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
Read Full ArticleVeterans 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
Read Full ArticleMistakes 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
Read Full ArticleWhile 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
Read Full ArticleIt 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
Read Full ArticleThe 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
Read Full ArticleMany 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
Read Full ArticleInjured or sick veterans from all over the country may feel that they have suffered mistreatment by the Veterans Administration. This may be the case whenever a government agency is in charge of hospitals and
Read Full ArticleReaders may be interested in a CNN investigative report alleging that there are at least six veteran deaths because of denied or delayed care. In response, members of Congress visited two Veterans Administration hospitals featured
Read Full ArticleIn 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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