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Iraq & Afghanistan Vets Show Gulf War Illness Symptoms
Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may be suffering from the 20-year-old set of symptoms known as Gulf War...
Supreme Court Denies Hearing on Suicidal Veterans Turned Away from VA
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the landmark case brought by Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) and Veterans...
Researchers Find Biological Evidence of Gulf War Illness
In the two decades since the 1991 Persian Gulf war, medical researchers have struggled to explain a mysterious amalgam...
Aggravation of Medical Conditions Should be Considered by VA
El-Amin v. Shinseki In El-Amin v. Shinseki, Docket no. 10-3031, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims vacated...
House Chairman on Veterans Affairs Targets Veterans Disability Claims
"Improving access to mental health counseling and finally making a dent in the mountain of disability claims are the...
Increasing Veteran Disability Costs Since 2000
What the nation owes each year to veterans who are disabled during service has more than doubled since 2000,...
Should the CAVC be Reversing More Cases?
Veterans advocates have long criticized the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) for remanding claims back to...
Central Florida Vets Upset Over Long Waits At VA Offices
Osceola, FL plans to respond to veterans' complaints about long waits at VA offices. Some vets have claimed they had...
New Federal Circuit Case Discusses Lay Testimony by Veterans
The Federal Circuit has issued a decision addressing circumstances in which VA must consider testimony by veterans...
VA Rule Change Will Ease Burden on Vets with TBI Claims
A new VA regulation will make it easier for veterans who are service-connected for moderate or severe traumatic brain...
Department of Defense to Help with VA Claims Backlog
Department of Defense Workers Come to the Aid of VA Staff Why is the Department of Defense to help with VA claims...
Vets File Class Action Lawsuit on PTSD Policy
Many veterans face the problem that their characterization of discharge disqualifies them from VA benefits. The...
Study Provides More Clues to Gulf War Illness
Gulf War illness, or Gulf War Syndrome, has a series of symptoms ranging from headaches to memory loss to chronic...
Veterans Don’t Understand Benefits Owed to Them
A recent VA survey shows a surprising number of veterans do not understand what VA benefits they may be entitled to....
Veterans Court Finds New Substitution Rule Doesn’t Violate Constitution
In one of the more interesting decisions to come out of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims this year, the Court...
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