When can a disabled worker obtain attorney fees from an insurance company in an ERISA long term disability case? The Second Circuit Court of Appeals, in Scarangella v. Group Health Inc., [...]
Veterans News Now – “Happy Thanksgiving” to all our Veterans and their families, to the Survivors of the Fallen, and to my VA colleagues across our Department, who serve them so faithfully. [...]
WISH-TV – The State of Indiana is doing something about the federal backlog of benefit claims for vets. The state has worked to rewrite a law to help veterans with the Military Family [...]
Courthouse News Service – Veterans subjected to Cold War-era drug experiments asked the 9th Circuit on Tuesday to grant them more relief than ordered last week by a federal judge. The [...]
Quad-City Times – Since the first reports in March, the VA has reduced the average backlog by four months. The VA’s push would be commendable, if government agencies can be commended for [...]
Military.com – The chief policy officer with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America called a marketing company’s use of phone numbers closely matching Department of Veterans [...]
CBS News – Two million Americans have served in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Veterans Administration tells us that one out of five suffers from PTSD. One reason we’re seeing so much of [...]
Examiner.com – This sea of orange: this “Quilt of Tears” represents the over 250,000 people who live with the ravaging effects of exposure to Agent Orange. According to the list of symptoms [...]
Department of Veterans Affairs – After many years of collaborative work between VA and Veterans Service Organizations, the VA Compensation and Pension Regulation Rewrite Proposed Rule [...]
Washington Free Beacon – Rep. James Clyburn (D, S.C.) claimed the Department of Veterans Affairs “runs pretty well” and was an example of the government’s ability to oversee large programs [...]