Obtaining your VA Records

Critical to any VA disability claim is inspection and submission of relevant medical records that support your claim. You would think that all you have to do is go to the VA and request your records. You may think it would be quite easy, but often times its not [...]

Salient Points to Send to Policymakers

Terry Marasco from Baker, NV, long time activist against the water grab sent me these great points. Send comments to snakevalley@utah.gov

RE: Concerns with the UT NV Water Agreement

August 23, 2009

1. The removal of [...]

Search Approval Rates on ALJs

If your curious as to how often your local Administrative Law Judge approves Social Security Disability Cases you can search The Oregonian’s database on approval rates here. Its no surprise that there is wide disparity among judges.

Proof that Veterans don’t come First at VA

If we needed any further proof that veterans are not a priority at VA is the recent report from CNN that technology employees at VA are getting bonuses while thousands of Veteran’s claims remain undecided. These bonuses amount to around $24 million. The VA Inspector General studied the problem [...]

Look for New Bike Lanes and Green Lanes

The City has released a schedule of work that has been done already or will be done in the near future in the area of bike lanes and other transportation projects. The city has already created significant new bike lanes in the SW quadrant of the City and will soon [...]

Government Run VA Health Care System Outperforms Private System

For those who oppose a public option currently being considered by Congress should consider the VA Medical System where the standard of care is rated much higher than health care outside of the VA. Veterans, on the whole, typically have significant physical and mental health impairments, but they rated the [...]

Car Sharing in SLC

SLC has contracted with U Car Share (a subsidiary of U-Haul) and now has a car sharing program just like more progressive cities such as Eugene/Portland, Or, Madison, and Berkeley. There is a one time $25 fee that I think can be waived through a promotional deal, and then each [...]

New Efforts Implemented by Army to Head off Military Related Stress

The NY Times reported that the Army has plans for a new program that will require all 1.1 million of its enlisted soldiers to take “emotional resiliency” training. The new program is the first of its kind and is intended to head off problems Veterans have with PTSD, depression, and [...]

Water Deal Uniformly Panned

Although Utah State DNR head continues to laud what he says is a fair water deal between Utah and Nevada most others are uniformly rejecting the agreement. Foremost among the opponents of the deal are the Utah Association of Counties not usually known to be on the forefront of environmental [...]

New Vet Treatment Center in Washington County

The VA has reemphasized the mental health treatment for returning Veterans in terms of readjustment treatment, PTSD counseling, and vocational rehabilitation. Overall, 28 of these new treatment centers will be build across the Country including this new facility in Washington County in 2010. St. George as a city that [...]