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Category: Veterans Disability Claims

2022 Budget Proposal Outlines Massive Funding Increase for the VA

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Nearly $270 billion has been requested for the VA by the White House in the new budget for fiscal year 2022. This allocation would increase the current budget by approximately 10%. The addit... Continue Reading

New Plan Could Grant Benefits to Veterans Affected by Burn Pits

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 A sweeping new proposal being introduced by Senate leaders, could potentially grant presumptive benefits to veterans for a number of respiratory illnesses for all veterans who served in overseas co... Continue Reading

VA Disability Claim Backlog Will Grow More Before It Shrinks

Thursday, May 20, 2021 Even prior to the pandemic, the complex process that is a VA disability claim had led to a growing backlog of claims. COVID-19 has served to exacerbate this issue and has placed constraints on the ... Continue Reading

New Proposed Law Could Make it Easier for Veterans to get Private-Sector Care Covered by the VA

Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Last week, new legislation in congress was introduced, aiming to make it easier for veterans not only to access private-sector care, but also to have it covered by the Department of Veterans Affair... Continue Reading

Study Links PTSD to Heart Disease for Female Veterans

Thursday, April 29, 2021 The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published a report stating that female veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are more than twice as likely to suffer from isch... Continue Reading

Veteran Advocacy Groups Push for Burn Pit Legislation

Friday, April 23, 2021 Several veteran advocacy groups including Burn Pits 360 and GruntStyle, gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday. They were there to voice unified support for Burn Pit legislation, specifically for the bip... Continue Reading

VA is Working, Pushing for a New Deadline for Gulf War Illnesses

Wednesday, April 21, 2021 The deadline for Gulf War veterans to seek benefits for some service-connected illnesses is currently December 31st, 2021. However, according to the VA officials, the department is working to push ... Continue Reading

The VA Expected Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to Lead to Toxic Exposure

Friday, April 16, 2021 VA agency officials recently told McClatchy that their disease researchers began discussing war-related illnesses internally soon after the 9/11 attacks. The revelation has caused much anger from v... Continue Reading

Trial Begins in Florida for Massive Lawsuit Over 3M’s Military-Issued Earplugs

Friday, April 9, 2021 More than 229,000 veterans are involved in a lawsuit against 3M that has begun with jury selection. They claim that their hearing problems are linked to faulty earplugs issued by the military. The ... Continue Reading

How Will the VA Spend the $17 Billion They’ve Just Received from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021?

Thursday, April 1, 2021 As part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs has received over $17 billion in funding. Here’s how it will be spent. $10 billion of the funding will be spent d... Continue Reading