From the category archives:

Disability Benefits

The VA on 60 Minutes

January 6, 2010

On January 3, 2009, 60 Minutes ran a segment on delays at the VA in claims processing, titled “Delay, Deny and Hope That I Die.” You can watch it online, at cbs.com: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/60_minutes/ If you’d like to talk to an attorney about your Veterans’ disability case, please contact us via e-mail, phone, or the Internet.   [...]

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Wounded Warriors-VA and Social Security Disability Benefits

December 29, 2009
VA and Social Security benefits.

Social Security has established a program it calls “Wounded Warriors,” which expedites the claims of wounded service members. Estimates on the number of Wounded Warriors vary depending on the source: The DOD reports about 34,000 were wounded since 2001. The GAO’s analysis of VA data shows there are about 250,000 wounded. A 2008 study by the [...]

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What is the 2010 COLA for Veterans’ Benefits?

November 28, 2009

Senate Bill 407 was passed by both the House and Senate, and signed into law by President Obama. The bill sets an increase in compensation rates for service connected disabilities and for Dependency and Compensation benefits. the increase in compensation will be the same as the Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA), rounded down to [...]

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