New Veterans Employment Discrimination Guidance
Last year, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) provided new guidance related to the employment discrimination challenges that our nation’s veterans face. This new guidance revises...
View ArticleThe Truth of How Long it Takes
Brig. General Carol Ann Fausone (ret) In the last year, I have spoken to VA representatives over 600 times for clients of the firm. I am asked to call on files where the VA process seems stalled for...
View ArticleVeterans Benefits for Same Sex Couples
Kristina Derro, Esq. Just two years ago, gay and lesbian individuals were prevented from serving openly in the military. Now, same sex spouses of these veterans and service members will be able to...
View ArticleVeterans Disability Attorney Comments on Shrinking Disability Benefits Backlog
In an address to disabled veterans, President Obama announced that the backlog of disability claims was shrinking. At the Disabled American Veterans annual meeting earlier this year, Obama stated...
View ArticleWasted Funds
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer So I am no fashion expert. I suspect most guys just toss on what is in the closet and hope it does not clash too badly. Uniforms are supposed to be functional,...
View ArticleVA Findings Expand Service-Connected Illnesses
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) linked five more illnesses to traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The good news for veterans suffering from these illnesses, as well as TBI, is that they will have...
View ArticleVeterans going through VA appeals process wait an average of over 900 days
Kristina Derro, Esq. The Department of Veterans Affairs’s (VA) “appeals resolution time” shot up to 923 days in fiscal year 2013 – that’s up 37% from 675 in the previous year, according to the...
View ArticleBenefits Increase Coming for Veterans Disability Recipients in 2015
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and veterans disability recipients will see their benefits increase by 1.7 percent in 2015. The increase represents the annual cost-of-living adjustment...
View ArticleVFW, DAV File Joint Lawsuit Against the VA
Kristina Derro Veteran Advocate The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) filed a join lawsuit on May 6 against the VA to force it to change its submission procedure...
View ArticleIsraeli Soldiers Forced to Swim in Toxic River will be Recognized as Disabled...
All Israeli Navy veterans that were forced to swim in the heavily polluted Kishon River in northern Israel during service and have since contracted a disease will be recognized as Israeli Defense Force...
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