PTSD
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04.21.11
Gillibrand Ends 28 Year-Long Bureaucratic Battle for Saratoga Soldier, Helps Secure Over $40,000 in Unemployment Benefits
Saratoga, NY - After a 68 year-old Vietnam veteran waited 28 years for his unemployment and disability payments that were owed to him due to his war-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the Saratoga resident finally received $42,000 in ret...Read More
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04.20.11
Gillibrand Calls on Defense Sec. Gates to Expedite Acquisition of MRI Equipment for Troops in Afghanistan
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand called on the Department of Defense to support Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen's request to expedite the modest purchase and deployment of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment to Afghanistan. Providing MRI eq...Read More
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07.01.10
With Thousands Of New Veterans Suffering From Post Traumatic Stress Disorder And Traumatic Brain Injury, Gillibrand Announces New Efforts To Improve Treatment And Monitoring
With thousands of new veterans experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) symptoms in the weeks, months and years after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is announcing new measures to bolster monitoring an...Read More
