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News and Press
by Jim Fausone About 1.8 million women have served in the U.S. military. Over the last few years 245,000 female soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. It is estimated that within a decade, women will make up 16 percent of all veterans. As someone with a wife who has been […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
by Jim Fausone In late July 2010 the US House passed a funding bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Within the bill was $13.4 billion for the payment of benefits to Vietnam veterans and survivors for exposure to Agent Orange related to the three diseases recently added to the “presumptive-connection” list: Parkinson’s disease, ischemic […]
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Mental Health, News and Press, PTSD, Veterans Law
by Kristina Derro Cooperative efforts between the VA and several local state courts have allowed for the implementation of a specialty court. These specialty courts around the state of Michigan (with many others in different states as well) give service members from World War II up through the recent Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts rehabilitation from […]
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News and Press
by Jim Fausone VA has issued a department directive allowing veterans to use marijuana in those states that have legalized the drug for medicinal purposes. The policy will not permit VA doctors to prescribe marijuana. But it will address the concern of many patients who use the drug that they could lose access to their prescription pain […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
A recent study found that Vietnam vets with penetrating head injuries could first exhibit seizures decades after the injury. The Journal Neurology published a report that found that among a group of 199 Vietnam veterans, about 13% developed post-traumatic epilepsy more than 14 years after they had suffered a penetrating head wound, such as a gunshot […]
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News and Press
The USA Today reports that a third of Americans are extremely patriotic. I am not surprised, are you? This is a great country and we know it. There are problems but we have the freedoms and opportunities that most people in the world only dream of. I hear from over 300 veterans a month by […]
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News and Press
Last October, the VA announced 3 new AO presumptions – ischemic heart disease, Parkinson’s disease and B-Cell Leukemia. Sen. James Webb, D-Va., says he will use a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing — rescheduled now for Sept. 23 — to have Secretary Shinseki explain his decision to compensate Vietnam veterans, and many surviving spouses, for three […]
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Mental Health, News and Press, Veterans Law
The number of veterans receiving disability benefits for a sleeping disorder has increased 61% in the past two years and now costs taxpayers more than $500 million per year, according to Veterans Affairs data. Legal Help for Veterans, PLLC has seen an increase in appeals for this disability. At present, there is not a good […]
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News and Press, PTSD
After a decade of helping veterans, I have to say that we don’t see phonies who are trying to game the VA system. Although the critics of the VA often say there is rampant fraud, we see the legitimate vets who can’t prove service connection because of poor record-keeping by the DOD. Sure in a […]
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For all our friends out there, we have a new Facebook page. Visit us at https://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Northville-MI/Legal-Help-for-Veterans-PLLC/121132514568047?ref=ts . Shortly we will have a link posted on our website to make the connection even easier!
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