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Employment, Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, News and Press, PTSD
Kristina Derro Veteran Advocate The wars in Iraqa and Afghanistan have dragged on for over a decade now. Since 2001, the U.S. has sent more than 2.2 million troops to battle, more than 6,600 were killed, and 50,000 were injured. This is a dismal reality of war. However, the strides that have been made in […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, News and Press, PTSD
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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Mental Health
Legislators in Missouri want a court created specifically for veterans. Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, has drafted legislation requesting that Missouri circuit courts create a place specifically for current and former U.S. military who are struggling with substance abuse or mental illness issues. Barnes stated that the country owes it to the veterans to get […]
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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, 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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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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Mental Health, PTSD
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer It would be easy to get made about this. But many people feel free to comment that PTSD is not a real condition. I suspect they mean it’s not an “injury” that you can attribute to a single act or event. It is not a sprained knee or back. You […]
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