Category Archives: Veterans Services

PAVE Program Assists Vets on Campus

Military.com: The University of Michigan Health System and the Student Veterans of America have developed -->

For Suicidal Veterans, a Frayed Lifeline

NY Times Editorial Board: Veterans make up 8.5 percent of America’s adult population but account -->

VA plans massive expansion of cancer treatment options

By Leo Shane, III: The Department of Veterans Affairs could turn its entire medical system -->

VA Officials Pledge New Studies Into Effects of Agent Orange

by Charles Ornstein and Terry Parris Jr., ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, The Virginian-Pilot:  The U.S. -->

Miller Bill Would Enable Real Accountability for All VA Employees, Reform Appeals Process

Yesterday, Chairman Jeff Miller introduced H.R. 5620, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act -->

Veteran groups blast Senate plan to scale back preferential hiring

By Travis J. Tritten:  Veteran groups on Monday blasted an effort by the Senate and -->

Nancy Morgan, Esq. and Christine Clemens, Esq., Presented CLE on Veterans Law

VSG Attorneys, Nancy Morgan and Christine Clemens, presented a CLE on behalf of the New -->

Bill Would Turn Veterans Health Administration Into Nonprofit Corporation

By Eric Katz:  The Caring for our Heroes in the 21st Century Act, introduced by -->

VA announces new TBI exams

By: A.J. Lagoe and Steven Eckert, KARE: Responding to disclosures that it used unqualified doctors -->

Army Vet Finds Unconventional Way to Promote TBI Awareness

An Afghanistan and Iraq Army veteran who sustained multiple service related injuries, including a damaged -->

New VA watchdog pledges more transparency

USA Today, By Donovan Slack: The new inspector general at the Department of Veterans Affairs -->

House set to weigh in on drafting women

By Travis J. Tritten: The House may weigh in next week on whether women must -->

Unqualified VA doctors performed 25,000 TBI exams

By AJ Lagoe and Steven Eckert: The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to contact nearly -->

Veterans groups oppose Choice program expansion

By Patricia Kime: The nation’s largest veterans groups have lined up to oppose any expansion -->

ANOTHER VSG WIN FOR A DESERVING VETERAN!!

F&P’s VSG was successful in assisting a Veteran obtain over $209,000 in benefits! The Veteran -->

Veterans with ‘bad paper’ discharges seek help from Congress

By Martin C. Evans: A bill, introduced last June by Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), would -->

Bill favors asbestos industry over sick vets, groups say

By Travis J. Tritten: Critics say a bill moving through the House this week would -->

Overdue overhaul for UCMJ

Military Times Editorial: Since its creation in 1950, the Uniform Code of Military Justice — with -->

In the War against Sexual Assault, the Army Keeps Shooting Itself in the Foot

by Craig Whitlock, Washington Post: For the past two years, the Pentagon has acknowledged having a -->

After years VA now considering PTSD as factor in discharges

By David O’Reilly:  Thanks to a federal lawsuit brought last year on behalf of five -->

New survey finds significant number of veterans with PTSD and TBI

A new survey of 23,000 injured service members finds post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic -->