More than 21,000 servicemen and servicewomen have been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. When the war ends for disabled veterans, their fight unfortunately continues at home as they struggle to receive disabled veterans benefits and proper veterans hospital treatment.

Disabled American veterans have to wade through a mountain of paperwork to initiate Veterans Administration benefits. Complaints about VA disability claims processes range from an abundance of red tape to delays in getting benefits administered to rubber-stamped denials.
In addition to the fight for Veterans Administration benefits, veterans' hospitals cause problems for vets, too. Disabled veterans have to wait to get admitted for medical care, and then find that the quality of care administered isn't always up to par with typical hospital systems. In addition, many Veterans Administration hospitals have closed or scaled back and so, therefore, have the resources available to our veterans.
Gathering and sharing medical data within the Veteran Administration hospital system is another challenge. Lost patient files and problems communicating with other government entities continually plague veterans' hospitals.
The VA issued a write-up of Veterans' Administration hospital conditions in 2007 in an attempt to rectify the ongoing problems within their healthcare system. The Environment of Care report provides detail on problems including mold, leaking roofs and at one Veterans Administration hospital, bat infestation.
The US Government of Accountability worries that claims are being paid for conditions that weren't caused by active duty and may look to eliminate certain disabilities for which vets are compensated today.

Disabled vets are closely watching government progress to restructure veterans' hospitals and disabled veterans programs.

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My name is Anthony Pierpont, and I created this site as a resource to help spread the word on behalf of the thousands of war heroes that have fought battles abroad and do not deserve to have to battle again to get what they deserve: proper diagnoses and proper treatment. Write to me with more ideas for how I and you can better support our veterans.

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