Disability Benefit News
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Combat troop ailments drive medical backlog Tucson Citizen The problems of returning troops help explain the growing backlog among those seeking medical retirements from the military and disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs that now take a year or long more...
Gay female veteran sues over denial of benefits York Daily Record Two years later, Tracey Cooper-Harris was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and she has received disability benefits through the US Department of Veterans Affairs as a result. But her application for addition more...
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
BC-US-ODD--Toothless Woman Robs Bank, 2nd Ld-Writethru,254 KGAN Fuller, at her arraignment Tuesday, told a district judge she has mental health problems and lives on disability benefits, the Observer-Reporter newspaper, of Washington, said Wednesday. After her arraignment, s more...
DND Statistics Lists More than 2000 Injured During Afghanistan Mission: 2009 ... Ottawa Citizen (blog) ... study predicted as many as 13.2 per cent of the 40000 Canadians who served in Afghanistan could be suffering from Afghanistan-related mental injuries. Veterans Affairs more...
Zephyrhills fire marshal under investigation for working during medical leave Tampabay.com During his leave, Barnett also applied for and received disability benefits, which were authorized by the city because he had his doctor's note, the report states. Barnett has neve more...
SPLC Files Suit Challenging DOMA On Behalf Of Disabled Lesbian Veteran Lez Get Real This means that she does not get the same disability benefits as heterosexual veterans. The suit challenges the constitutionality of DOMA as well as the law that governs the Department of Vet more...
Vets Views: Iraq, Afghanistan vets may be entitled to disability benefits Park Rapids Enterprise ... of Defense's Physical Disability Board of Review (PDBR) will work together to notify 77000 post-9/11 veterans that they are potentially eligible to receive increased disa more...
Toothless western Pa. bank robber apologizes, tells police she needed money ... Washington Post At her arraignment Tuesday, Fuller told a district judge she has mental health problems and lives on disability benefits, the Observer-Reporter of Washington, Pa. said Wednesday. more...
FC Law Firm Adds New Partner Falls Church News Press Ms. Abrams' practice focuses on Social Security Disability Law and her book, "Don't Gamble with Your Social Security Disability Benefits," was published in 2010. Ms. Abrams graduated Cum Laude from Boston Universit more...
Lawyers assert NFL needs to do more to address needs of players who suffer ... New York Daily News (blog) They do not redress the league's deliberate misconduct denying players' contract disability benefits, but rather aim to penalize the league for morally reprehens more...