Hearing & Tinnitus
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer We receive hundreds of emails a month from veterans, many of them claim hearing loss or tinnitus (ringing). The problem is always connecting the disability to...
View ArticleNew Bill to Support Post-9/11 Vets
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer The House of Representatives has passed HR 4057, a new bill designed to help student veterans. HR 4057 will allow post-9/11 student vets one comprehensive place...
View ArticleVA Accused of Hiding Veteran Health Data
Jim Fausone Veteran Advocate A scientist is alleging that the Department of Veterans’ Affairs is hiding data. According to a scientist for the VA, the agency’s Office of Public Health has been hiding...
View ArticleNative American Veterans to Obtain Help
Brig. Gen. Carol Ann Fausone (ret.) As I have traveled the country helping veterans, one group that is underserved are Native Americans. My friends in western State Veterans Affairs departments have...
View ArticleVeterans Disability Attorney Comments on Shrinking Disability Benefits Backlog
In an address to disabled veterans, President Obama announced that the backlog of disability claims was shrinking. At the Disabled American Veterans annual meeting earlier this year, Obama stated...
View ArticleSame-Sex Spousal Benefits
The White House has announced that the same-sex spouses of military vets are now granted spousal benefits. The Supreme Court’s rejection of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) means that the spouses...
View ArticleIs it the Middle Managers at VA?
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer In most organizations the people at the top get it. The people at the bottom are just doing a job. It is the people in the middle that make or break the team....
View ArticleMichigan Veterans Not Using Services
Michigan has a significant concentration of resident veterans – around 700,000. However, in December, it was revealed that Michigan also has the lowest percentage of veterans who utilize benefits and...
View ArticleVA Research: Diabetes & TBI
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Attorney VA Healthcare does a tremendous amount of research and works to get that information out into the public. As part of an effort to inform Veterans and others...
View ArticleVA Settles on a Single Map of the US in an Effort to Simplify the Agency
After several reports on the horrendous customer service of the Department of Veterans Affairs toward veterans in 2014, the VA is now celebrating some “good news” on that front for 2015: VA officials...
View ArticleVeterans Should Sign Up for Medicare When Eligible, Even With Good VA Benefits
Many veterans who qualify for health coverage from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) do not see the benefit in enrolling in Medicare when they become eligible. In the first place, some parts of...
View ArticleVA to extend veterans benefits to same-sex couples nationwide
Following the Supreme Court’s June 26 ruling that legalized gay marriage in all 50 states, same-sex couples will now be able to receive veterans pensions, medical services, home loan guarantees and...
View ArticleCamp Lejeune Veterans
Kristina Derro Veteran Advocate VA just announced today that eight medical conditions that are linked to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina from 1953 to 1987, will become presumptive...
View ArticleVeterans Disability Attorney Comments on Shrinking Disability Benefits Backlog
In an address to disabled veterans, President Obama announced that the backlog of disability claims was shrinking. At the Disabled American Veterans annual meeting earlier this year, Obama stated...
View ArticleSame-Sex Spousal Benefits
The White House has announced that the same-sex spouses of military vets are now granted spousal benefits. The Supreme Court’s rejection of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) means that the spouses...
View ArticleIs it the Middle Managers at VA?
Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer In most organizations the people at the top get it. The people at the bottom are just doing a job. It is the people in the middle that make or break the team....
View ArticleMichigan Veterans Not Using Services
Michigan has a significant concentration of resident veterans – around 700,000. However, in December, it was revealed that Michigan also has the lowest percentage of veterans who utilize benefits and...
View ArticleVA Research: Diabetes & TBI
Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Attorney VA Healthcare does a tremendous amount of research and works to get that information out into the public. As part of an effort to inform Veterans and others...
View ArticleVA Settles on a Single Map of the US in an Effort to Simplify the Agency
After several reports on the horrendous customer service of the Department of Veterans Affairs toward veterans in 2014, the VA is now celebrating some “good news” on that front for 2015: VA officials...
View ArticleVeterans Should Sign Up for Medicare When Eligible, Even With Good VA Benefits
Many veterans who qualify for health coverage from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) do not see the benefit in enrolling in Medicare when they become eligible. In the first place, some parts of...
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