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Veterans Law
Last week, Michigan’s Governor, Rick Snyder, signed an executive order that created the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency. The goal of the agency is to help connect former service personnel with government departments and service organizations that will help them apply for benefits such as health care, education, and employment assistance. Michigan has over 650,000 veterans […]
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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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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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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Advocate Neil Thrasher was sentenced to 17 months to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of embezzlement from a charitable organization and one count of violation of the charitable solicitation act. According to authorities, Thrasher created two fake charities – Paralyzed American Veterans and Disabled Veterans of American […]
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Employment, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Advocate According to a recent Ninth Circuit opinion, it is not a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to fire an employee who repeatedly fails to show up for work. It’s amazing that such a question would even have to be decided by a Federal Court of Appeals. In Samper […]
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Veterans Law
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed legislation to honor veterans. The new law will allow New York state’s Department of Motor Vehicles to add a mark indicating “veteran” status on both driver’s licenses and or non-driver IDs. This legislation allows veterans of the United States Armed Forces to request the veteran status mark on […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Brigadier General Carol Ann Fausone (ret.) Veteran Advocate The VA has revised its estimate on how long it will take the department to process a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in disability and survivors benefits, giving Congress until December to approve an increase that would appear in January 1 payments. When Congress left for a pre-election break, […]
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