Service dogs are more than simple companions. They are highly trained to assist military Veterans in achieving a better quality of life. In addition to providing unconditional love and companionship for a veteran, there are many skills and tasks service dogs offer...
The annual inflation based Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is due to be announced at the beginning of October 2021. The scuttlebutt is that this year’s figure may point to an increase from 4.5% to possibly 6%, or more, beginning in 2022. The Veterans’ Compensation...
Here at Gardberg and Kemmerly we love helping our clients and assisting our community in and out of the office. Our office just donated a truck load of supplies to assist our neighbors in Louisiana that have been affected by Hurricane Ida. These supplies included...
Unfortunately, due to a yet unknown error, Veterans, who filed Board Appeal Forms between February 19, 2019 and March 23, 2021, may have had their appeals mistakenly rejected as untimely. The VA is unaware of how many Veterans may have had their Board Appeal Forms...
The Compassionate Allowances program from the Social Security Administration was started in response to long wait times many Claimants see after having applied for Social Security disability. The Compassionate Allowances program allows those with certain severe...
The Social Security Administration is contacting over 1 million disability claimants who receive low Disability Insurance Benefits to tell them about Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and how to apply for it. The current federal maximum for SSI for 2021 is $794 per...
This past Friday I had the pleasure of volunteering for a non-profit called Soldiers’ Angels at a mobile food distribution event in Englewood, Colorado. Soldiers’ Angels is a wonderful non-profit whose mission is to provide aid, comfort, and resources to the military,...
The Social Security Administration (SSA) issued new guidance as to how receipt of COVID-19 financial aid such as stimulus checks and other payments will affect SSI benefits and/or eligibility. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Social Security Administration recently...
The Department of Veterans Affairs will no longer meet its goal of resolving all Legacy Docket appeals by 2022. VA officials told Congress this week that the pandemic has slowed their progress to the extent that the goal of resolving all Legacy appeals would no longer...
The VA has responded to years of lobbying and legislative pressure by granting presumptive disability status for certain conditions linked to burn pit exposure. Termed particulate matter exposure by the VA, it includes any sort of airborne containment or potentially...
