Overall Vet Unemployment Hits Record Low
Military Times – Veteran unemployment hit a record low in September, according to federal data released Friday. Figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a drop to 3 percent, [...]
Study: Russian Operatives Used Twitter and Facebook to Target Vets and Military Personnel
Stars and Stripes – Russian trolls and others aligned with the Kremlin are injecting disinformation into streams of online content flowing to American military personnel and veterans on [...]
Senators Want More Oversight of VA Budget, Spending
Military Times – Tired of emergency funding requests from Veterans Affairs officials, a bipartisan group of senators is pushing new legislation mandating new outside oversight of the [...]
Why So Many Vets Go Hungry – And VA’s New Plan to Fix It
The Washington Post – When Greg Stegall left the Navy at 30 years old, he found himself utterly adrift: a single dad with no degree, no clear plans for the future and a short résumé in a [...]
VA Conceals Shoddy Care and Health Workers’ Mistakes
USA Today – Behind the walls of the nation’s oldest veterans’ hospital, the reports were grim. Medical experts from the Department of Veterans Affairs blamed one botched surgery after [...]
New blog update on Connecticut State Employee Disability Retirement
Contact Zimberlin Law if you have been denied Connecticut State Employee Disability Retirement benefits. Connecticut State Employee Disability Retirement The Connecticut state retirement summary [...]
The VA’s Woes Cannot Be Pinned on Any Singular Administration
The Hill – Actions express priorities. Unfortunately, for the nation’s veterans, the current priorities of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have not changed much in the Trump era. As [...]
VA Photo ID Cards for All Vets Coming in November
Military.com – All honorably discharged veterans of every era will be able to get a photo identification card from the Department of Veterans Affairs starting in November due to a law [...]
VA Technique Cuts Emergency Wait Times
Trib Live – Veterans Health Administration hospitals around the country are adopting a Pittsburgh-developed technique for reducing emergency room waits and making sure vets can quickly see [...]
Shield Vital to Protect Vets’ Asbestos Claims
The Journal Gazette – There are some hard truths embedded in the history of asbestos: Exposure to the deadly mineral continues to claim thousands of lives a year, with military veterans in [...]