10/19/2009
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"I want to thank VA for the attention they have been paying most recently to the veteran suicide issue but please remind them that until we get our arms around this we are going to continue to focus li..."
"To start with, nearly 700,000 veterans and their families do not yet have an answer to their requests for benefits."
"Is there a particular medical problem that causes your adjudicators the biggest problems? Is there a particular medical condition?"
"We had a hearing in Atlanta in August 2012 on the veteran suicide problem at the Atlanta VA but also focused nationwide on the problem--that 22 veterans a day, 8000 a year are taking their own life."