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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

How Do I Know If I Qualify For An Earlier Effective Date? Part I: Did you serve in Vietnam and do you have a qualifying Agent Orange disability? On May 14, 1991, the federal court

Mistakes in processing VA disability claims are not only correctable administrative issues (as we described in our previous post) they contribute to the growing backlog of pending disability claims. Even more tragic, a large number

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

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

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

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

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

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

Many veterans and their families have grown concerned about the level of care that military members are receiving from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Many types of veterans claims have been lodged against the VA, recently involving