Atomic Vets are defined by the VA as veterans who participated in specific events that exposed them to radiation. These events include: Aboveground
Learn MoreSleep Disorders – Are they Service Connectable?
Many Veterans experience sleep disorders that may be attributable to either their military experiences or secondary to another condition that may be
Learn MoreEligibility for Unemployability While Still Working
In our blog about working and receiving Unemployability, we outline how Veterans can continue to be employed while receiving the VA benefit called
Learn MoreConcurrent Retirement and VA Disability Pay
Enacted under the National Defense Authorization Act for 2003; select veterans who are retired from military service and have service connected
Learn MoreMental Health Care and OTH Discharges
As we opened the newspapers the week of March 7th, 2017, we read the tragic story of another veteran who lost his life to desperation and
Learn MoreJet Fuel Exposure Causes Hearing Loss??
Living in and near Air Force bases most of my life, my daughter’s favorite saying was “Jet Noise, the sound of Freedom.” We all had the bumper
Learn MoreThe Benefits of an Independent Medical Examination (IME)
The VA has their own doctors who, either employed or contracted with them, will provide a Compensation and Pension exam, otherwise known as the
Learn MoreCipro and Gulf War Syndrome
Cipro, or ciprofloxacin, is a common antibiotic of the fluoroquinolone class. It was the first of its class created by Bayer in 1981 and subsequently
Learn MoreFully Developed Claims (FDC): Do they Speed up the Process?
In 2014, we posted a blog article about the new Fully Developed Claim (FDC) process and were hard pressed to find anything that showed if the system
Learn MoreAdaptive Housing Grants for Disabled Veterans
An Adaptive Housing Grant is funding that is available through the VA to assist Veterans with certain service-connected disabilities to live as
Learn MoreCholangiocarcinoma and Veterans of South East Asia
Cholangiocarcinoma is cancer that forms in the ducts that carry bile from the liver to the small intestine. It is very slow growing and does not
Learn MoreVeterans are at Higher Risk of Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease that causes your body to not process carbohydrates properly, increasing the amount of sugar your body has to process. It is
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