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Category Archives: Injured Veterans
The VA announces new plan to address the Backlog
This past week, I had the opportunity to attend the 12th Judicial Conference for the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. There were many distinguished speakers who presented, including the Under Secretary for Benefits at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Retired … Continue reading
America’s Combat Veterans: The Waiting Wounded
The Economist IN WAR, it is said, there are no unwounded soldiers. Bombs that shatter bones also batter brains. Even on the periphery, war afflicts men with aching joints, ringing ears and psychological damage. Imagine, then, the human damage wrought … Continue reading
Benefits for Agent Orange Exposed Veterans
Concerns about the health effects from the millions of gallons of Agent Orange sprayed during the Vietnam War continue to grow. Vietnam Veterans exposed to this combination of herbicides may be eligible for health and disability benefits, according to the … Continue reading
6 in 10 VA Claim Denials are in Error
For full article click here: 6 in 10 VA Claim Denials are In Error. Excerpts are included below. Rick Maze, Army Times Posted : Thursday Dec 13, 2012 12:05:58 EST A new report on an old problem contains some sad … Continue reading
For Injured Veterans, Healing in Service to Others
New York Times Article by James Dao: While working with refugees and landmine survivors in Rwanda, Bosnia and Cambodia in the 1990s, a Rhodes scholar named Eric Greitens had an epiphany about teenagers in traumatic circumstances: the ones who fared … Continue reading
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Beyond The Battlefield: Unprepared For Wave Of Severely Wounded, Bureaucracy Still Catching Up
A decade of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq has left thousands of young Americans suffering with severe pain from amputated limbs, burned flesh, lacerations, shrapnel punctures and traumatic brain damage, injuries that kept them in intensive care for months or … Continue reading
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New Regs published adding to diseases caused by Agent Orange Exposure
VA issued regulations on August 31, 2010, adding Parkinson’s Disease and Ischemic Heart Disease to the list of presumptive service-connected illnesses and expanding the presumption for leukemia to include chronic B cell leukemia. Vietnam veterans with these diseases are urged … Continue reading
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Agent Orange Exposure Update
On August 2, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ordered the VA to issue final regulations within 30 days adding ischemic heart disease, Parkinson’s disease and B-cell leukemias to the list of disabilities presumptively caused by … Continue reading
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Military’s Exit Exam to detect Brain Injury a “Coin Flip”
Congress dedicated $1.7 billion to treatment of brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder and passed a law requiring the military to test a soldier’s cognitive functions before and after deployment in an effort to identify brain injuries. However, the actual … Continue reading
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Military’s Exit Exam to detect Brain Injury a “Coin Flip”
Congress dedicated $1.7 billion to treatment of brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder and passed a law requiring the military to test a soldier’s cognitive functions before and after deployment in an effort to identify brain injuries. However, the actual … Continue reading
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