Category Archives: Veterans Services
US Agrees to Pay Billions to Marines Affected by Toxic Water
By Hope Yen: After years of waiting, veterans who were exposed to contaminated drinking water -->
The Invisible Veterans: Women
By Samantha Kubek: According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, one in four women seen -->
Paying Tribute to Our Nation’s Veterans
Please join the Finkelstein & Partners team and our dedicated Veterans’ Services Group in remembering -->
A new federal court ruling has huge significance for military reservists
By Andrew Tilghman: A high-level federal court on Friday delivered a blow to the rights -->
VA extends deadline for seeking Gulf War illness benefits to 2021
By NIKKI WENTLING – For the next five years, veterans will have an easier time -->
In Bipartisan Vote, House Passes VA Accountability, Appeals Reform
Today the House passed H.R. 5620, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of -->
VA doesn’t waste time in implementing Supreme Court decision
By Jason Miller: The Veterans Affairs Department acted unusually quickly to comply with the U.S. -->
AS PFOS-CONTAMINATED WATER CRISIS CONTINUES TO PLAGUE NEWBURGH, SCHUMER TOURS WASHINGTON LAKE AREA TAINTED BY PFOS AND ANNOUNCES NEW LEGISLATION REQUIRING U.S. AIR FORCE TO PAY FOR WATER CONTAMINATION CLEANUP IF FOUND RESPONSIBLE
Standing with local leaders in Newburgh, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today toured the banks -->
PAVE Program Assists Vets on Campus
Military.com: The University of Michigan Health System and the Student Veterans of America have developed -->
For Suicidal Veterans, a Frayed Lifeline
NY Times Editorial Board: Veterans make up 8.5 percent of America’s adult population but account -->
VA plans massive expansion of cancer treatment options
By Leo Shane, III: The Department of Veterans Affairs could turn its entire medical system -->
VA Officials Pledge New Studies Into Effects of Agent Orange
by Charles Ornstein and Terry Parris Jr., ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, The Virginian-Pilot: The U.S. -->
Miller Bill Would Enable Real Accountability for All VA Employees, Reform Appeals Process
Yesterday, Chairman Jeff Miller introduced H.R. 5620, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act -->
Veteran groups blast Senate plan to scale back preferential hiring
By Travis J. Tritten: Veteran groups on Monday blasted an effort by the Senate and -->
Nancy Morgan, Esq. and Christine Clemens, Esq., Presented CLE on Veterans Law
VSG Attorneys, Nancy Morgan and Christine Clemens, presented a CLE on behalf of the New -->
Bill Would Turn Veterans Health Administration Into Nonprofit Corporation
By Eric Katz: The Caring for our Heroes in the 21st Century Act, introduced by -->
VA announces new TBI exams
By: A.J. Lagoe and Steven Eckert, KARE: Responding to disclosures that it used unqualified doctors to -->
Army Vet Finds Unconventional Way to Promote TBI Awareness
An Afghanistan and Iraq Army veteran who sustained multiple service related injuries, including a damaged -->
New VA watchdog pledges more transparency
USA Today, By Donovan Slack: The new inspector general at the Department of Veterans Affairs -->
House set to weigh in on drafting women
By Travis J. Tritten: The House may weigh in next week on whether women must -->