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Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Attorney One of the saddest situations we help with involves military sexual trauma (MST). The rape of men and women in the military is a black stain on the Defense Department. The VA disability process only makes this stain more stubborn. We have developed an approach that looks at markers that show the MST […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
Jim Fausone, Esq Veteran Disability Attorney So now, the Inspector General reports that VA overpays veterans. Really? Most veterans fight for years to get the compensation correct. The IG looked at a narrow batch of cases where veterans temporarily receive a 100 percent disability rating while undergoing surgery or debilitating treatments and convalescing. Claims examiners allegedly failed […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
Jim Fausone, Esq. Veteran Disability Attorney The nonsense in Washington has included strangling the DOD of defense budget. With the wind down in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it was inevitable that a troop draw down would occur. The pace and planning on the draw down is now coming into light. The Army is […]
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Employment, Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, News and Press, PTSD, Veterans Law
The House of Representatives have passed a new bill designed to help our student veterans. Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act H.R. 4057, or the Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2012, will allow post-9/11 student vets to have a comprehensive place online where they can find information about their […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, PTSD, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer President Obama and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pledged in 2010 to work together to end homelessness among veterans within five years. A report which was released to Congress in December 2012 by the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) found that the number of homeless vets has, […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Kristina Derro Veterans Disability Lawyer The U.S. Marine Corps has instituted a pilot program to study how mindfulness and meditation can assist its warriors in becoming even tougher. The goal is to make Marines even tougher through meditative practices, yoga-type stretching, and exercises based upon mindfulness. With a record high suicide rate this year and […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, News and Press, PTSD, Veterans Law
Kristina Derro Veterans Disability Lawyer Heartbreakingly, a new report out from the Department of Defense shows that in 2012 more soldiers took their own lives than died in combat. Through November 2012, 177 active-duty personnel had committed suicide compared with 176 soldiers who were killed in action during the same time frame. Army suicides have […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, PTSD
Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology has started a program that helps train veterans to become therapists who can help other veterans. The “Train Vets to Treat Vets” program has been funded for over two years by the state of Massachusetts with $250,000. The funds help the school reach out and train veterans to become therapists, […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer The American Service Animal Society is a nonprofit program based inArizona which educates veterans with disabilities on how to care for and train their assistance dogs. If the vet does not yet have a service dog, the society helps find a suitable one from one of several rescue agencies in […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, PTSD, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer We hear from hundreds of veterans a month about VA disability claims or medical malpractice. We understand the frustration of a veteran going it alone against the federal government. When we have filed medical malpractice actions against the VA it seems like pushing water up hill. What gives you hope […]
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