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Veterans left behind as VA
continues drastic cutbacks: Vietnam Veterans of America
WASHINGTON, May 27 /U.S. Newswire/
-- The Budget Resolution passed by both houses of Congress will
result in staff reductions in every VA Medical Center at a most
inauspicious time—as veterans return from the war in Iraq and as
increasing numbers of veterans need care from the system, said
Thomas H. Corey, National President of Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA).
The impact will be significant
among those returning troops who suffer from mental health issues
such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), those who have
sustained loss of limbs, and other serious injuries.
In addition to devastating
decreases in the availability of care for veterans that will result
from such budget cuts, the VA seems determined to contest even
long-standing disability compensation for PTSD from veterans
currently receiving VA benefits and health care. A recent VA
Inspector General's (IG) report concluded that following a brief
review of certain grants of service-connected benefits for PTSD, the
"subjectivity" involved in such determinations has resulted in
over-granting of benefits.
As a result, the VA will be
reviewing PTSD grants between 1999 and 2004, with an eye toward
revoking benefits if the claim was adjusted incorrectly. "VVA
believes that the "subjectivity" offered to the IG report is a
euphemism for poor training and quality control of VA adjudication
staff.
"We must make it crystal clear to
Congress that the budget appropriation for fiscal year 2006 year is
at least $3.5 billion less than what is needed to fund the VA
medical programs adequately," Corey said. "This is a critical time.
Without these resources, veterans will have longer waits to see
specialists, much-needed maintenance will be deferred, and medical
equipment will not be purchased.
"Together, through the Partnership
for Veterans Health Care Budget Reform veterans service
organizations will demonstrate against these drastic cutbacks.
Veterans' health care is not a welfare program. It is a benefit
earned by rendering honorable service to our country. If we don't
act forcefully now, we will continue to witness the erosion of what
was one of the finest health care programs in the nation."
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Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)
is the nation's only congressionally chartered veterans’ service
organization dedicated to the needs of Vietnam-era veterans and
their families. VVA's founding principle is "Never again will one
generation of veterans abandon another."
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