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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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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, 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, 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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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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