VA Names No. 2 in IT Office
Fed Scoop – Ron Thompson, executive director of IT infrastructure and operations for the Department of Health and Human Services, will become the leading adviser to Chief Information [...]
Advocates Back Military Family’s Feres Doctrine Challenge
Military Times – A diverse group of organizations has filed briefs urging the Supreme Court to hear the case of a military child whose medical malpractice suit was dismissed because her [...]
Vets’ Advocates Highlight Progress On Homelessness, Claims Backlog
NPR – New Year’s day 2016 is the deadline for two ambitious goals set at the Department of Veterans Affairs — ending the backlog of disability claims and reaching zero homeless [...]
Hill & Ponton Announces of Counsel Hire of Retired Brigadier General Richard Maxon
PRWeb.com – On November 21, 2015, Hill and Ponton announced that Retired Brigadier General Richard (Gregg) Maxon is now Of Counsel to Hill & Ponton. His focus will be as a subject area [...]
Congress Orders Defense Dept. to Study Combat’s Effects on Vet Suicide Rates
The New York Times – Congress on Friday passed a bill requiring the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to study the long-term effects of combat on the mental health of veterans — a [...]
VA: Automatic Benefits for Camp Lejeune Vets Will Take a Year
Tampa Bay Times – The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will take at least a year to formulate regulations enabling Camp Lejeune veterans to receive automatic benefits for any of eight [...]
In The War Against Sexual Assault, The Army Keeps Shooting Itself In The Foot
The Washington Post – To mark the end of Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April, the 188th Infantry Brigade held a potluck luncheon here at the largest Army installation east of the [...]
Vets Say ‘Burn Pits’ Created Toxic Clouds That Made Them Sick
NPR – In 2008, Army Reserve Capt. LeRoy Torres returned home to Robstown, Texas, after a tour in Iraq. He went back to work as a state trooper with the Texas Highway Patrol. Torres was a [...]
VA Changes Policy on Declaring Vets Dead
ABC News – The federal government has acknowledged that it wrongly declared more than 100 veterans dead and suspended their benefit payments, and says it is changing its policy of [...]
Retired CAVC Judge Jonathan R. Steinberg Has Passed Away
CAVC – NOVA has received word that Former Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Judge Jonathan R. Steinberg has passed away. Judge Jonathan R. Steinberg was nominated by the President of the [...]