Veterans Discussion Forum - Democratic Underground Forums

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views

Army veteran: Key to getting benefits is persistence 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1753

New Brockton / Western Mass VA Investigations 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1785

Cost of scramble to solve VA wait crisis: $54B yearly 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1700

Report: Half of vets with PTSD got treatment 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1880

DOD sending team to Madigan for audit on military health care 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1623

VA: 80 percent of senior executives got bonuses 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1801

Flood of PTSD cases coming, scientists warn 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1762

Sen. Ron Johnson's shameful votes 2 white cloud Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1805

Little-known Treasury fund has tab for VA settlements 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1654

Interoperable Electronic Medical Records Program Progresses 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1793

VA, IG warn against rush of vets into private care 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1686

Senate passes bipartisan bill offering veterans more medical care options 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1802

Perry, Texas hospitals propose plan for VA backlog 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1778

Veterans in Fayetteville, region say they can attest to VA health care delays 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1654

Washington's Cold Shoulder for Defrauded Students and Soldiers 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 1798

From War to Sleeping on the Street 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1899

Patients at Fayetteville VA Medical Center have longest wait times in the country, audit says 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1787

VA orders probe of Colorado Springs veterans clinics 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1773

VA audit of veterans' health care wait times finds Anchorage satisfactory 3 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2090

VA audit: Escondido clinic flagged 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1880

(WA) 59-day wait for new local VA patients, audit shows 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1864

Data sought on how veterans fare as civilians 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1687

Exchange chief: Let 22 million vets shop exchanges online 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1737

Are there any Gulf War I vets' advocacy and support organizations? 14 politicat Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 3462

Aurora police: Suicidal veteran diagnosed wtih PTSD killed by officer 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1839

Agency checking if VA retaliated against workers 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1714

New VA secretary plans to allow veterans to seek ‘purchased care’ at other hospitals 7 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2527

Senators Reach Accord Easing Worries Over Veterans’ Health Measure 0 white cloud Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2086

On D-Day: Remembering the Muslim Troops who Fought the Axis 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 1932

Senators reach bipartisan deal on veterans health scandal as 18 deaths are confirmed 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1814

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views

Here's The Simple Reason Congress Hasn't Fixed The VA 4 white cloud Jun 2014 Jun 2014 25 2906

Veterans Group Targets Mitch McConnell, Richard Burr In New Ad Campaign 2 white cloud Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 2085

"Don't Call This Veteran a Hero" 5 silverweb Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2919

Who Really Broke Veterans Affairs? 5 white cloud May 2014 Jun 2014 2 2492

Jon Stewart rips Oliver North: Are you mad that prisoner-trading has ‘gone mainstream’? 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2107

Last of Navajo World War II ‘code talkers’ dies in New Mexico 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1814

California voters support plan to spend $600 million for homeless veterans 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 1812

Study links Iraq veterans’ respiratory problems to metallic dust from ‘burn pits’ at U.S. base 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2022

Tinnitus 18 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Jun 2014 13 5405

This message was self-deleted by its author 2 nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1768

VA Scapegoat Sacrificed, So Now Can We Fix The VA? 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 4 2150

Former Air Force toilet-unplugger wraps self in flag, clutches guns, tells you to ‘Google’ history 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 6 1885

Congress puts Veterans in eight different priority groups to receive V.A. health care. 8 pwb May 2014 May 2014 1 3214

IG: Phoenix VA hospital missed care for 1,700 vets 1 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1778

Veterans Lash Out At GOP Senator’s Attempt To Politicize VA Scandal 1 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 3 1850

A MESSAGE TO VETERANS FROM THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 2 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 4 1895

VoteVets Chair Jon Soltz: Critics Demanding Shinseki Resignation Are ‘Hypocrites’ 4 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 4 2214

The Real Veterans Scandal: 258,000 Have No Healthcare Thanks to GOP Governors 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 4 2265

De Blasio, at Memorial Day Events, Pays Tribute to Veterans 0 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 0 1689

Veterans Groups Lash Out at Republican Senator 3 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 6 2225

Dozens Of Hearings Later, Lawmakers Pressed On Where They've Been On VA Dysfunction 1 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 2 1776

Take Care Of Your Veterans 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1581

The War on America's Military Veterans, Waged with SWAT Teams, Surveillance and Neglect 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 1801

Memorial Day: For Vets, Too Many Delays and Not Enough Parades 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 2 1762

What Do You Think About Secretary Eric K. Shinseki? (Poll) 4 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 3652

Memorial Day: Despair and Resilience 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1642

My Ongoing VA Journey 19 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 11 6104

Notes From The Boonies 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1949

LAPD sued for $20M in live-on-TV shooting 4 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 2220

Fraggin' 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 1863

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views

Remember the Children 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1733

Eric Shinseki, "mad as hell" over VA scandal, is grilled by senators 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 2106

Report on VA due within 3 weeks, Shinseki says 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1673

New Names Etched on Vietnam Wall 2 jakeXT May 2014 May 2014 2 2441

Have any of you Vietnam era guys been back to Vietnam since the war? 5 Victor_c3 Apr 2014 May 2014 0 2218

question about the VN war and its veterans 45 steve2470 Mar 2014 May 2014 0 11079

For some vets, the war will never end 2 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 2082

Pulitzer-winning series used as tool to lobby for change 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1843

Volunteer docs, dentists fill holes in vet coverage 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1769

Veterans bike through Vietnam to help heal wounds of war 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1765

U.S. special forces struggle with record suicides: admiral 1 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1884

SC man hit with $525 federal fine for failing to pay for 89-cent drink refill at VA hospital 6 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 2536

An Int’l Trail of Death and Heartbreak: How the Bush Wars came home with the Vets 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1781

Veterans and White Supremacy 2 douglas9 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 2035

Military sexual assault victims face agonizing choice 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1736

Military caregivers getting assistance as awareness of their struggle grows 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1661

The Gazette and reporter Dave Philipps win Pulitzer Prize 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1763

Soldiers stuck in backlogged disability system can't go forward, can't go back 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1893

LaRue: Afghan vet loses a leg, finds his purpose 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1673

Battle over Tomball veteran's home could be headed to a jury trial 2 douglas9 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2023

Veterans

Veterans Continued...

Veterans Continued...