Disability solutions for you and your family
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) Program is a prevention-focused component of VA’s Homeless Programs Office (HPO). The HPO’s mission is to end homelessness among Veterans. Unfortunately, disabled Veterans have a difficult time...
We previously told you about the staffing shortages that the VA has seen this year in our blog from November 18, 2022. You can access that blog here. Since that time, the VA has announced that it has begun to hire new staffing to help process the massive number of...
There is more to filing a successful VA compensation claim than simply filing. While the VA will pull your service treatment and VA treatment records, that is rarely enough for you to get your condition service-connected. That is not to say that you should hold off...
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has begun to see severe increases in staff shortages this year. VA had been making progress in the years previous with staffing shortages but have fallen back into this problem. An Inspector General (IG) report found that all...
When you apply for Social Security disability, one of the first things you receive in the mail from the Social Security Administration (SSA) is a function report. A function report will ask you various questions regarding your activities of daily living. For example,...
November 11th officially became a day to honor American veterans of all wars beginning in June 1954. Since 1978, Veterans Day has been observed on November 11th, regardless of the day of the week on which it falls. The observance of Veterans Day on November 11...
The Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act (the PACT Act) was signed by President Biden on August 10, 2022. One of the largest health care benefit expansions in decades for the VA, the PACT Act will expand coverage for those exposed to hazardous substances during...
With the signing of the PACT Act on August 10, 2022 tens of thousands of Veterans will now be eligible to enroll in, and receive, VA healthcare on October 1, 2022. The largest group affected are those pos-9/11 servicemembers who have not previously enrolled in VA...
On October 13, 2022, the Social Security Administration announced an 8.7% benefit increase for 2023. This cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be the biggest COLA in more than 40 years with last year’s adjustment being only 5.9%. Beginning in January of 2023,...
If you’ve followed our blogs, you know that Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a very special time around Gardberg and Kemmerly. Our own Christine Cumbie is a breast cancer survivor and her story is a source of inspiration for many of us! For me personally, a very...
