Veterans for Common Sense shows problems with National Guard claims

I can just hear them now. Praying for a return to the days when the net did not exist and they could claim whatever they wanted. How would anyone know unless some reporter was chasing after every claim they made?

Read this.

Here are our latest monthly Veterans for Common Sense Fact Sheets – one for the military, and one for VA – describing the impact of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.



The bottom line: DoD reports more than 75,000 battlefield casualties and VA reports nearly 300,000 patients from the two wars.



One interesting note: There is a huge discrepancy in VA disability claim activity and outcomes for Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans:



Guard / Reserve veterans (23%) are about half as likely to file a VA disability claim against VA than Active Duty veterans (41%).
However, Guard / Reserve veterans (11%) are more than twice as likely to have their VA disability claim denied by VA than Active Duty veterans (4%).


If you would like to see the original source documents obtained by VCS using FOIA, then please send us a note and we’ll gladly send the information.

Paul Sullivan
Executive Director
Veterans for Common Sense
Post Office Box 15514
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 558-4553
Paul@VeteransForCommonSense.org

Since the time we learned how to email and surf the web, the days of secrets ended. Unfortunately it also appears that the days of reporters chasing down leads and proving lies has also come. Very few remain now. Yet in this case, some reporters were not only doing their jobs, they were joined by a real patriot in Paul Sullivan willing to take them on. Imagine that! A man and a group of people so dedicated to taking care of our veterans that would move a mountain out of their way to get them the help they need.

You may ask what's in it for them. After all they are not seeking money. They are only seeking change. They are trying to do whatever they can for the sake of the veterans. In other words, the right thing being done is their only goal. They are magnificent! Please support their work with sending them some money if you can or if not, then shoot Paul an email and let him know how much you appreciate what he's doing. This will help veterans from all generations to come and will show the older veterans they do matter to all of us as well.