In a move that should speed up disability claims for some Vietnam veterans, officials announced Monday they have completed digitizing thousands of deck logs from ships stationed offshore during that war, enabling researchers to better determine where troops served and what toxins they may have encountered. Completion of the project is the culmination of more than…
Tester led 45 Senators in urging leadership from the Senate and House Armed Services Committees to adopt his amendment requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide benefits to veterans suffering from conditions related to Agent Orange exposure in the final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report. In July, Tester successfully secured his landmark Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act in…
The Department of Veterans Affairs might get to your claim a little bit faster now. The VA announced Aug. 13 that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), which administers programs that provide financial and other benefits to veterans, their dependents and survivors, has shortened its mail processing time for claims intake from 10 days to one. The…
August 5th the Senate Veterans’ Affair’s Committee had a hearing on 14 bi-partisan bills that they are hoping to present to the full Senate. 2 are being held for a September hearing so that the remaining 12 can be sent on to a full Senate vote. Although all of these bills are important, I have…
WASHINGTON — A group of senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would kickstart medical studies of veterans who served at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, known as K2, and were exposed to multiple cancer-causing toxins. Veterans assigned to the post in southeastern Uzbekistan described a toxic environment there in the early 2000s, with pond water that glowed green…
Accuracy of Disability Benefit Evaluations for Veterans’ Service-Connected Heart Diseases 08/05/2020 The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this review to determine whether Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) decision makers accurately completed disability evaluations for veterans’ service-connected heart disease. The OIG estimated VBA decision makers incorrectly evaluated about 12 percent of claims for heart disease…
