Veterans Voices- Post-Traumatic Stress and a Traumatic Brain Injury strain a marriage
- When doing everything right isn’t enough: A Marine’s suicide shows that even the unlikeliest veteran can fall through the cracks.
- The War Within: The battle against post-traumatic stress
- Brown Water Update: VA updates list of Vietnam Navy ships exposed to Agent Orange
- The War Within: Special Report on Post Traumatic Stress featured on WERE 1490 AM
- Brown Water Bungle: Paperwork error excluded hundreds of Vietnam Navy veterans from receiving Agent Orange benefits
- Toxic Legacy: A brief history of Agent Orange in Vietnam
- Broken System: Despite 30-year battle, federal court victory, Vietnam veteran’s disability claim remains unresolved
- Still Adrift: Congressional inaction sinks hope that ailing Vietnam Navy veterans will regain Agent Orange benefits
- Frank Buckles, last surviving U.S. World War I veteran, dies at age 110
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When doing everything right isn’t enough: A Marine’s suicide shows that even the unlikeliest veteran can fall through the cracks.
By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved) Of all the questions raised by Clay Hunt’s suicide, perhaps the most perplexing is this: why did a 28-year-old former Marine who was receiving VA health care, taking medications for post-traumatic stress … Continue reading
The War Within: The battle against post-traumatic stress
By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved) Melissa Seligman started shaking when her husband described the aftermath of a suicide bombing he witnessed during his first deployment to Iraq. She had heard that same flat, detached tone from her father, when … Continue reading
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Tagged Military Families, Her War Her Voice, Ken Olsen, American Legion, Vietnam veterans, VA, PTSD, The American Legion Magazine, War in Afghanistan, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress, Melissa Seligman, Chris Piper, war in Iraq, mental health, Ken Jones, Vet Centers
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Brown Water Update: VA updates list of Vietnam Navy ships exposed to Agent Orange
By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2011/ All Rights Reserved) The VA has finally posted an expanded list of U.S. Navy ships exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. The so-called Brown Water ships list comes a year after U.S. Sen. … Continue reading
Brown Water Bungle: Paperwork error excluded hundreds of Vietnam Navy veterans from receiving Agent Orange benefits
By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2011/All Rights Reserved) Hundreds of Vietnam Navy veterans whose Agent Orange claims were denied because the VA failed to obtain key military records will receive benefits as a result of a review requested by U.S. Sen. … Continue reading
Broken System: Despite 30-year battle, federal court victory, Vietnam veteran’s disability claim remains unresolved
By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2011 / All Rights Reserved) A federal appeals court ruled in his favor two years ago, but Leroy Comer’s decades-long fight for less than $30,000 in VA disability benefits remains mired in the bureaucracy. Comer, who … Continue reading
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Tagged American Legion, Dion Messer, disability claims, Ken Olsen, Leroy Comer, PTSD, VA
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