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Brigadier General Carol Ann Fausone (Ret.) Veteran Advocate On Monday, President Barack Obama signed the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act into law. This law provides a wide-ranging package of benefits to military personnel. Included in the law are new restrictions on protesting at military funerals. Under the legislation, protests cannot […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Kristina Derro Veteran Disability Lawyer The U.S. Army is currently awaiting the delivery of 1,000 blast sensor packs to help specialists assess how soldiers are affected during and after exposure to explosions. The packs, called Soldier Body Units (SBU), consist of four sensors: the sensors collect data from the head and chest areas when soldiers […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer Camp Lejeune is a Marine base in North Carolina. From 1957 to 1987, Marines and their families were exposed to contaminated ground water. Health officials believe as many as 1 million people may have been exposed to the tainted groundwater at Camp Lejeune over the thirty years. Last Monday, President […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health
Kristina Derro Veterans Disability Lawyer Veterans may be at a higher risk of developing ALS, also known as Lou Gherig’s disease. Several studies have found a possible link between the disease and military service. Because of these findings, in 2008 the Department of Veteran Affairs began setting aside benefits specifically for veterans who developed the […]
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Medical Issues / Disability
James G. Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer Modern science is finding out traumatic brain injuries may age the brain faster. Many of the veterans returning home from the war have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, as a result of being exposed to concussive shock waves from IEDs. Like football players, and other athletes that sustain […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Brigadier General Carol Ann Fausone (Ret) The VA may soon be required to open all of its facilities up to service dogs that accompany veterans. But not all service dogs are created equal. The bill in question, HR 1627, requires that VA facilities give access to service dogs, but only if those dogs have been […]
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News and Press
Modern science is finding out traumatic brain injuries may age the brain faster, news that impacts veterans. Many veterans returning home from war zones have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury as a result of being exposed to concussive shock waves from IEDs. Like football players and other athletes who sustain multiple concussions, war veterans […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer Decades after one of the worst drinking water contaminations in U.S. history, affected Marines and their families may finally receive the health care they need. Camp Lejeune is a Marine base located in North Carolina. Over the course of 30 years, up to one million Marines and family members were […]
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Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer The tradition of burial at sea is an ancient one. On a listserv an attorney asked if he could paddle out onLake Michiganand spread the cremains of his brother. Only an attorney would worry about the regulations! Yes, US EPA regulates such activity. 40 CFR 229.1 contains the basic requirements […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer It seems like the DOD and VA fight the most obvious and necessary things. Think about the atomic registry, the Gulf War registry, AO registry, etc. This time it’s the burn pits our men and women were exposed to inIraq andAfghanistan. Over objections from the VA, a House panel voted last […]
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