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  • An Enduring Veteran-to-Veteran Effort
    Now in its eleventh year, the Veterans Initiative Task Force (VITF) began with far more questions than answers, the most compelling an unasked one that hung in the air at the first meeting between veterans who had clear memories of being mortal enemies in the not-so-distant past.
  • The Schedule For Rating Disabilities For Vietnam Veterans
    Once a veteran has achieved service connection for his or her disability(ies), the next question to be addressed is somehow evaluating (or rating) the severity of the symptomatology to determine the appropriate level of compensation.
  • Vietnam Veteran's Memorials At College Campuses
    A look at the memorials to the veterans of the Vietnam War at college campuses and other areas in the United States.
  • Behind The Scenes Of In The Shadow Of The Blade
    In the Shadow of the Blade, a documentary film that follows the flight of a restored UH-1H Huey helicopter, leads to people and places stretching across 10,000 miles of America.
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
    The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) still has not sufficiently taken the lead in many important aspects of the effects of Post traumatic Stress Disorder among veterans.
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Treatment
    Distinguished members of the Subcommittee on PTSD of the Gulf War & Stress: Health Project, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) thanks you for the opportunity to present for the record our views on the current state of clinical diagnoses and the disability compensation claims process as accorded our nation's veterans suffering from PTSD.
  • Magic Moments Near The Wall: The Memorial Day Writers Project
    It's happened every Memorial Day and every Veterans Day since 1993 in a white tent pitched on The Mall in Washington, D.C., a stone's throw from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
  • To Realize A Dream, Many Lent Their Skills, Time, And Commitment
    Unless we came home on a gurney, most of us who served in Southeast Asia returned to The World alone, as individuals, our 12- or 13-month tour of duty completed. We were in the jungles or rice paddies or firebases one day, back on the streets of Boston or Brooklyn, Baton Rouge or Bakersfield, 48 hours later.
  • Vietnam Veteran's Memorials
    A look in to the various memorials dedicated to the veterans of the Vietnam War.
  • SBP vs. DIC Benefits Conflict For Survivors Of Deceased Veterans
    Several programs exist to aid the survivors of deceased veterans. In certain situations, these programs may interact with each other, preventing a full and appropriate financial recovery by the survivors.
  • Waiting for the Call: The September Eleventh Disaster At The Pentagon
    The conference room doors blew open. The rush of wind hit the officers in the meeting room and the concussion made their ears pop. Col. Robert Cortez instantly knew what it was.
  • Training Workshop Features Role-Playing To Teach Principles, Techniques of Advocacy
    Two dozen VVA members from across the country journeyed to VVA national headquarters in Silver Spring in October to participate in a first-ever advocacy training workshop.
  • Disability Benefits Commission: Town-Hall Meeting After-Action Report
    The Veterans Disability Commission met in St. Petersburg, Florida, in a Town Hall format to listen to the concerns of the veterans' community.
  • A New War: Dennis Andras in the Hurricane's Aftermath
    VVA member Dennis Andras found it strange that a hurricane in Louisiana should send him back to roots he put down in Vietnam.
  • The Last Full Measure of Devotion
    One of the first was built in 1971 by a bereaved father on his own land, with his own funds, in a windswept valley deep in the mountains of northern New Mexico.
  • A Veterans Day Reunion
    On Veterans Day, Jerry Barfield walked up to Tom Corey in a Washington hotel and introduced himself. Corey didn't recognize him. Barfield had seen Corey's name on an e-mail list some time before and was shocked at the sight of it. When he heard Corey would be at the Veterans Day dinner, he made inquiries.
  • Tim Brown's Vow
    In the early 1970s, Tim Brown saw an advertisement in Leatherneck magazine. The parents of a missing Marine sought anyone who might have known their son. Tim Brown knew him. He had fought alongside him, and he knew the man had died in the battle at Ngok Tavak.
  • The Downhill Spiral Continues
    With the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq having topped 2,000, those fortunate enough to return face the task of putting the war behind them and resuming their lives.
  • Strength Through Partnerships
    As an organization, VVA is always looking for ways to improve its programs and services while at the same time getting the biggest bang for its buck. An excellent method to accomplish this goal is through mutually beneficial agreements with other organizations.
  • An Image Crystallized Lee Teter's Gift to Veterans
    Describing Lee Teter's painting Reflections carries two risks. The first is inadequacy. No words can capture it. The second is redundancy.
  • More Of The Same
    In yet another GAO report released on February 16, the investigative agency questions whether the Veterans Affairs Department can adequately help troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD.
  • Our Right To Know
    As I begin my term as chair of VVA's SHAD/Project 112 Task Force, I want to express my appreciation for the honor given me of being asked to take this important post. I will work diligently to fill the position vacated by our Vice President, Jack Devine, and to keep us moving forward.
  • The Moving Wall And Other Vietnam Veteran Memorials
    A look at The Moving Wall and other memorials to the veterans of the Vietnam War.
  • L.Z. Motown: Chapter Nine's Quarter Century
    Chapter Nine, a front-runner in the fight for veterans' rights, has been fulfilling the mission of Vietnam Veterans of America for over twenty-five years. L.Z. Motown's roots go back to the mid and late '70s at Wayne State University where Detroit-area Vietnam veterans had enrolled in classes under the G.I. Bill.
  • Missing & Found: VVA's Rochester Honor Guard at The Wall
    Ten years ago, a POW/MIA Marathon Team ran from Rochester, New York, to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the national Mall.
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs Providing Certain Veterans With Prescription-Only Health Care
    The "Transitional Pharmacy Benefit" would never have been necessary if the veterans health care system were fully and properly funded to take care of the veterans who are statutorily eligible to use the VHA system.
  • Waiting for the Call: The September Eleventh Disaster
    It smelled the same as war. It looked the same as war. Grant Coates, the vice president of VVA's New York State Council, thought the memory of it might have been one of the good things he brought back from Vietnam. "Been there, done that," he thought.
  • A Long-Overdue Tribute: The Dedication Of The Korean War Veterans Memorial
    The Korean War is sometimes referred to as the "Forgotten War" because it seems to have receded from the national consciousness-eclipsed in large part by the continuing legacy of the Vietnam War.
  • Claims for Gulf War Illness, Revisited
    A lot has been learned about Gulf War Illness (GWI) (aka Gulf War Syndrome) since the 1990s. A lot remains a mystery.
  • A Long Time Coming
    In 1987, at a fish fry near Toledo, Ohio, a World War II veteran named Roger Durbin asked Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) a question about a memorial dedicated to those who served in the war. The question: Why wasn't there one?
  • Paradise Lost
    Those who have read Robert Allen's excellent book, The Dioxin War, know that the health effects of dioxin are hardly unique to Americans.
  • What Is PTSD?
    The essential feature of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is the development of characteristic symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic stressor.
  • Peace and Friendship Among Nations
    On September 12, in Hanoi, the VVA Veterans Initiative Task Force was awarded the prestigious Medal for Peace and Friendship Among Nations in recognition of the continuing contributions VVA has made in the exchange of information about fallen Vietnamese during the war.
  • Hope In Bipartisanship
    Veterans are indebted to Reps. Rehberg and Thompson for their leadership and commitment to a shining, if rare, example of real bipartisanship.
  • "We Look Out For Each Other" Tony Catapano and Veterans Over the Horizon
    Tony Catapano calls it a two-headed snake: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on one side, the addictions - alcohol and drugs - on the other, feeding off one another, bringing grief to everyone who comes close.
  • It's About The Money
    Judging by the number of e-mails I've received in recent weeks, many of you have heard the news that the VA will be reviewing some 72,000 PTSD claims that have been granted. "Why?" is the No. 1 question that's being asked of me in those e-mails.

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