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25 Jul 2013, 3:05 am
Just the first few paragraphs: WASHINGTON – A new online application from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) enables disability compensation claims to be processed faster in a more end-to-end electronic environment, and VA is urging Veterans and their Veterans Service Organization (VSO) representatives to make full use of its capabilities to receive speedier decisions and reduce the backlog of claims. [read post]
24 Jul 2013, 9:00 am
The men further reported that they’d been forced to give their government-payment checks, including veterans’ benefits, to their captors. [read post]
VA Processes Most Disability Claims Pending Over Two Years, Now Working on Those Older Than One Year
24 Jul 2013, 2:58 am
The Department of Veterans Affairs does seem to be trying to catch up on the backlog of disability claims. [read post]
15 Jul 2013, 12:35 pm
The faces of FECA beneficiaries include the Postal worker whose mail truck is hit while he is delivering mail, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent injured or killed in the line of duty, and the Department of Veterans Affairs nurse who hurts her back while lifting patients. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 1:07 pm
Q: Will people with coverage through the military or through the Department of Veterans Affairs have to go out and buy private coverage now, as well? [read post]
10 Jul 2013, 11:57 am
That love affair, not malpractice claims, fuels overtreatesting. [read post]
9 Jul 2013, 12:00 am
Mitch Adel, an attorney specializing in veterans’ affairs with Cooper Adel & Associates, says while the individual can apply for the benefit themselves, it helps to use an attorney. [read post]
7 Jul 2013, 11:43 am
Several years ago, reported AboutLawsuits.com, thousands of veterans were notified that they might have been exposed to contaminated blood during colonoscopy procedures at several Veterans Affairs hospitals because the staff had failed to clean the equipment properly. [read post]
4 Jul 2013, 3:26 am
In addition, service members who suffer depression or PTSD as a result of sexual assault find that the Department of Veterans Affairs treats their claims differently from the claims of service members whose depression or PTSD results from other causes. [read post]
3 Jul 2013, 3:12 am
Mental health professionals interested in seeking employment with the Department of Veterans Affairs can obtain information at www.vacareers.va.gov. [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 7:46 am
Al Jazeera America ("AJA") has added some star power to its August Prime-Time launch (see "TUOL" post 6/12/13) with the hiring of CNN and NBC veteran Soledad O'Brien, The Wrap reported yesterday.O'Brien will be special correspondent for the America Tonight current affairs magazine program and also will produce documentaries through her Starfish Media Group production company for the Qatari government-funded news network. [read post]
1 Jul 2013, 11:39 am
Telemarketers for Mortgage Investors also allegedly misled consumers about their affiliation with the Department of Veterans Affairs. [read post]
29 Jun 2013, 7:52 am
Department of Veterans Affairs has come under heavy scrutiny in recent months for its sizable backlog of disability claims, stemming from an increase in disabilities claimed by returning servicemen and servicewomen from overseas duty. [read post]
27 Jun 2013, 4:24 pm
As I recently argued to the House Veterans Affairs Committee, the most important project for VA, Congress, and the stakeholders to undertake is trying to find a way to combat the excess of complexity. [read post]
27 Jun 2013, 10:21 am
In 1911 a unanimous Supreme Court ruled that it would not hear a case involving Indian affairs where the court found the two parties before the court were not adverse but merely seeking an advisory opinion. [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 12:21 pm
AboutLawsuits.com is reporting a study questioning the amount of defensive medicine in the health care system: In a study published earlier this month by the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers working with Veterans Affairs hospitals indicate that doctors at... [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 3:30 am
; Colonel Mustard, in the conservatory, with the rope, on a snowy day, to cover up his affair with Mrs. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 3:52 pm
Institutions that "may have systematic issues in safeguard and security protocols" are Citizenship and Immigration, Passport Canada, the Correctional Service, the RCMP, the Parole Board and Veterans Affairs. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 9:19 am
By using a quarterly report card, endoscopists at the Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis were able to increase the overall adjusted adenoma (precancerous polyp) detection rate from 44.7 percent to 53.9 percent, and to improve the cecal intubation rate from 95.6 percent to 98.1 percent. [read post]
19 Jun 2013, 9:01 pm
” There, I worried about the public’s tepid response to the attack (and especially to the death of an IRS employee, who was a grandfather and a war veteran). [read post]
