VA Backlog Initiative To Process Oldest Veteran Benefit Claims
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced that it is launching a compensation claims initiative for vets who have been waiting for one year or more. Claims raters working with the VA have been...
View ArticlePossible Expansion of VA Benefits
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Attorney New benefits may be in the pipeline for veterans. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee has voted to add numerous initiatives to the “omnibus” bill, S 944. The...
View ArticleLost War Records Again
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer In every conflict, the records of the chaos of war become lost or destroyed. This is as expected as multiple versions of success and failure in the field....
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown No Problem
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer Listening to the general press, you would think the world will fall apart if there is a government shutdown. In reality, only about 1/3 of the government workers...
View ArticleCan You Sue the US Military?
We were recently asked by an immigration lawyer if an Iraqi citizen (whose civilian husband was killed by US troops) or her children could sue the US Government. The incident took place in Iraq during...
View ArticleSocial Security Launches Expedited Veteran Disability Process
Kristina Derro, Esq. Veterans Disability Lawyer The government has launched a new process to expedite Social Security disability claims for a special category of veterans, the Social Security...
View ArticleNo New Evidence Needed to Resubmit Military Sexual Trauma-Related PTSD Claims
Veterans may not realize that they do not need new evidence in order to resubmit a previously denied claim for PTSD benefits related to military sexual trauma (MST), according to a new report from the...
View ArticleSenator Kirsten Gillibrand Renews Push for Reform of Military Sexual Assault...
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has told Politico that she is planning to push for a new vote on her military sexual assault reform bill. Last year, the senator’s bill was defeated in Congress....
View ArticleCamp Lejeune Veterans
Kristina Derro Veteran Advocate VA just announced today that eight medical conditions that are linked to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina from 1953 to 1987, will become presumptive...
View ArticleLong-Term Care Benefits, NightWare, A Splendid Little War
4 Minutes With LHFV: 4/13/2021 Welcome to another episode of 4 Minutes With LHFV! This week, Veterans Attorney Jim Fausone will discuss how to get Long-Term Care Benefits for a Veteran; a Veterans...
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