Legal Help for Veterans blog.
Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, PTSD
When Senator Harry Reid requested more funding to the Department of Defense for research on Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), it became a comedic punch-line in the news and in former Defense Secretary Robert Gates’s recent memoir. However, the link between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the risk of IBS is a real concern for veterans, […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, PTSD
Kristina Derro Veterans Disability Lawyer Unfortunately, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an all too common condition for soldiers returning home after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many veterans choose to seek counseling to cope with this and other effects of their service overseas. Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) began a program by which […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, PTSD
Traumatic brain injury from before combat may be partially to blame for the rise of veteran suicides, according to researchers. The unusual number of sports players who experienced TBI (traumatic brain injury) and later committed suicide, and the number of military vets who experienced TBI while in combat and later committed suicide may not be […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, News and Press, PTSD, Veterans Law
Though mental health support can literally save the lives of returning veterans, many must wait years for the help they need. A new study has determined that vets with mental health conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression typically must wait an average of two years after returning from deployment before their mental health […]
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Employment, Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, News and Press, PTSD
Kristina Derro Veteran Advocate The wars in Iraqa and Afghanistan have dragged on for over a decade now. Since 2001, the U.S. has sent more than 2.2 million troops to battle, more than 6,600 were killed, and 50,000 were injured. This is a dismal reality of war. However, the strides that have been made in […]
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Claims Processing, Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, PTSD
Jim Fausone Veteran Advocate We receive about 300 emails a month asking for help. We try to sort out those VA disability claims where we can really help. The first two rules are you have to have a current disability and then explain how it is service connected. If you just feel entitled or need […]
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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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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press, Veterans Law
Kristina Derro Veterans Disability Lawyer The U.S. Marine Corps has instituted a pilot program to study how mindfulness and meditation can assist its warriors in becoming even tougher. The goal is to make Marines even tougher through meditative practices, yoga-type stretching, and exercises based upon mindfulness. With a record high suicide rate this year and […]
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