Veterans Disability Info Blog

Chief of Specialty Care Clinics and Scheduling Operations at the Phoenix VA Health Care System and former Army infantry officer, Cuauhtemoc Rodriguez, has again filed a whistleblower complaint with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) against the Phoenix VA system claiming VA doctors are...

Vietnam veterans are losing patience waiting for VA compensation for Agent Orange associated diseases. And if VA decision-makers are listening to the likes of federal official Jim Samspel, many veterans wonder whether their conditions will ever make the Agent Orange presumptive diseases...

Veterans exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam have put up a long hard fight trying to get the VA disability benefits they deserve.
An estimated 2.4 million U.S. service members were exposed to some level of Agent Orange in Vietnam between 1962 and 1971. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs...

Under the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003, service-disabled veterans who own small businesses get preference for government set-aside contracts.
This service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) program helps veterans compete among other small businesses in the community as a reward...

Our nation vows to take care of its veterans, but VA hospitals continue to delay patient care appointments, in some cases long enough to result in death. Now, Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says the Department of Veterans Affairs is trying to hide just how bad the wait times are.
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A recent article in the Washington Post, "Thousands of U.S. Troops Suffering from Trauma Were Separated from the Military for Misconduct, Report Finds", has confirmed what we have seen in practice for a number of years now. 
Veterans begin to suffer the problems associated with...

Despite deficiencies in the Department of Veteran’s Affairs recent budget proposal, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin announced he will continue to focus efforts on a new program that will expand VA mental health care to former service members with less than honorable...

Veterans who work to serve and protect our nation’s citizens deserve the highest quality medical care. Unfortunately, VA hospitals are often short-staffed and overwhelmed. Overworked physicians with less-than-optimal medical equipment and supplies may offer negligent care, or worse, create...

We recently won service connection for a veteran’s myocardial infarction secondary to a service connected psychiatric disability.  This veteran’s psychiatric disability was different than the typical PTSD scenario that we often face in this office.  This veteran had a...

Veterans who are exposed to the contaminated water at the Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune over a 35-year period can now apply for veterans’ disability compensation using new rules that were just recently finalized.  This change in approach with these cases is expected to affect as many...