In Heimeshoff v. The Hartford, the United States Supreme Court upheld a contractual provision requiring a claimant to bring a federal lawsuit challenging the denial of ERISA LTD benefits within 3 [...]
Veterans Affairs Proposed Changes to Standard Claims and Appeals Forms. The VA has two major components of these proposed changes: All claims require prescribed standard forms or will be rejected [...]
Cardiology Today – A study in the journal Biological Psychiatry found that patients with post-traumatic stress disorder had higher rates of myocardial ischemia in treadmill tests. Read More >
NBC News – A judge handed down a 28-year prison sentence Monday to a man convicted of masterminding a $100 million, cross-country Navy veterans charity fraud. Read More >
The Washington Post – For veterans in nine cities — Reno, Baltimore, Winston-Salem, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Chicago, Houston, Pittsburgh and St. Louis — the average wait tops a year. Read [...]
Government Executive – The Veterans Affairs Department is trying to make it easier for veterans diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and certain other ailments connected to TBI to obtain [...]
KTAR-AM – Lawmakers, advocates and government officials say unscrupulous financial advisers – “pension poachers” – are taking advantage of veterans, selling unneeded [...]
New American Media – Unlike during the Vietnam War-era when Knight was a soldier, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is today a widely recognized diagnosis among younger veterans who [...]
Stars and Stripes – The House wrapped up its legislative work for 2013 on Thursday without finalizing any major veterans initiatives, a disheartening footnote for some advocates pushing [...]
Military.com – Since pressure was applied by veteran service organizations last year, the Department of Veterans Affairs has claimed that it is not only shrinking the backlog numbers but [...]