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The Story Behind the WSJ Lobotomy Files Story
Sometimes the story behind the story is the most interesting. The backstory of how WSJ reporters Michael Phillips came into the Lobotomy Files is such…
While Congress Cuts Your Benefits, VA Fights to Keep You from Them
We are all well aware of what Congress is and is not doing. It looks like Republicans are likely behind the cuts, giving folks like…
Exposure of VA’s Lobotomy Program Outrages Veterans
“The doctor gave an ice pick to another MD, not a surgeon. They placed the ice pick beneath the eye lids and pushed the ice…
American Legion: VA Disability Process 45 Percent Accurate
I wish Congress had a set of balls like Ron Burgundy about Sex Panther. We all know VA strategy works for veterans far less than…
MMQB: Military, Veterans Benefits Cuts eyed by CBO Report and Congress
It looks like budget talks are going to set their sights on cuts to military pay and veterans benefits for yet another year. At the…
GI Bill Overpayment: What is the 6-Credit Hour Exclusion
Sometimes, life happens and veterans need to adjust their college course load mid stream. When this happens, these adjustments may result in an overpayment that…
Rocket Science: DoD Announces TBI, PTSD Linked!
I had to chalk this one up to my “Amazeballs” file after reading it. And by Amazeballs I mean, I am amazed at how much…
VA Launches New Benefits Website
There is a new look on the old eBenefits.gov website; we’ll call it eBenefits 2.0. Let’s hope this one works better than the old one, which had…
Can I Use Voc Rehab If I Went to an Academy?
One veteran recently wrote in about an unfortunate experience with VA Voc Rehab – he was denied because he graduated from one of the US…
MMQB: What did VA, DoD Cover Up with incomplete Thailand Agent Orange Report?
CAUGHT ‘EM – VA.gov linked to a declassified DoD report on use of Agent Orange in Thailand. Upon closer examination, we learned that 25% of…
UPDATE: Project CHECO Report on Thailand Bases and Agent Orange
This is an update from yesterday’s post about Thailand military bases and Agent Orange. The Daily Reporter mistakenly concluded the DoD declassified the document recently…