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Stars and Stripes – The federal government has launched a new process to expedite Social Security disability claims for a special category of veterans, the Social Security Administration [...]

Austin American-Statesman – As the backlog of first-time claims plummeted nationally, the number of appeals of claims that were rejected or awarded at lower-than-sought levels has [...]

Daily Hampshire Gazette – Last month, the leaders of more than 20 veterans’ service organizations supported a bill by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders that would have resulted in the most [...]

Military.com – Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Wednesday told a Senate panel that advance funding for all VA operations would not solve all the department problems [...]

KFOR-TV –  A bill allowing Oklahoma veterans to be provided with free hyperbaric oxygen treatment for traumatic brain injury has been approved by the state Senate. Read More >

C.F. v. New York City Dept. of Educ.   There has been recent development in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in the Second Circuit. In this case the Plaintiffs [...]

The Huffington Post – Congress and the administration are saying the right things. But they need to act. Our veterans don’t have the luxury of waiting. The numbers who need our help [...]

Marine Corps Times – Last July, Bailey, then 67, won a hard-fought and groundbreaking battle when the Veterans Affairs Department finally approved his claim that Agent Orange caused his [...]

FedWeek – The VA has praised the President’s fiscal 2015 budget request for providing for full implementation of the Veterans Benefits Administration’s transformation plan for reducing the [...]

Augusta Chronicle – More than 50 veteran patients joined Kelly at the meeting to relay issues about care to the Amer­ican Legion’s System Worth Saving Task Force, a decade-old group that [...]