Attorneys Fight for Veterans Against VA and VSOs

ShareThe Disabled American Veterans (DAV) organization is targeting the use of attorneys by veterans (the Attorneys for Veterans right) to obtain benefits to which veterans are entitled, sending veterans into the hands of the veritable enemy— the Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs).
The ‘Attorneys for Veterans’ or ‘choice’ legislation took effect in June 2007 and now the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) seeks a [...]

Agent Orange Claims Go Automated

ShareIt appears that VA Secretary Eric Shinseki will not let Agent Orange victims fade away.

VA to automate Agent Orange claims process
By Gregg Zoroya – USA Today
WASHINGTON — The Veterans Affairs Department plans to announce Tuesday that it will fully automate how it pays claims for illnesses related to exposure to the chemical Agent Orange to [...]

Military Update: Too many veterans leave service unaware of benefits

Despite billions of additional dollars pumped into veterans benefits in recent years, many military personnel still leave service unaware of their VA benefits or of programs set up to help them transition to civilian life, a senior Defense official and veteran advocates testified Wednesday.

VA Says 105,000 Hires in Two Years

ShareFrom the Post: Q&A with W. Scott Gould, deputy secretary of Veterans Affairs
Interview by Ed O’Keefe
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to hire roughly 105,000 employees in the next two years as part of the Obama administration’s expansion of benefits and services for veterans. Deputy Secretary W. Scott Gould talked Monday about the hiring plans and [...]

Class Action Suit to Yield Benefits for Thousands of Veterans

ShareCLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TO YIELD BETTER BENEFITS FOR THOUSANDS OF VETERANS SUFFERING FROM PTSD AND THEIR FAMILIES – Lawyers Serving Warriors
Veterans must opt-in by July 24 for disability rating upgrade and expedited review of benefits, NVLSP and Morgan Lewis available to counsel veterans on their rights as class members
Following an order issued by [...]

Law Prof Reed on Why VA Is a Failure

ShareTom Reed, Director Widener University School of Law Veterans Law Clinic, has a law review article detailing what veterans and advocates know well. “Parallel Lines Never Meet:  Why the Military Disability Retirement and Veterans Affairs Department Claim  Adjudication Systems are a Failure.” Reed is sending copies of the article to the House & Senate Armed [...]

Many Disabled Veterans Denied VA Educational Benefits

ShareAre you a disabled veteran who would love the opportunity to become “rehabilitated” utilizing the infamous VA Vocational Rehabilitation Program?
 If the answer is ”yes”, let’s hope you fair better than the majority of disabled veterans who are being denied the educational benefits that is being “supposedly” offered by the program.
Many veterans who are discharged from active duty, [...]

HURRY UP AND WAIT — NOTHING LESS THAN A 21ST-CENTURY VA

ShareGarden Grove/CA –– February 11, 2010 — As the Founder of Veterans-For-Change, an advocacy group for Veterans rights, benefits, and treatment, my co-members and I would like to bring to your attention the ever increasing serious problems affecting veterans and their families every day. In August, 2009, President Barack Obama addressed the Veterans of Foreign [...]

Disabled Veterans Fail to Receive Cost of Living Increase in 2010

ShareEvery year disabled veterans receive a cost of living increase for service-connected disabilities. However, they did not receive one this year.
Upon contacting the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office to inquire about the reasons for the lack of increases, VA Representatives stated that it was just a decision that the government made. There were no underlying reasons for the decision and no [...]

Veterans’ Employment & Training Service (VETS)

ShareVeterans’ Employment & Training Service (VETS) is maintained by the U.S. Dept of Labor as a resource for veterans, service members and families to make a living and navigate in an uncertain economy. Check out VETS if you have not:
The mission statement for VETS is to provide veterans and transitioning service members with the resources and services [...]

G.I Bill Benefits Pushed Aggressively by DVA

The intended [and for many veterans shocking] message from the DVA regarding the GI Bill is a message of “yes,” standing in stark contrast to the infamous DVA culture of no. A presumption of eligibility for education benefits is the directive from the DVA.

Regional Veterans’ News 1/26/10

Stories about regional veterans news, benefits, health and other issues today from: Clarksville, Tennessee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Redding, California, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Lake Jackson, Texas, Franklin, Louisiana, Hartford, Connecticut, and Fort Collins, Colorado

MILITARY DISCHARGE: How to Upgrade

ShareMILITARY DISCHARGE: How to Upgrade  
Upgrade and Improve your ability to obtain VA benefits
Before 1975, the Army "illegally" gave other-than-honorable discharges to a bunch of service members as the result of compelled urinalysis testing for the purpose of drug rehab. This was to either get the service member into a drug program or to monitor their progress while [...]

Get Your Back Pay – Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay

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How to get your VA GI Bill emergency check

ShareIf you’re entitled to a VA GI Bill emergency check and you have questions about how to obtain your check, watch this video! Visit https://advancepay.gibill.va.gov/ for further details.

     
VA Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth explains the process for obtaining VA education benefit advance payments. For more information, visit the Advance Pay website at https://advancepay.gibill.va.gov/. See http://www.va.gov/opa/feature/video/G… for [...]

House Passes Historic Bill to Secure Timely Funding for Veterans’ Health Care

ShareCHAIRMAN BOB FILNERHOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
House Passes Historic Bill to Secure Timely Funding for Veterans’ Health Care
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, October 8, 2009, the House of Representatives approved an amendment to H.R. 1016, a bill to secure timely funding for veterans’ health care delivered through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).  Bob Filner (D-CA), [...]

POST 911 GI BILL TUITION REIMBURSEMENT

ShareGo to AdvancePay GI Bill site
Information on Emergency Payments for Veterans Awaiting VA Educational Benefits
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has authorized advance payments up to $3,000 for Veterans who applied for VA educational benefits and who have not yet received their monthly education payments.
     
If you are a Veteran who has applied for one [...]

Operation Troop Aid Reels in $10,000 Check Thanks to 'Deadliest Catch' Star

Shareby Christy Watkins and Mark Woods
Nashville, TN – Sept. 30, 2009)  Nonprofit military organization Operation Troop Aid was surprised with a check for $10,000 after Deadliest Catch cast member Russell Newberry won the Budweiser Celebrity Billiards Shootout on Sept. 25, 2009.  Newberry, a deckhand on the "Time Bandit" and "Wizard" crabbing vessels on Discovery Channel’s hit television [...]

Information from the DVA on the new GI Bill is here

ShareParticipation in the New Post-9/11 GI Bill Continues to Grow
Over $50 million Already Paid to Schools and Students
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that it has provided certificates of eligibility to nearly 200,000 applicants for the new Post-9/11 GI Bill.  Over 61,000 payments totaling over $50 million to schools and students [...]

AKAKA & TESTER CALL FOR DELIBERATE ACTION TO FIX VA’S VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION SYSTEM

ShareThe Senate and House Committees on Veterans Affairs are now considering whether ot not to substantially increase the amount of pensions for disabled veterans very soon here.  The fight from other quarters to keep that amount of money low is aggressive and disciplined.
You need to understand what is happening and be ready to take immediate [...]

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