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In our prior post we highlighted the efforts Senator Kay Hagan (D-North Carolina) made to Congress in order to resolve the VA backlog in disability claims in that state. The backlog issue has been well-chronicled, and has

Today, many Americans will take to the road as they travel to various vacation spots. Some will travel to visit family, others will enjoy amusement parks and baseball games. While most everyone will understand that

It is not uncommon for disabled veterans seeking veterans disability compensation to contact an attorney and note, many years ago during service, they were injured during basic training or combat, but just learned to live

Veterans may have heard that the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee voted on July 24 to send a bill to the full Senate that would improve veterans' benefits in several areas, including Veterans Disability Compensation, education and

Veterans may be interested to know that the Obama administration has the VA backlog shrinking, successfully decreasing the amount of applications for disability by 20 percent. The President doesn't feel that it's enough and has

Many changes have been made in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs concerning how claims of veterans are being handled after studies revealed that an increasing number of claims were presenting multiple medical issues, leading

Compensation Compensation is not a needs or income-based program. Veteran's applying for service connected disability compensation do not need to have total disability, low income or wartime service in order to be eligible. Veteran's seeking

Veterans may be interested in the response of some veterans groups to proposed changes to the benefit claims process from the Department of Veterans Affairs. On Oct. 31, the VA published proposals to administer different

Veterans who have been through the Department of Veterans Affairs disability claims process may be interested in a story about a veteran who feels that he has been left behind by the system. Though friends

Recently, in Jones v. Shinseki, ___ Vet.App. ___ (Case no. 11-2704) (2012) , the Court of Appeals for Veterans' Claims considered whether the ameliorative effects of medication on symptoms of a service-connected disability justified a