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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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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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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, PTSD
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer In order to receive VA disability compensation, you have to prove a service connected disability. The disability has to occur on active duty as compared to monthly training in which National Guard and Reserve have traditionally participated. But since 9/11 the Guard and Reserve components have made up about 40% of the […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer After handing thousands of veteran claims for disability over a dozen years some patterns emerge. One of the more frustrating is the loss of military records that veterans need to prove disability claims to the VA. A joint investigation by ProPublica and The Seattle Times has found that the recordkeeping […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer While the official U.S.policy is to support disabled veterans with medical care, financial support and retraining, the support they receive has been found to be less than timely. Veterans located in Northern California, for example, wait, on average, more than nine months for war-related disability claims filed with their regional […]
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Claims Processing
James G. Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer The VA is currently dealing with a backlog of nearly 900,000 compensation and pension claims. Why the hold up? More complex disability claims are slowing the processing time on these claims. The average claim from Iraq and Afghanistan veterans now includes more than nine disability issues – far more […]
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Claims Processing
James G. Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer An annual survey of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ services was circulated to veterans by Legal Help for Veterans, PLLC. The direct e-mail and social media survey went to hundreds of veterans involved with the VA disability claim process around the country. Veterans with disability claims were asked […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer Spread the word. Vietnam veterans are entitled to help and are not asking for it from the VA. Of the 7.4 million Vietnam-era veterans living today, only 1.16 million — 15.7 percent — receive VA disability benefits. That is far lower than the 44.3 percent of Iraq or Afghanistan War […]
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Claims Processing
James G. Fausone VA Disability Lawyer VA claims it is at a tipping point in breaking the back of the department’s massive claims backlog. VA maintains this because it is done with the so-called Nehmer review ordered by the Federal Court. That was a review of Agent Orange disability claims generally for added presumptive claims […]
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