatients. To add insult to injury , they can’t or won’t take care of the outpatients either. This is … Continue reading

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BVA–HCV + PTSD ≠ VR&E SUCCESS

In seeking out and researching Hepatitis  decisions, I occasionally pick up a few other ones as the search engine list them all if they mention the word. Here is an example of a VR&E program that  went awry. The documentation … Continue reading

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