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Md.'s House delegation demands fixes at Baltimore VA office from Shinseki
Maryland's U.S. House delegation met Wednesday with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki to keep pressure on the agency to fix problems at the troubled Baltimore office and follow up on promises for improvement. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, a Southern...
Tags: Baltimore County, Eric Shinseki, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Caregiver spouses of veterans get needed attention, support
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va."He's going to yell, he's going to throw a fit and then he's going to be OK. But people don't know that. I have had to pull them to the side (in public places) and say (during outbursts) 'Sorry, it's his PTSD." She is Charity Ritchie, the face of a...Tags: Lou Gehrig's Disease, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Behavioral Conditions, Conservation, Human Interest
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Confederate flags fly again at VA hospital in SD
HOT SRINGS, S.D. (AP) — Confederate flags are flying again at a southwestern South Dakota veterans hospital, upsetting two patients who first complained about the flags and then say officials allowed them to complete a hospital program early....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance, Arts and Culture, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Problem Solver: Updates on bills for eyeglasses and MRIs, and furniture delivery
For Diana Sanchez, the first part of her fight is over, but she's not finished with her quest to get reimbursed for her new eyeglasses. Sanchez and her husband, first featured in the March 24 column, paid $725.98 for two pairs of specs in January at J....
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, MRI (imaging), JC Penney Company Inc., Jon Yates
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VA to target claims older than one year
The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.A local veterans organization is skeptical about a recent decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs target claims older than a year for completion by 2015. Veterans whose claims fall in that time frame will be given a provisional rating and will have...Tags: Eric Shinseki, Salem (Salem, Virginia)
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House committee chair seeks accountability at Atlanta VA after deaths
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThe chairman of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs' Committee called for discipline for executives at Atlanta VA Medical Center in light of a report blaming three veterans' deaths on pervasive mismanagement of mental health patients. "Somebody in the VA...Tags: Suicide, Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Congress, Behavioral Conditions
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Highlights of the VA inspector general report on Pittsburgh Legionnaires' outbreak
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewA report by the Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General issued on Tuesday found the Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System did not follow its guidelines in combating the deadly Legionella bacteria. An outbreak of the bacteria from February 2011 and...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia, Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology
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Inspector general finds Pittsburgh VA system failed to follow Legionnaires' guidelines
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewPittsburgh VA Healthcare System did not follow its own guidelines in combating the deadly Legionella bacteria, according to a long-awaited investigative report on an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the Pittsburgh hospital system. The report...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Pneumonia, Diseases and Illnesses
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8-hour meeting weighs ideas on homelessness
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.About 70 people jammed into the Bloomington City Council chambers Monday to discuss a regional approach to preventing and ending homelessness in south-central Indiana. The crowd thinned to about 45 toward the end of the eight-hour gathering -- the first...Tags: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Bipolar Disorder, Social Services, Family, Mental Illness
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Florida vets could see old VA claims settled soon
Disabled veterans who have waited a year or longer for the government to compensate them could see their claims quickly granted — or denied — under a new Department of Veterans Affairs initiative. More than half a million veterans have waited...
Tags: Politics, Palm Beach County, Jeff Miller (Florida Politician), Korean War (1950-1953), Petersburg (Petersburg, Virginia)
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'Walk Off the War' gives veterans a chance to heal
Knoxville News SentinelWATERVILLE, N.C. -- They left Springer Mountain, Ga., on March 17, and for the first two weeks, the weather was miserable in ways they never imagined. During their first full day on the Appalachian Trail, they hiked into a severe thunderstorm that...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Afghanistan
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Augusta-area schools, veterans benefit from GI Bill
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.As the war on terror winds down, enrollment at colleges, universities and trade schools in the Augusta area has increased, in part thanks to a more generous GI Bill that Congress passed in 2008 to help post-9/11 veterans and their families afford an...Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, For-Profit Colleges, Financial Aid, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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