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                The Department of Veterans Affairs disability claims process can be a very long and frustrating ordeal. There is no real concrete indication on how long a VA disability claim can take to process. This creates a lot of anxiety  for veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs reports, as of , to have     claims that are on backlog. I do understand that the VA is striving to make improvements on the claims process. I also understand that they are slammed with veterans claiming disabilities as well.                 All of that being said the steps involved in the VA claims process...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has come a long way since it was first established on July 21, 1930. You may come to find out that the VA still has a long way to go depending on what veteran you ask. I am a disabled veteran myself and receive all of my medical care from The Department of Veterans Affairs. My service connected disability is rated at 60%, which means I have absolutely no co-payments for any my medical care including prescriptions.  I ended up having shoulder surgery a couple of years ago and the surgery would’ve cost me tens...

The Veteran Suicide rate has climbed to an estimated twenty-two veterans a day nationwide. Doing the simple math on that it means that nearly one veteran every hour will commit suicide. That means that 154 veterans a week commit suicide, 660 veterans a month commit suicide, and a staggering 7,920 veterans a year commit suicide. The World Health Organization released another report in 2017 that stated for every veteran that successfully commits suicide there are 20 more veterans that attempt to commit suicide. If you go by that report that means that nearly 480 veterans attempt suicide each day! This...

Help stop the homeless veteran problem in this country! In 2017 the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported finding roughly 40,000 homeless veterans in the United States. Those two words HOMELESS and VETERAN should never be uttered in the same sentence. The fact that they are says to me that we have a big problem in this country that needs to be addressed. We have a duty as Americans to fight for the men and women of the military that fought for our freedoms. Below is my story of how I was at one time a homeless veteran:  I...

Here at Rally Point Apparel we are pro-gun. We support every American’s 2nd Amendment Right to Bear Arms. It’s very unfortunate that you can’t turn on the news anymore without hearing a tragic story about a mass shooting. How do we stop this gun violence? Do we impose harsh restrictions on gun control? Do we make it hard for criminals and mentally unstable people to purchase guns legally?   Politicians seem to get in an uproar over gun control laws. They claim that a more strict set of gun control laws will help prevent gun violence. I agree that there...