A review of records at 29 Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals found that only half the nurses had documented proper skills to care for patients.
When military deployments call for their parents to serve abroad, adolescents have a tough time adjusting, and a new University of Washington study shows their moods often lead to risky behavior.
Easier access to benefits and treatment to begin this week.
Senators press military leaders to improve efforts to address traumatic brain injuries, suicide and other wounds suffered by soldiers returning from wars.
Seattle Times’ Hal Bernton reports that Seattle researchers have found “long-term changes in brain functions of Iraq veterans exposed to blast shock waves.”
The military is failing to diagnose brain injuries in troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom receive little or no treatment.
The US Veterans Affairs Administration said today it is expanding a pilot program designed to streamline the disability evaluation process over the next several months to 17 additional military installations, including the Naval Medical Center in Bremerton. The goal of the pilot is to test “a new process that eliminates duplicative, time-consuming and often confusing [...]
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