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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, PTSD
Vietnam Veterans of America has joined a proposed class action lawsuit in Connecticut against the armed forces. The lawsuit, filed by a veteran last year against the Army, Navy and Air Force, states that Vietnam War-era veterans who suffered PTSD were discharged under other-than-honorable conditions which meant they were ineligible for disability and other benefits. […]
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News and Press
By Kristina L. Derro The 17th District Court in Redford, Michigan dedicated a Veterans Treatment Court in November 2011. It offers veterans who are involved in the criminal justice system with a coordinated response by VA, local veterans groups, prosecutors, defense counsel, probation staff, and mentors. It is a unique combination that offers both addiction […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, News and Press, PTSD, Veterans Law
The issue of veterans and gun rights has been a sticking point in the $631 billion defense bill. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. has attempted to halt the Veterans Affairs Department plan to place the names of some veterans into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Sen. Coburn has stated that, in order to take […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer We talk to hundreds of veterans a month about their VA disability claim status. Many people want to know why it takes so long and when will their case be decided. Well it is not getting any better based on a recent VA report. The delays in processing went up […]
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News and Press
Veterans and current military personnel have a higher rate of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder than do non-military. According to Peter Gutierrez, the co-director of the Military Suicide Research Consortium in Colorado, individuals with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder are more prone to suicidal and self-harming behaviors. Gutierrez’s consortium has paired […]
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Mental Health, PTSD
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer It would be easy to get made about this. But many people feel free to comment that PTSD is not a real condition. I suspect they mean it’s not an “injury” that you can attribute to a single act or event. It is not a sprained knee or back. You […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, PTSD
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer An underreported problem with female veterans may be PTSD. We see women vets complaining about PTSD when military sexual trauma is involved. However, we do not yet see the expected complaints of PTSD that these wars in general cause. Women vets are leading and driving convoys in the war with […]
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News and Press
The population of recent combat veterans in the U.S. is higher than at any time since the Vietnam era. So it should not be surprising that there seem to be an unprecedented number of veterans running for local and state offices this election cycle. Current candidates include Illinois congressional candidate and Iraqi vet Tammy Duckworth, […]
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Employment, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veteran Advocate New program for veterans…Alpena Community College, Schoolcraft Community College have partnered with DTE Energy, Local 223 of the Utility Workers Union of America, Consumers Energy, the Center for Energy Workforce Development and the Michigan Workforce Intelligence Network to help veterans retrain in a new Natural Gas Boot Camp, a seven-week pilot […]
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