VA Secretary Denis McDonough appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 23, 2021, where he presented a review of the advance appropriations requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs. During his appearance, Secretary McDonough noted that online...
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Month: June 2021
Department of Veterans Affairs to Receive Budget Boost for Fiscal Year 2022
The House Appropriations committee is voting today, Friday, June 25, 2021, on a budget proposal that would significantly increase the budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs for Fiscal Year 2022. If approved as expected, the VA will receive $113.1 billion in...
QUALIFYING COMPENSATION AND PENSION EXAMINERS
During the course of a Veteran’s claim for service-connected disability compensation, a Veteran is often required to attend an examination called a Compensation and Pension (C&P) Examination. The purpose of this examination is to advise the VA as to whether the...
VA Toxic Exposures Announcement
On May 27, 2021, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis McDonough, announced two important decisions which have the potential to affect millions of Veterans who have been exposed to herbicides and who served in Southwest Asia, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan during the...
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR VETERANS IN MOBILE, ALABAMA
Due to COVID, last year was hard on renters and Veterans are no exception. The number of available rentals has shrunk, rents have increased, and even those Veterans who had stable housing are now finding themselves struggling to pay their rent and may be facing...
Evaluating Disability Cases for Diagnoses of COVID-19
On April 16, 2021, the Social Security Administration released an Emergency Message, EM-21032, so as to provide guidance on how to evaluate adult disability cases for a diagnosis of COVID-19. Social Security will find COVID-19 to be a medically determinable impairment...
Honoring Memorial Day
Memorial Day weekend brings a lot of different types of celebrations. My weekend was filled with a few different celebrations to help honor our Fallen heroes. On Friday night, May 28, 2021, I gathered with the wonderful Marines of the PL Wilson Detachment, Marine...