Georgia veterans who have been holding their breath for a response from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may soon be breathing sighs of relief. Senators Max Baucus and Orrin Hatch recently addressed the backlog of outstanding veterans' disability claims by...
Defending And Empowering The Disabled Since 1993
Month: January 2013
Rejected Social Security Disability claimants to get a second chance
Social Security benefit applicants in New York City's borough of Queens knew there was a gauntlet to be run if they wanted to get their payments. Five administrative law judges who hear appeals there were notorious for their treatment of disabled people seeking...
Amounts paid to disabled veterans doubled since 2000
It's no secret that war is expensive; reports on the astronomical costs of tanks, bombs and jets are fairly common in the media. But what is often not reported is the amounts owed to our country's disabled veterans. As our soldiers return from the Middle East, often...
Research continues on Gulf War Illness
Gulf War Illness, or GWI, has always been a somewhat controversial topic in the medical community. It came to public attention shortly after the first Gulf War, when large numbers of former service men and women began to exhibit a wide range of bewildering symptoms....
Delta tries to make amends for mistreating wounded vet
Delta Airlines is trying to patch up its reputation after a double-amputee war veteran was humiliated by a flight crew described by another passenger as "hard as woodpecker lips." Because of his disability, the Afghanistan combat veteran was put aboard the...