I have long been interested in the association between mental disorders and various physical health problems. I’ve written extensively in the past on the issue of obesity and its correlation with people that suffer from PTSD. I’ve also seen research associating PTSD with lower rates of smoking cessation which in […]
Can you sue a surgeon for leaving a surgical sponge inside you? The answer is yes, absolutely. Surgeons leaving something behind in a patient is negligent behavior that can cause severe pain and disability, and often requires more surgeries, months of rehabilitation, increased medical expenses and other damages. In severe […]
As a veteran’s disability attorney, a substantial part of our practice is devoted towards representing veterans with PTSD. Although the rules of ethics would prohibit me from saying that we specialize in PTSD cases, I will say that we have a significant concentration in representing veterans with PTSD. As such, […]
So the VA has told you that you are not disabled because they believe you can perform sedentary work. You may ask yourself what is sedentary work and how did they determine I can perform in light of my disability? What is sedentary work? The Bureau of Labor Statistics breaks […]
More and more VA hospital employees are blowing the whistle on poor patient care and falsified data, so much so that Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner has requested a 2018 budget increase of $2.4 million to process the flood of complaints, according to a recent article in The Boston Globe. VA […]
A diabetic veteran who checked into the Memphis VA Medical Center seeking an assessment of damage and possible repair of blood vessels in one of his legs went back home with a piece of plastic tubing dangerously lodged in a critical artery. As a result of the malpractice, the veteran […]
During the 99th American Legion National Convention in Reno, President Trump signed the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017. This comes as a fulfillment of Trump’s campaign promises to reform the “broken” VA system. The idea behind the legislation is to expedite and add more transparency to the […]
ADS Inc. will pay $16 million to settle False Claims allegations that it fraudulently obtained government contracts through a scheme that included using undeclared affiliates to bid for contracts set aside for small businesses. The recovery represents one of the largest settlements ever reached in a case of small-business contract […]
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 refusing to see patients during […]
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 list. But news of new Agent Orange diseases […]
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