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Last week I had the privilege to speak at the 15th Annual Family Law Stars Across the Bay CLE. I spoke about the intersection of Social Security Administration benefits (based in large part on the fantastic work of Attorney Brooke Thomas from Gardberg & Kemmerly)...
The VA, Congress, and the creators of the VA’s new electronic health records program (EHR) are renewing their review of the EHR rollout. Secretary McDonough said the department’s confidence has been shaken following system outages and Inspector General (IG) reports...
The Veterans Readiness and Employment Program (or VR&E) was created by the VA as an alternative to the GI Bill for disabled veterans. For veterans who are disabled due to service-related injuries, the VR&E assists those transitioning, discharged, and...
I began a series of blogs dealing with the various forms of special monthly compensation that are available to certain disabled Veterans in specific situations. This “Special Monthly Compensation” is applied because the level of compensation for the particular...
VA’s congressional overseers are requesting that the VA put a stop to its implementation of a multibillion-dollar medical supply chain management system that has fallen short of expectations at this point in the process. VA adopted the new system known as Defense...
The Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program (VRRAP) was created in 2021 as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP), which was signed into law March 11, 2021. Over $386 million was set aside to initiate a COVID–19 Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program that...
Military pilots are getting acknowledgement that they are at higher risk of certain types of cancer, according to the most comprehensive military study to date. The 2021 study, “Cancer Incidence and Mortality Among Fighter Aviators,” was conducted by the Air Force...
Our office regularly receives questions from Veterans regarding available dental care and treatment through the VA. While not every Veteran will be eligible for dental care, in some cases, the VA is authorized to provide extensive dental care. In other cases,...
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...
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...
