Nebraska residents might be startled to hear that veterans are dying from accidental prescription narcotics overdoses at a significantly higher rate than their civilian counterparts. According to in investigative report released by CBS, veterans' access
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is under intense scrutiny due to a surge in medical malpractice complaints from Veterans and their families. These complaints range from delayed treatment and missed diagnoses to horrific incidents
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In an August 8, 2008, article entitled, "War Veterans' Concussions Are Often Overlooked", The New York Times reported the following: Former Staff Sgt. Kevin Owsley is not quite sure what rattled his brain in 2004: the roadside
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Veterans may have heard that executives from two government departments, the DOD and the VA, reported to Congress on July 10 that they are close to resolving the issue of the backlog of claims for
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The VA's Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System will be holding its Veterans' Freedom Music Festival on June 15, 2013. The event will be held at the VA clinic campus in Lincoln, Nebraska. It will open
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It appears that older Veterans' disability claims will be expedited. As part of an recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs, the oldest claims will be immediately evaluated and paid. The move is
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While many of our posts have reported on the growing backlog of disability cases, we came across a story that described the difficulty some injured veterans had in appealing their claims. The difficulty involved a
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After veterans establish service connection for a disability or disabilities resulting from their military service, the VA rates their disabilities from 0 to 100 percent for purposes of determining the amount of monthly compensation. The
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In a prior post, we reported on how the number of paper based disability claims was so massive that it threatened to collapse the North Carolina building where they are stored. While Veterans Affairs claims
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In a prior post we noted the increasing costs of caring for disabled veterans. Specifically, such costs had increased from $14.8 billion in 2000 to $39.4 billion as of 2011. Indeed, multiple deployments and wars
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