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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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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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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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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, 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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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, PTSD
Brig. Gen. Carol Ann Fausone (Ret) Veteran Advocate Women veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) are more likely to have problems of urinary incontinence (“UI”), according to a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. This study interviewed 968 women veterans registered at two VAMCs in Iowa […]
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Medical Issues / Disability
James G. Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer Dr. Michael Paletta, the chief medical director of Hospice of Michigan and a retired Air Force medical officer, knows there are other ways a doctor can impact a life than simply with medicine. Earlier in the month, Dr. Paletta was called to the house of an elderly man who […]
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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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