Tag Archives: Veterans Administration

Justice for Rasmea? Maybe. It matters to Vets. And millions of others.

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Susan Chandler

We don’t expect the deaf to to hear when dealing with our bureaucracy; nor do we expect the blind to see, or the paralyzed to walk. But we do expect those with PTSD to not have have PTSD when they’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Uncategorized | Tagged Committee to Stop FBI Repression, disability rights, fair trials, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rasmea Odeh, VA, Veterans Administration | Leave a comment

Vets v Politics: More of the AZ story.

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Susan Chandler

Meet the Researcher Who Was Fired After Trying to Give Weed to Veterans | VICE News I am a lifelong Republican, and I am very conservative. This is going to make me sound like a liberal but I’ll say it: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dead Vets, epilepsy, medical marijuana, PTSD, Suzanne Sisley, TBI, University of Arizona, VA, Vet suicides, Veterans Administration | Leave a comment

MN Judge Frank Kundrat is denying TBI/PTSD/epilepsy Vet Mark Bowles a fair trial.

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Susan Chandler

I’m glad that I decided to press past the startling opening of this video … I have TBI/PTSD/epilepsy, so I’m not big on being startled, so say the least. Please watch all the interview segments with Mark Bowles brave mother. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Charlotte's Web, epilepsy, Epilepsy Foundation, false arrest, Frank Kundrat, judical misconduct, malicious prosecution, Mark Bowles, medical malpractive, Minnesota, police misconduct, Post Dramatic Stress Disorder, prosecutorial misconduct, PTSD, TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury, VA, Vet, veteran, Veterans Administration | 2 Comments

Got, got, got, got no time … 22 Vet suicides per day. #MedicareForVets

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Susan Chandler

Rooney Cosponsors Bill to Improve Veteran Health Care Access 05/28/14 Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney (FL-17), an Army veteran and member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, today cosponsored the Veteran-Centered Access to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Medicare for Vets, Tom Rooney, VA, Veterans Administration | Leave a comment

Veteran Crisis: From discharge papers to death certificates.

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Susan Chandler

A fatal wait: Veterans languish and die on a VA hospital’s secret list – CNN.com At least 40 U.S. veterans died waiting for appointments at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care system, many of whom were placed on a secret … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dead Vets, delay in service, denial of service, VA, Veterans Administration | Leave a comment

American Mental Health Counselors Association speaks out on states’ refusing Medicaid Expansion.

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Susan Chandler

State Data from “Dashed Hopes” Report AMHCA has provided detailed figures on how many people who have a serious mental illness, are in serious psychological distress, or have a substance use disorder are eligible for health insurance coverage through the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Mental Health Counselors Association, AMHCA, Charlene Dill, Medicaid Expansion, mental illness, Rick Scott, Veteran suicide pandemic, Veterans Administration | Leave a comment

End Veteran suicide pandemic: Dismantle VA, give Vets no copay Medicare.

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Susan Chandler

<img src=” Via: TakePart.com” alt=”Veteran Suicide Pandemic” /> If a disease was disseminating the civilian population in these proportions, the mainstream media would never shut up about it; Congress would be forced into taking whatever actions were necessary to turn … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #22PerDay, conservative mainstream media, Medicare, VA, Veteran suicide pandemic, Veterans Administration | 1 Comment

Our goddamned government killed another Vet.

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Susan Chandler

Homeless Marine Veteran Jailed For Trespassing ‘Baked To Death’ In His Cell | ThinkProgress Murdough’s mother, who described him as a “lovely, caring guy” who would “give you the shirt off his back,” said she didn’t even learn of his … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Nelson, epilepsy, IED, Jerome Murdoch, Marco Rubio, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury, Veteran homelessness, Veteran in-custody death, Veteran suicide, Veterans Administration | 4 Comments

For Michael, and other Vets with PTSD and epilepsy after TBI.

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Susan Chandler

Earlier today, I had occasion to write to a U.S. senator on another subject, and ended up making a pitch for Vets that return from conflict with a different brain than the one they left with … a far less … Continue reading →

Posted in #ColorOfLaw, Uncategorized | Tagged #FalseImprisonment, #MaliciousProsecution, agent orange, epilepsy, Epilepsy Foundation of Florida, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury, Veterans Administration | Leave a comment

VA Whistleblower Ignites Firestorm Over Vets’ Illnesses | The American Conservative

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Susan Chandler

… Dr. Steven S. Coughlin’s charges that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials hid, manipulated, and even lied about research pertaining to Gulf War Illness (GWI) and health problems plaguing Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are still causing fallout … Continue reading →

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