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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, PTSD, Veterans Law
A revolutionary foam has been developed to help stop internal bleeding. The developers of the foam, who believe it may save lives on the front lines, have received funds from the U.S. military to continue developing the product. Researchers have been working on the medical foam which would dramatically limit the amount of internal bleeding […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, PTSD, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer We receive hundreds of emails a month from veterans, many of them claim hearing loss or tinnitus (ringing). The problem is always connecting the disability to service. VA traditionally looks only to certain types of jobs or combat status as contributing to hearing loss or tinnitus. Among veterans, tinnitus and hearing […]
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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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Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, News and Press, PTSD, Veterans Law
The issue of veterans and gun rights has been a sticking point in the $631 billion defense bill. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. has attempted to halt the Veterans Affairs Department plan to place the names of some veterans into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Sen. Coburn has stated that, in order to take […]
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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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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, PTSD
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer An underreported problem with female veterans may be PTSD. We see women vets complaining about PTSD when military sexual trauma is involved. However, we do not yet see the expected complaints of PTSD that these wars in general cause. Women vets are leading and driving convoys in the war with […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Advocate Neil Thrasher was sentenced to 17 months to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of embezzlement from a charitable organization and one count of violation of the charitable solicitation act. According to authorities, Thrasher created two fake charities – Paralyzed American Veterans and Disabled Veterans of American […]
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Employment, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Advocate According to a recent Ninth Circuit opinion, it is not a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to fire an employee who repeatedly fails to show up for work. It’s amazing that such a question would even have to be decided by a Federal Court of Appeals. In Samper […]
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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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