STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - Foreign Medical Program for veterans overseas is having growing pains | Stars and Stripes
Some veterans are reporting delays for reimbursements for treatment of service-connected injuries and illnesses.
STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - Veterans push for Gulf War Illness designation as a VA disability | Stars and Stripes
The inclusion would, for the first time, enable veterans to qualify for disability benefits specifically for a diagnosis of Gulf War Illness.
STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - Amid outcry, VA abruptly stops enforcing new disability rating rule | Stars and Stripes
The rule, which had gone into effect without prior notice, was quickly condemned by veterans groups as effectively lowering a veteran’s disability rating.
STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings | Stars and Stripes
The new rule states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the underlying impairment.
STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - Homelessness and diagnosed head injuries elevated veteran suicide rates, new report shows | Stars and Stripes
The suicide rate for veterans with a recent diagnosis of traumatic brain injury was 94% higher; the rate among homeless veterans was 146% higher.