Apr112013
Roundtable Discussion on Implications of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ PTSD Rule-Making
Witnesses
Panel 1
- Joseph Violante, Disabled American Veterans, National Legislative Director
- Paul Sullivan, Veterans for Common Sense, Executive Director
- Steve Smithson, American Legion, Deputy Director, Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission
- Christina M. Roof, American Veterans (AMVETS), National Deputy Legislative Director
- 1SG Delilah Washburn, USAF (Ret.), and Regional Director, Texas Veterans Commission, President, National Association of State Women Veterans Coordinators, Inc.
- Tom Taratino, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Director of Government Affairs
- James Wear, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Appeals Section Supervisor for National Veterans Services
- John Rowan, Vietnam Veterans of America, National President
- Accompanied By:
- David Houppert, Esq., Vietnam Veterans of America, Director of Benefits
- Richard Cohen, National Organization of Veterans Advocates, Executive Director
- Ronald Abrams, National Veterans Legal Services Program, Joint Executive Director
- Bradley G. Mayes, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Director, Compensation and Pension Service
- Accompanied By:
- Richard Hipolit, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Assistant General Counsel
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