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Take Action: Help Them Heal
Urge Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki to keep his promise to veterans.
Goal: 15,000
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Progress: 6,078
Sponsored by: The Veterans Site
War wounds come in many forms. Some service members are tragically injured with life-altering consequences. But perhaps most troubling are the invisible wounds — those that are suffered silently and solitarily. Soldiers often return home, only to find readjusting to normal life more challenging than combat.
Part of the reason veterans are facing adversity at home is due to the fact that they're seeking help and sadly not receiving it. Some individuals have at times waited over five years for the VA to address their disability claims. Without this help, many veterans don't know where to turn for the help they need to begin to heal.
Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, set a goal that by 2015 all disability claims be processed within 125 days of filing. If we are to meet this goal, the VA must ramp up its programs to eliminate the back log.
Write to Secretary Shinseki telling him to keep his promise to veterans!
Dear Secretary Shinseki:
As you know, soldiers face tremendous adversity upon returning home from service. It's enough they have had to endure such physical and psychological anguish. But it's simply unacceptable they have to wait to receive the care they need.
Some veterans are facing five years' waiting times or longer. Think about it: five years to wait for treatment for PTSD. It's a scary thought, and something no one should ever have to experience — especially those who have fought for our country.
Psychological wounds of war are dangerous; they can go completely undetected and are often brushed off. We must fight for our veterans as they have fought for us. Please keep your promise to them by making sure all disability claims are processed within 125 days by 2012.
Thank you.
Petition Signatures
May 14, 2013
Cody Cliff
May 13, 2013
Daniel Drew
May 13, 2013
Larrie Hoops
May 13, 2013
WENDY FISH
They fought for us. We owe them and need to assist them any way we can.
May 12, 2013
Karina Pettinger
May 12, 2013
cheryl valerio
May 11, 2013
verna Donnelly
May 11, 2013
vickie kingsbury
May 11, 2013
Sorina Durante
May 9, 2013
imaan bee
May 8, 2013
tiffany mcknight
May 7, 2013
Pamela Ludwick
May 7, 2013
Kathy Storey
May 5, 2013
Kevin Kenger
May 5, 2013
Pat Souders
TSgt USAF retired 1972
May 4, 2013
cristina tamayo
May 4, 2013
Cheryl Eurich
May 4, 2013
susi holloway
May 4, 2013
Marie Brown
May 4, 2013
Jerri Barnard
May 3, 2013
Dennis Herman
May 2, 2013
scott rosenkrans
May 2, 2013
Paul Kramer
May 2, 2013
Mashawna Huling
May 2, 2013
Lisa Sears
May 1, 2013
Dale Hines
May 1, 2013
Melissa Mather
Apr 30, 2013
Carl Scarborough
Apr 30, 2013
Mary Tschanz
Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
Barbara Dickson
Apr 29, 2013
Donna Bryant
Apr 28, 2013
Miki Worley
Unacceptable that they should have to wait. They fought for our country shouldn't have to wait at all much less up to 5 years.
Apr 27, 2013
Windy Rodriguez
Apr 27, 2013
Anne Weedman
Please, we owe this to our veterans who risked their lives for our country. It may require hiring additional staff at the VA, putting ALL RECORDS on computer, utilizing volunteers, even changes in process and procedures.
Apr 26, 2013
michele dunne
Apr 26, 2013
Patricia Foil
Apr 25, 2013
shea holliman
Apr 25, 2013
Tony Mastrovecchio
Apr 25, 2013
Barbara Policriti
Apr 24, 2013
Sylvia Reinard
Apr 23, 2013
Linda Lowry
Chaplain, Major
USAF Retired
Apr 22, 2013
Linda Briggs
Please Help
Apr 22, 2013
Tressa Payton
Apr 21, 2013
karolee cleveland
Apr 21, 2013
Gerald Vertrees
Apr 20, 2013
Dennis DeCarli
Apr 19, 2013
Mollie Schlesser
Apr 19, 2013
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Apr 16, 2013
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