THIS JUST IN . . . SURVIVING VETERANS’ SPOUSES RECEIVE RETROACTIVE PAYMENTS Although a federal law was passed in 1996 that enabled surviving veterans’ spouses to receive and keep VA compensation or pension benefits for the month in which their [...] Read More
VA GIVES VETERANS BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT FOR MISPLACED CLAIMS On October 16th of this year, the Department of Veterans Affairs discovered that documents about to be shredded were, in fact, applications submitted by U.S. Military Veterans that had never [...] Read More
U.S. Military Veterans Put On Hold . . . Once Again Yes, Congress finally passed a new GI Bill that will, presumably,enrich the benefits plan for our Veterans. However, judging from the lack of progress thus far, it looks as [...] Read More
Psychological Disability: Very Real, But Difficult To Prove Often, the things we can see with our own eyes are easier to believe than the things we cannot see. That is the case with psychological illnesses; they are hidden just below [...] Read More
THE FERS/CSRS DISABILITY CLAIM PROCESS . . . Don’t Go It Alone According to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), a disability annuity is a benefit provided to protect employees who are no longer able to provide useful and efficient [...] Read More
OTHER INCOME REDUCES YOUR LONG-TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS As is usually the case, most of our clients run into complications with their long-term disability (Employer-Sponsored) plans because they have not fully read nor fully understand the terms and conditions of their [...] Read More
