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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, News and Press, PTSD
Kristina Derro Veteran Disability Lawyer American soldiers injured while on duty have an expectation that they will be taken care of when they return home. An expectation that the VA fails to live up to. Business Week reported on Hector Esparza, an Iraq veteran who suffered brain injuries when his Humvee was struck with a […]
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Claims Processing
Kristina L. Derro Veterans Disability Lawyer The returning veterans from the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are looking to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of troops in the nation’s history. Of the 1.6 million returning troops, over 45% of them are seeking compensation for injuries sustained while in active duty; over […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer With the dust still settling from the shocking numbers of the VA backlog, a review of California’s three regional VA offices sheds light on a new issue; the alarmingly high error rate. The Oakland, San Diego, and Los Angeles VARO’s were recently reviewed for their efficiency, accountability, and accuracy when […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer For those seeking justice through the Veterans Affairs Department, patience might need to be a bit more than just a virtue. In a statement last week the VA announced it’s facing a backlog of 897,566 disability claims, with more than 65% pending for more than 125 days. Since 2008, the […]
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Claims Processing, Mental Health, PTSD
After hearing from thousands of veterans, I know that the stress of military life and war impact every veteran. Over the next decade, I can only imagine the disability claims that will be submitted by drone operators. It is probably predictable that the VA will deny these claims because the service members were not in combat. […]
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Claims Processing, News and Press
By Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer As a national firm helping veterans with disability claims, we use a lot of different tools to fill in the facts on fuzzy memories. Often the veterans need buddy statements from guys they simply recall by first name “Bruce” or nickname “Curly”, “Lefty” or “Hoosier”. We check unit records […]
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Claims Processing
We are delighted to share a happy ending to a long battle with the Veterans Administration (VA) for one of our clients. We will refer to her as “Cindy” and her husband “Max”. With the death of her husband Max, an Army veteran of Vietnam, in March of 2001, Cindy began the long process of […]
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Claims Processing
by Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer We get asked by veterans “should I get my Congressman to write VA about the delay and my claim.?” No is the short answer. It is a rare case that we ask for Congressional assistance. Why? Because VA stops everything it is doing on a case to respond to […]
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Claims Processing, News and Press
by Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer Most veterans know that the expansion of the Agent Orange (AO) presumptions last year were long over due. But some in Congress question that decision and its costs. Certain Senators argue the Agent Orange Act of 1991 is flawed, providing too much authority to the VA secretary and allowing […]
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Claims Processing
by Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer Many veterans believe that they were exposed to Agent Orange (AO) outside of Vietnam. Those veterans want the VA’s presumptive illnesses to apply to them. The VA and DOD have limited the areas where it is recognized that AO was used and exposure was possible. Some veterans are trying […]
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