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Veterans Filled Branson Streets for the 78th Annual Veterans Day Parade
Reporter, PhotographerFriday marked an historic event for veterans around the Ozarks. Branson's 78th annual Veterans Day Parade marched through downtown during the 11th hour, of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. At 11:00 on November 11, 1918 an armistice stopped...Tags: IMAX, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Human Interest
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Vets Are Owed A Better Disability Benefits System
U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki's visit to Connecticut earlier this month to promote his new all-automated claims processing system was just so much "blah, blah, blah," according to one unimpressed Vietnam vet. Who can blame veterans for...Tags: Eric Shinseki
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VA looks to veterans groups for help with backlog
As officials at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs look internally for solutions to a claims backlog that is drawing increasing fire from Capitol Hill, they are also reaching for outside help from some of the nation's best-known veterans groups....Tags: Science and Technology, Disabled American Veterans, Chuck Hagel, Eric Shinseki, American Legion
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Accused killer angry about surgery
A man accused of killing a Newport Beach doctor told the Daily Pilot Friday that he was angry about the after effects of surgery performed on him about 21 years ago. "I'll admit, what I did was a terrible thing," Stanwood Elkus, 75, said during visiting...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Procedures and Tests, Lawyers, Justice System, Trials
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Doctor's accused killer angry about surgery
A man accused of killing a Newport Beach doctor said in a jailhouse interview Friday that he was angry about the aftereffects of surgery performed on him about 21 years ago. "I'll admit, what I did was a terrible thing," Stanwood Elkus, 75, said...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System, Trials
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White House chief of staff visits local VA office
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough visited the Baltimore regional office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday to discuss efforts to address the agency's persistent backlog of veterans disability claims. The Baltimore office,...
Tags: Science and Technology, Chuck Hagel, Eric Shinseki, United States Naval Academy, Electronics
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Veterans' claims put pressure on Obama even as backlog dips
ReutersBy Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - A long-growing backlog of U.S. military veterans' disability claims, which has stoked congressional anger, has dipped in recent weeks, however tentatively. But that is not taking any pressure off...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Chuck Hagel, Eric Shinseki, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC
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Certain chronic pain may raise suicide risk
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Back pain, migraine and other types of chronic pain without a known physical cause - and therefore little prospect for relief - were associated with an increased risk of suicide in a new study of U.S. veterans. But the...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Suicide, Suicidal Behavior, Duke University, Science and Technology
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Guide to Memorial Day events in Orlando area
Through Tuesday Fallen Floridians Memorial Cross Tribute: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily; Lawton House, 200 W. Broadway St., Oviedo. More than 370 crosses will be on display, honoring Florida soldiers who have died while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Details:...
Tags: Holden, Human Interest, Music, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Ocoee
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W&M clinic model generating some national interest
Nine law schools across the country have expressed an interest in how the College of William and Mary is working to reduce the backlog of veteran's disability claims, Sen. Mark R. Warner said Thursday. The Virginia senator has taken a personal interest...Tags: Kevin McCarthy (California Politician), University of Pennsylvania, Touro Law School, Crime, Law and Justice, Eric Shinseki
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Lawmakers press Pentagon, VA to cooperate on claims backlog
A bipartisan group of lawmakers pressed the Obama administration Wednesday to reduce the backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving cooperation between the several agencies that have a role in the process. Senators...
Tags: Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Chuck Hagel, Nancy Pelosi
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The VA's latest plan to eliminate backlog of veterans benefits claims
Watchdog with Paul MuschickThe Department of Veterans Affairs has come up with several ideas to eliminate the backlog of veterans claims for benefits. It previously has announced a move to electronic claims processing and said it would expedite claims that have been pending......
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