Army's Disability Benefit Review System Feels Strain
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The thousands of soldiers wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have overwhelmed the Army's system for evaluating their eligibility for disability benefits, leading to a near-total failure to complete such reviews in a timely manner, the service's inspector general concluded in a report...
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With longer deployments, continued chaos in Iraq and a growing death toll, a weariness has set in among many military families.
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The Veterans Affairs' system for handling disability claims is strained to its limit, and the Bush administration's current efforts to relieve backlogs won't be enough to serve veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, investigators said Tuesday.
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Outgoing Secretary Jim Nicholson acknowledged yesterday that the Department of Veterans Affairs is struggling to reduce backlogs in disability claims from Iraq war veterans.
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British troops injured in combat receive &quot;appalling&quot; treatment, senior army officers and charities have said, The Daily Telegraph reported.
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An Army specialist, saying that it was &quot;a question of fairness,&quot; filed a lawsuit yesterday with seven other soldiers challenging a policy forcing them to serve in Iraq beyond their terms of enlistment.
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GUWAHATI, India  - It is an unexpected headache  for the Indian army, an unlikely embarrassment for the  government and an unwelcome challenge for the railways  department.
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Reports of bureaucratic entanglement dominated a hearing today on how wounded veterans are treated.
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A US military unit that wouldn't make a risky delivery poses a challenge to discipline.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs this week doubled the disability benefits of a West Virginia soldier who has been fighting for more compensation since he returned from Iraq, and assured him that he will receive immediate access to more mental health services to treat his post-traumatic stress ...
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The study is the militaryâs first large-scale effort to gauge the effect of mild head injuries that some experts worry may be causing a host of undiagnosed neurological deficiencies.
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With a growing backlog of disability claims, you may be waiting awhile if you rely on the government to protect you.
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Ray Oliva went into the spare bedroom in his home in Kelseyville, Calif., to wrestle with his feelings. He didn't know a single soldier at Walter Reed, but he felt he knew them all. He worried about the wounded who were entering the world of military health care, which he knew all too well. His own VA hospital in Livermore was a mess. The gown he wore was torn. The wheelchairs were old and broken....
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The Army Reserve, whose part-time soldiers serve in combat and support roles in Iraq and Afghanistan, is so hampered by misguided Army policies and practices that it is "rapidly degenerating into a 'broken' force," the Reserve's most senior general says.
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The National Guard and Reserves don't get enough money or equipment and are left out of important planning for national emergencies, an independent panel concluded Thursday, long after the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina exposed serious stresses on the services.
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Responding to shabby treatment of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a group of senators moved on Wednesday to boost disability pay to those hurt in combat and improve care for brain injury.
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Soldier's tumble experience at a base reflects the biggest challenges and stresses confronting the Guard and Reserve soldiers.