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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Brig. Gen. Carol Ann Fausone (Ret) Veteran Advocate If you’re a veteran who hasn’t heard of the Aid and Attendance and Housebound Improved Pension benefit (the “A&A”), you’re not alone. A&A is a lesser known veteran benefit which can cover the costs of caregivers in the home (including sons and daughters but not spouses) or […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer Wisconsin has created a new court specifically for military veterans. Court officials are in place to launch a multistep process which will send referred veterans toVeterans Treatment Court, processing those accused of breaking the law inWisconsin’s Second Judicial District. The court combines substance abuse treatment and mental health support, funded […]
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News and Press, Veterans Law
Brigadier General Carol Ann Fausone (Ret.) Veteran Advocate On Monday, President Barack Obama signed the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act into law. This law provides a wide-ranging package of benefits to military personnel. Included in the law are new restrictions on protesting at military funerals. Under the legislation, protests cannot […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Kristina Derro Veteran Disability Lawyer The U.S. Army is currently awaiting the delivery of 1,000 blast sensor packs to help specialists assess how soldiers are affected during and after exposure to explosions. The packs, called Soldier Body Units (SBU), consist of four sensors: the sensors collect data from the head and chest areas when soldiers […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer Camp Lejeune is a Marine base in North Carolina. From 1957 to 1987, Marines and their families were exposed to contaminated ground water. Health officials believe as many as 1 million people may have been exposed to the tainted groundwater at Camp Lejeune over the thirty years. Last Monday, President […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Brigadier General Carol Ann Fausone (Ret) The VA may soon be required to open all of its facilities up to service dogs that accompany veterans. But not all service dogs are created equal. The bill in question, HR 1627, requires that VA facilities give access to service dogs, but only if those dogs have been […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer It seems like the DOD and VA fight the most obvious and necessary things. Think about the atomic registry, the Gulf War registry, AO registry, etc. This time it’s the burn pits our men and women were exposed to inIraq andAfghanistan. Over objections from the VA, a House panel voted last […]
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News and Press, Veterans Law
Brig. General Carol Ann Fausone (ret) A whopping $3 billion in assets is currently owned by American veterans who are too disabled or ill to manage their own money. To remedy this, the Department of Veteran Affairs has a national program in place to appoint family members and VA-approved fiduciaries to manage these veteran […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer For those seeking justice through the Veterans Affairs Department, patience might need to be a bit more than just a virtue. In a statement last week the VA announced it’s facing a backlog of 897,566 disability claims, with more than 65% pending for more than 125 days. Since 2008, the […]
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Veterans Law
It is a federal offense to lie about your military service and to claim the status of a Medal of Honor recipient when it is not true. The Stolen Valor Act makes lying about having received military awards a federal crime. Some argue that it is not criminal to lie about such military service. Some courts […]
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