VA Secretary Shinseki has made electronic disability claims processing a priority, and has made year 2012 the deadline for this electronic system to come online. This transition is long overdue since the number of claims has been steadily rising while the time it has taken to process these claims has ...
Please share this with anyone who's had active duty service between January 1957 to December 31, 2001 and planning for retirement. In a nutshell it boils down to this: You qualify for a higher social security payment because of your Military service, for active duty any time ...
The newest version of the mental illness bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual on Mental Illnesses will probably be released in 2013. This is a critical document both for the VA and Social Security Administration since they both rely on this manual that outlines the diagnostic criteria used to classify ...
Rarely are there objective and medically acceptable testing methods that can scientifically verify the presence of a mental illness. That may have changed based on new research out of the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota VA Medical ...
As explained below Gov. Herbert has been at the cusp of signing the deeply flawed agreement with Nevada but for whichever reason has been hesitant. He needs to be convinced through letters that this agreement should never be signed. Below are talking points from Brian Moench MD, from UPHE, ...
Although things looked real bad last fall when Governor Herbert and DNR Director Styler gave the public the impression that the agreement would be signed very quickly after public comment this didn't end up happening. Then at the end of 2009 it looked like the Governor would sign it and ...
Agent Orange generally refers to any herbicide that was used during the Vietnam War, but the main ingredient within these herbicides that causes most medical problems is dioxin. Generally to receive presumptive service connection for agent orange exposure you need to have one of the diseases linked with exposure. ...
The Associated Press did a great story on the problems women veterans face in lieu of their increasing numbers and society's failure to acknowledge their sacrifices. The numbers are quite high since over 230,000 women ...
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