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When you go to a hearing there will most likely be a vocational expert (VE) in attendance. The VE will answer some questions from the ALJ regarding jobs in the economy and the VE will answer some [...]

The Wall Street Journal – The new legal aid clinic for military veterans at Syracuse University College of Law has taken on dozens of appeals of denied benefits and less than honorable [...]

WTAE – A local widow says she’s been fighting the VA for years, working hard to prove her late husband handled the chemical herbicide Agent Orange. A victorious outcome could give her [...]

Huffington Post – The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee heard testimony on Tuesday from senators and advocates who urged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to remove roadblocks to care [...]

Justice.gov – Denise M. Bailey, the former administrator of an assisted living facility, has been sentenced to federal prison for misappropriating over $300,000 in veterans benefits that [...]

Twin Cities– A Veterans Affairs official in St. Paul has been accused of benefiting inappropriately because she engineered her own transfer to a directorship in St. Paul. Read More >

Washington Examiner – Shea Wilkes, a Department of Veterans Affairs clinical worker in Louisiana, confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the VA is rife with nepotism and cronyism, a [...]

The Hill – “This week, when I testify along with retired Marine Master Sergeant Jerry Ensminger about the Department of Veterans Affairs’ response to the Camp Lejeune water [...]

VA.gov – VA Office of Inspector General benefits inspectors determined Los Angeles VA Regional office claims processing staff incorrectly processed 24 of the 90 (27 percent) disability [...]

CNN – There are approximately 22 million veterans in the United States. President Obama has requested an appropriation of $168.8 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs in the 2016 [...]