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		<title>VA plans to ease disability claims tied to Agent Orange</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: Forty years after Agent Orange was last used in Vietnam, the federal government has plans to make it easier for former veterans to get disability payments and health care for illnesses they say were caused by exposure to the toxic defoliant. The shift underscores efforts by the secretary of veterans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World War II vets caught in disability backlog</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Houston Chronicle: World War II veterans face a special urgency as the nation&#8217;s oldest generation of veterans are added to a growing backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Even as the numbers of aging veterans dwindle daily, the VA adds their claims to a waiting list that can take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Audit: Too many veterans face lengthy waits on disability claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the AP/San Francisco Examiner: An audit by the Veterans Affairs Department&#8217;s inspector general has concluded that too many veterans are waiting more than a year to get their disability claims processed. The audit found that 11,000 veterans had been waiting more than a year as of one year ago, and that about $14 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VA flooded by disability claims; Backlog mounts</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/14/va-disability-claim-20069/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: A growing backlog of disability claims is leaving veterans waiting months or longer for their government benefits. Damian J. Todd (left), 33, who was diagnosed with post-traumatic distress disorder after serving two tours in Iraq, waited nearly 18 months to receive approval after filing a claim. The Department of Veterans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veteran&#8217;s groups criticize VA for mounting claims</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/27/va-faces-criticism-19200/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post: Veterans group are urging Congress to overhaul Department of Veterans Affairs procedures for handling cases as the backlog of unresolved disability claims nears the one million mark. The American Legion and the National Veteran&#8217;s Foundation are both criticizing the VA for delaying veterans&#8217; benefits, but the VA argues that the 1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VA unprocessed claims approach 1 million mark</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/20/va-18837/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Associated Press: The Veteran&#8217;s Affairs Department backlog of unprocessed claims will soon reach the one million mark. Wounded veterans say they face stress, unemployment and mounting debt as they wait to receive their government benefits. Veterans are waiting more than four months on average to have their claims reviewed; appeals take a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Cleland back in political spotlight&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/16/max-cleland-18496/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former U.S. senator and disability advocate Max Cleland reemerged on the national political scene when he escorted President Obama to a D-Day celebration on the cliffs of Normandy this month, says Jim Galloway in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A Vietnam veteran and triple amputee, Cleland headed the Department of Veterans Affairs in the Carter administration and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability rights advocate Sabatier helped improve access</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/15/sabatier-obit-18453/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Boston Globe, Galveston County [TX] Daily News: Charles Sabatier, who became a nationally known advocate for disability rights after being wounded in Vietnam, has died of cancer. He was 63. &#8220;My goal is equal citizenship,&#8221; he told the Globe in 1988 as he prepared to step down as executive director of Boston&#8217;s Commission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duckworth confirmed for VA post</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/26/duckworth-14955/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Chicago Breaking News and the Chicago Tribune: The Senate has unanimously confirmed Iraq war veteran and former Illinois Department of Veterans&#8217; Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth as an assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Duckworth was injured when the Blackhawk helicopter she was piloting during the Iraq [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video games can be a lifesaver for people with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/11/video-games-14164/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark C. Barlet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[But few are accessible From MSNBC with video: People with disabilities say video games offer them an avenue for making vital community and social connections. Yet game developers generally have been slow to make the games accessible, citing expense, scheduling pressures, and just plain ignorance. Technology allows gamers with disabilities to &#8220;have a community that [...]]]></description>
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