On January 31, VA Secretary Denis McDonough gave his monthly press conference in which he shared January’s numbers for PACT Act claims. For background, remember that even though PACT Act claims could begin being filed as of August 10, 2022…
Veteran Service Officer (VSO) speaking to Veteran: Hello, how can I help you? Veteran: I’d like to file for Burn Pits. VSO: You’d like to file for… Veteran: I deployed to Afghanistan. I want to file for Burn Pits. VSO:…
On Aug 10, the PACT Act was signed into Law by President Biden. This law is a life changer for tens to hundreds of thousands of Veterans. The law makes over 20 new illnesses presumptive for toxic exposure to burn…
In addition to the GI Bill, the VA provides education benefits for qualifying dependents and survivors of Veterans through Chapter 35 benefits. These benefits are in the form of the Fry Scholarship and Dependents Education Assistance. The two benefits are…
Last year was a tough year. The nation was dealing with the COVID Pandemic. Vaccines were just beginning. And no one knew what the future was going to bring. Yet in the midst of all of the uncertainty Veterans had…
The VA offers disability housing grants to Veterans who qualify in order to secure the Veteran a better quality of life. With the housing grant, Veteran are able to either buy a home to meet their needs, or modify their…
You are a Veteran. You served your country for however long you signed up for and now you have transitioned to civilian life. Now what? The truth is that many military transition to civilian life and don’t walk into their…
Filing a disability claim with the VA is not extremely difficult. However, it is interesting how many Service Members leave service without a clear idea of what to do. It is unfortunate that often times the Transition Assistance Program does…
As of October 2021, the VA has started sending out debt collection letters again. The VA paused the letters last year due to COVID 19. However, they have started sending them out again as of October 1. Today we will…
We have discussed preparation and prior planning before. Just the other week an elderly Veteran and his wife came into the office. The Veteran had a three ring binder with him and had made an appointment to go through the…