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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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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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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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Mental Health, PTSD
James G. Fausone Veterans Disability Attorney A report, posted to the VA‘s website, showed that 247,243 of the 834,463 treated veterans from the two current conflicts were diagnosed with PTSD. So the question is does VA intend to have the resources necessary both in health care and in disability benefits to meet this reality. Based […]
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Mental Health, PTSD
Kristina L. Derro Veteran Disability Lawyer As if our veterans haven’t struggled enough while overseas, they appear to be facing new physical and psychological difficulties when they return home. According to a study currently being conducted at a VA hospital in Massachusetts, veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan appear to be growing old before their time. […]
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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, Mental Health, PTSD
Brig. General Carol Ann Fausone (Ret) In the coming years, veterans suffering from PTSD, TBI, and other unseen war wounds can expect 3 million more helping hands in their fight towards normalcy. White House Officials announced in early April that a coalition of nursing schools and medical organizations will begin to train their nurses on […]
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PTSD
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Attorney We work with Veteran Service Organizations every week. We help their members. We attend their functions and fund some projects. So it is in that spirit that we want to acknowledge the Military Order of Purple Heart and its commander’s recent testimony before Congress. Bill Hutton, National Commander of the […]
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