Legal Help for Veterans blog.
Employment, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Attorney Online learning can be a flexible, affordable way to earn a college degree, which may be why more vets than ever are looking at online education. Vets are attending college as never before, in large part perhaps due to the unemployment numbers. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Attorney The military has been subject to a number of high profile sexual assault news items in recent weeks. Currently Air Force Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, the Air Force’s head of sexual assault prevention, is under investigation for allegedly groping a woman inNorth Virginia, while more than 30 Texas-based instructors with […]
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News and Press
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Attorney So it seems every week the VA offers a new plan to reduce the backlog. Last week it was the requirement of mandatory overtime. Everyone will be spending the summer working an extra 20 hours a month through September 30th. At Legal Help for Veterans, PLLC, we often work long […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer The largest group of veterans with claims pending are from the Vietnam era. It has been 40 years since the war ended and the tale of that war, which shows in disability claims, is still lengthening. We can expect that the Iraq/Afghanistan tale to also be 40 years in the making […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, PTSD
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer We work with over a 1000 veterans and most of those veterans are waiting on appeals of VA decisions. The initial decision backlog at VA is getting a lot of national attention. A hidden story has finally made the national news. That story is how long it takes to have […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Attorney If you are a veteran and obtain your health care from the VA, you may think there is no need for Medicare. However if you qualify for Medicare, by age or disability, then you should obtain your Medicare card and use it to supplement your VA care. You should then look […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, PTSD
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Attorney Ok, you have heard about the backlog of claims at VA. But who is in that clog? Vietnam era veterans account for the largest share of the 865,000 veterans stuck in the clog. They are 37% of the clog according to VA statistics. The post 9-11 wars inAfghanistan andIraq account for 20%. The […]
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Employment, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veteran Advocate One man thinks he can help lower the 82 percentU.S.unemployment rate for disabled veterans. He suggests that they learn watch-making. The Delaware Veterans Coalition together with the state council of the Vietnam Veterans of America is helping Sam Cannan open a school which will train vets how to repair watches – […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veteran Advocate A scientist is alleging that the Department of Veterans’ Affairs is hiding data. According to a scientist for the VA, the agency’s Office of Public Health has been hiding research which indicated that vets have been affected by exposure to toxins since the Persian Gulf War. Steven Coughlin quit working at […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Attorney One of the upcoming problems for veterans is understanding how their VA health care and Obama Care fit together. Since no one seems to understand how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obama Care or PPACA) will work come January 2014, it seems a little bit of a stretch […]
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