{
  "id": "2006-september-october-databases-show-vets-get-uneven-treatment",
  "slug": "2006-september-october-databases-show-vets-get-uneven-treatment",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2006-september-october-databases-show-vets-get-uneven-treatment.html",
  "year": 2006,
  "month": "September-October",
  "monthNum": 9,
  "headline": "Databases show vets get uneven treatment",
  "kicker": "SPOTLIGHT: MILITARY MANEUVERS",
  "author_name": "Chris Adams",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "McClatchy Washington Bureau",
  "summary": "This investigation explores how U.S. military veterans receive inconsistent benefits and treatment depending on their geographic location despite uniform federal regulations.",
  "keywords": [
    "veterans",
    "military",
    "disability"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Data & Databases",
    "Government & Politics"
  ],
  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "All things being equal, a military veteran on the West Coast should get the same treatment as his colleague from the East, right?\n\nYou would think so. After all, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has but one set of regulations, which applies to veterans whether they live in Sacramento, Calif., or Syracuse, N.Y..\n\nBut in fact, a veteran from one state is unlikely to get the same service, treatment or monthly disability check as his",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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  "html_url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2006-september-october-databases-show-vets-get-uneven-treatment.html",
  "json_url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2006-september-october-databases-show-vets-get-uneven-treatment.json"
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