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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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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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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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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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Medical Issues / Disability, News and Press
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer A record 2.2 million tickets were sold for the 2012 Paralympics, hosted by London August 29 through September 9. NBC, which covered the London Olympics in August 2012, will be covering the Paralympics Games for the first time, as well as airing four specials which highlight aspects of the Games. […]
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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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Claims Processing, Mental Health, PTSD
After hearing from thousands of veterans, I know that the stress of military life and war impact every veteran. Over the next decade, I can only imagine the disability claims that will be submitted by drone operators. It is probably predictable that the VA will deny these claims because the service members were not in combat. […]
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