How You Can Have a Presumptive Condition and Still Be Denied VA Benefits?

How You Can Have a Presumptive Condition and Still Be Denied VA Benefits?

One of the many benefits of the PACT Act that was signed into law last year was an expansion of the list of presumptive benefits that can entitle a veteran to disability benefits. Nearly two dozen presumptive conditions, including conditions tied to toxic burn pit exposure, mean that more veterans facing certain serious conditions can…

Top Three Malpractice Claims Against the VA 

Top Three Malpractice Claims Against the VA 

While the VA strives to provide veterans with quality medical care for their injuries and illnesses, the Administration does not always live up to this ideal. Over a ten-year period, recent reporting in Dayton uncovered that the VA paid out nearly $850 million in compensation to settle approximately 4,400 malpractice claims.  Every malpractice claim against…

Bad Behavior Can Lead to Reduced VA Benefits 

Bad Behavior Can Lead to Reduced VA Benefits 

Recently, a U.S. veteran from Berkeley, Missouri found themselves in hot legal water after admitting to having defrauded the government out of $106,245 in VA disability benefits. The veteran’s fraud stemmed from false statements and claims he made to the VA about physical limitations he experienced due to a service-related injury.   The lie was discovered…

Thirty Years Later, Effects of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Linger

Thirty Years Later, Effects of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Linger

Veterans of the armed services who served between 1993 and 2010 might recall the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Enacted by then-President Bill Clinton, the policy was an attempt to reduce discrimination in the services directed toward closeted homosexual or bisexual soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines. The policy did nothing to prevent openly homosexual…