Veterans Disability Info Blog

At Long Last, Blue Water Navy Veterans Win Agent Orange Benefits

January 30th 2019 – Gideon J. Miller, Esq. and Eric A. Gang, Esq.

Marking an enormous, long-overdue victory for Vietnam veterans, the Federal Circuit set precedent Tuesday in a decision that finally extends Agent Orange presumption to “blue water” Navy veterans. For over a decade, the VA has excluded these up to 90,000 Vietnam veterans from receiving...

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Veteran Wins 100% Compensation for a Delusional Disorder Based on the Movie Apocalypse Now

November 25th 2016 – Eric Gang

As a veterans’ disability attorney we are often confronted with a myriad of circumstances that give rise to claims for compensation in the veterans’ disability arena. The following story is a true story taken from our case files. We just received word of a victory for a veteran and an...

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Veterans Day in Times of Change

November 10th 2016 – Eric Gang

Tomorrow is Veterans Day. As usual, many news outlets are largely focusing on all the deals and freebies that will be available to our valued military and the numerous fundraisers and parades that will take place across the country, notably, the “America's Parade” in NYC, which is...

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Secretary McDonald Compares the Treatment of Veterans to Disneyland

May 26th 2016 – Eric Gang

On Monday of this week Dept. of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald made a very inappropriate remark about VA wait times. At “The Monitor Breakfast,” a public forum hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, Secretary McDonald said, “When you go to Disney, do they measure the...

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Our Nation’s Veterans Deserve Better for Their Service and Their Sacrifice

April 22nd 2016 – Eric Gang

Our country often boasts of having the most highly developed military in the world. Indeed, the power of the United States military has been influential in winning two major world wars in the 20th Century and is also credited with influencing the collapse of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. ...

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Who’s Responsible When Your VA Benefits Appeal Isn’t Going Anywhere?

April 15th 2016 – Eric Gang

It’s understandable that a veteran who suffers from severe disabling conditions and who lacking the ability to work would be frustrated by how long it take VA to resolve his appeal. One of the complaints I hear from veterans is that their lawyer isn’t doing anything to move their case...

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Recent Report Highlights Problems in the St. Petersburg VA Regional Office

March 1st 2016 – Eric Gang

Veteran’s disability benefits claims have been incorrectly cataloged in the St. Petersburg VA regional office. Steep backlog and inefficient data processing are responsible for the discrepancy, according to a report made public by the Department of Veteran’s Affairs. An anonymous tip...

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CAVC Remand for Back Injury Based on the Failure to Consider Journal Entries

February 15th 2016 – Eric Gang

A common problem when appealing a VA denial of benefits is where a veteran does not have documentation in his service treatment records of an injury in the service. Our veteran’s benefits law firm recently had a case where we obtained a remand at the CAVC back to the BVA in a case that...

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CAVC Remand in PTSD Case for Not Addressing Fear of Hostile Attack

January 18th 2016 – Eric Gang

In some cases when the VA denies a claim for PTSD, it often neglects to consider whether the veteran was in a combat theater and in fear of a hostile military or terrorist attack. Our lawyers recently got a remand at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans claims for a veteran who was exposed to...

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Veteran’s Clinics See Increase in Lupus Cases Among Military Population

January 4th 2016 – Eric Gang

Can your military service make you ill? Research shows that lupus among the military population is becoming more prevalent. Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease whose signs and symptoms can last for years. The disease can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body)...

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