VetsFirst wants you to know that the VA has added three diseases to the list of those that are presumptively related to Agent Orange exposure. VetsFirst supports the VA in this decision and believes that future decisions must also be based on science, without additional consideration for the monetary cost.
VetsFirst wants you to know that the VA has released a fact sheet providing guidance on the implementation of the recently passed prohibition on the collection of copayments from veterans who are catastrophically disabled.
United Spinal Association/VetsFirst and other veterans organizations scored a victory yesterday for Vietnam veterans suffering from diseases associated with Agent Orange exposure, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit instructed the VA to issue within 30 days new rules for paying disability benefits to Vietnam veterans stricken with ischemic heart disease, Parkinson's disease, or B-cell leukemias.
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will likely consider the fiscal year 2011 funding for the VA. VetsFirst, along with other veterans service organizations, supported advance appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has published a new rule that will change the type of evidence that certain veterans will need to provide to the VA to establish a claim for VA benefits due to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
VetsFirst believes that the 120-day filing period to appeal a Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision should not be used to deny veterans their appeal rights if their failure to meet the deadline is a result of a disability. An upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case will now decide whether a veteran’s notice of appeal can be late if there is sufficient reason.
Your spouse deserves better. Both the VA and the Congress need to take a closer look at survivor benefits for totally disabled veterans
As urged by VetsFirst, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have passed the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010. The legislation is now headed to the President for signing.
A major priority for VetsFirst is to continue to improve access to health care for veterans with disabilities including evolving the VA's system of long-term care to one that is more focused on community supports, funded by the VA.
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