Tag Archives: Disabled Veterans
← Older postsWashington Senate approves tax break for disabled vets
April 29, 2013Washington lawmakers have approved a tax exemption for disabled veterans who need vehicle modifications. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Disabled Veterans, Taxes, Vehicles, Washington | Leave a commentFixing backlog of claims at Veterans Affairs is ‘taking too long,’ Utah veteran says
April 6, 2013When Ike Hall got out of the Army, he waited about nine months for the Department of Veterans Affairs to agree that he’d been permanently disabled in the Iraq war. It felt like forever – which is why Hall has joined a campaign to press the federal government to do better with the current backlog. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Claims Backlog, Disabled Veterans, Injured veterans, Iraq veteran, Mental health, Veterans Affairs | 2 CommentsVA backlog in providing benefits longer than publicly adknowledged
March 13, 2013VA reports an average wait time of 273 days. But internal data shows vets wait 316 to 327 days, which can be up to twice as long in big cities. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Disabled Veterans, VA | 2 CommentsWorkers, technology deployed to trim backlog of VA disability claims in Baltimore
February 20, 2013The Baltimore office’s disability claims lag 429 days — or 162 days longer than the national average. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Disability claims, Disabled Veterans | 1 CommentNorth Carolina nonprofit founder gets White House honor
February 13, 2013The man who founded a North Carolina non-profit group that helps disabled military veterans live independently is being honored at the White House. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Citizens Medal, Disabled Veterans, Military Missions in Action, North Carolina, Obama, White House | Leave a commentMeet America’s five quadruple amputees injured in Iraq, Afghanistan
January 29, 2013Five remarkable young men are learning to thrive as quadruple amputees after surviving severe injuries while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Meet Brendan Marrocco, Todd Nicely, John Peck, Travis Mills and Taylor Morris. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Disabled Veterans, Iraq veteran, Prosthetics, Returning Veterans | Leave a commentIraq veteran who lost all 4 limbs receives double-arm transplant
January 28, 2013Brendan Marrocco was the first soldier to survive losing all four limbs in the Iraq War, and doctors revealed Monday that he’s received a double-arm transplant.
Those new arms “already move a little,” he tweeted a month after the operation. Continue reading
West Virginia veteran turned advocate seeks claims change
November 27, 2012DavidHuffman has begun a new quest: convincing the U.S. government to change the way it allows lawyers to handle veteran disability claims. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Attorney, Claims, Disabled Veterans, West Virginia | Leave a commentWounded in Afghanistan, young veteran battles for a new life
November 20, 2012When Army Pfc. Geoffrey Quevedo was airlifted late last year to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after being severely wounded in Afghanistan, his family in California was told to hurry to Washington to say a final goodbye. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Afghanistan, Disabled Veterans, Returning Veterans, Veteran Health | Leave a commentErrors plague VA’s battle to cut disability benefits backlog
November 14, 2012The VA is making chronic errors – committed in up to 1 in 3 cases – and emphasizing speed over accuracy as it struggles to cut a backlog of claims and appeals for disability benefits, the Center for Investigative Reporting says. Continue reading
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