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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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News and Press
The Defense Department announced that the plans for a new medal for drone pilots and cyber warriors have been canceled. A number of groups representing military associations and vet service organizations had lobbied the White House to instruct the Defense Department to lower the ranking of the new drone medal. They would like the Distinguished […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Kristina Derro Veteran Advocate The federal government, in an attempt to address its long-term debt problem, has proposed changes to the way it calculates inflation for VA disability payments. Currently, government benefits (ex. VA disability benefits, Social Security benefits, etc.) are adjusted according to inflation. In an attempt to save some money, the government has […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veteran Advocate Disabled vets are still waiting too long for medical benefits. InSeattle,Washington, 25,000 disabled vets are still waiting to receive medical benefits. According to a new report, it could take a year or more for those benefits to be processed. Claims by disabled vets to the Veterans Administration have at least tripled […]
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Employment, Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, News and Press, PTSD
Kristina Derro Veteran Advocate The wars in Iraqa and Afghanistan have dragged on for over a decade now. Since 2001, the U.S. has sent more than 2.2 million troops to battle, more than 6,600 were killed, and 50,000 were injured. This is a dismal reality of war. However, the strides that have been made in […]
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Claims Processing, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Attorney VA has been under tremendous criticism for the backlog of claims that it has which is approaching 1,000,000 this year. Congress has been holding hearings on how to clear up the backlog. Heads may actually roll at VA over this embarrassment. So VA has to resolve the new claims being […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Advocate To help further protect their veterans, lawmakers in Nevada have put forth a bill that makes veteran disability pay untouchable in divorce proceedings. The bill, AB271, was presented to members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday and specifies that during divorce settlements, judges cannot consider veteran disability pay when dividing […]
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Employment, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
A nonprofit is working to connect returning vets with innovative investors and new companies. A new nonprofit organization based in Milwaukee, with funds from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ innovation initiative, is supporting entrepreneurial vets. “Veterans often are educated in the most cutting-edge technologies available,” stated veterans disability attorney James Fausone. “And they have […]
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Employment, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veteran Advocate The unemployment problem in the country has been the focus of commentary for the last few years. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for female veterans was 8.8% in January 2013, compared to 7.5% for men and 7.7% for female civilians. And with an unemployment rate of […]
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