Salinas, CA Veterans Administration Funding To Treat Brain Damaged Victims Dries Up

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The myriad problems at the Veterans Administration don't appear to be getting any better.  The Wall Street Journal reported that the Veterans Administration has begun ousting brain-damaged veterans from special therapeutic nursing homes where they have been shuffled off to state veterans homes, nursing homes or sent to live with family members.  They have not been told whether they will be eligible for rehab because funding for the rehabilitation program expires on October 6.  I hope Congress renews funding for the five-year test program which from all accounts appears to be a success.  "It's shortsighted to let it expire, leaving veterans in the cold with no similar options," Senator Cory Booker (Democrat, New Jersey), told the Wall Street Journal.  I agree, it's sad that this issue has to go down to the wire with veterans being removed from what they have come to call home.

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