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Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer At times we make the simple things too hard. Here is an example. A veteran is denied in-state tuition status in North Carolina. She lived in the state for years and has paid taxes and owned a home. What caused the inability to qualify for the lower in-state college tuition […]
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Brig. Gen. Carol Ann Fausone (Ret) Veteran Advocate According to a military trauma study presented at the 2012 American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress, soldiers who sustained chest injuries in Afghanistan and Iraq have higher mortality rates than soldiers in Korea and Vietnam. The study compared chest wound mortality rates from the Civil War […]
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James G. Fausone Veteran Advocate According to a recent military poll, the vast majority of the U.S. military favors Mitt Romney over President Obama in the upcoming election. The reasoning behind the soldiers’ choice was unexpected however, as the 3,100 active and reserve troops surveyed all but ignored the war inAfghanistanas an issue of concern, […]
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Medical Issues / Disability
By General Carol Ann Fausone (ret) In early October, the VA announced that it would begin work on closing the ‘gender gap’ in preventative health and screening services offered by the VA. For years, female veterans have felt unwelcome in VA hospitals and clinics as if they weren’t real veterans; finally, change is coming. Dr. […]
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Brigadier General Carol Ann Fausone (ret.) Veteran Advocate The VA has revised its estimate on how long it will take the department to process a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in disability and survivors benefits, giving Congress until December to approve an increase that would appear in January 1 payments. When Congress left for a pre-election break, […]
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record 2.2 million tickets were sold for the 2012 Paralympics, hosted by London August 29 through September 9. NBC, which covered the London Olympics in August 2012, will be covering the Paralympics Games for the first time, as well as airing four specials which highlight aspects of the Games. The United States’ 2012 Paralympics team […]
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Brig. Gen. Carol Ann Fausone (Ret) Veteran Advocate If you’re a veteran who hasn’t heard of the Aid and Attendance and Housebound Improved Pension benefit (the “A&A”), you’re not alone. A&A is a lesser known veteran benefit which can cover the costs of caregivers in the home (including sons and daughters but not spouses) or […]
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Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer A record 2.2 million tickets were sold for the 2012 Paralympics, hosted by London August 29 through September 9. NBC, which covered the London Olympics in August 2012, will be covering the Paralympics Games for the first time, as well as airing four specials which highlight aspects of the Games. […]
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Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer Wisconsin has created a new court specifically for military veterans. Court officials are in place to launch a multistep process which will send referred veterans toVeterans Treatment Court, processing those accused of breaking the law inWisconsin’s Second Judicial District. The court combines substance abuse treatment and mental health support, funded […]
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Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer Even in a system notorious for the occasional bureaucratic bumble, this one had people scratching their heads. Outside the Washington, D.C. Veteran’s Medical Center, where the sick, the disabled, the elderly and the tired would sit and wait for their rides, or to escape the heat, benches were missing. Hospital […]
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