Veteran Service Organizations File Lawsuit to Compel VA to Amend its Character of Discharge Regulations National Veterans Legal Services Program and Swords to Plowshares, represented by the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School and Latham & Watkins LLP, are … [more]
Released 10/24/23 | Tags: Military Sexual Trauma, PTSD, Veteran's Benefits
The National Veterans Legal Services Program's (NVLSP) Veterans Benefits Manual (VBM) is the most comprehensive treatise on veterans law. Among advocates for veterans, it is held in very high regard and is commonly referred to as the "bible of veterans law". In the past two … [more]
Released 2/22/23 | Tags: Agent Orange, Burn Pits, Class Actions, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Military Sexual Trauma, PTSD, Toxic Exposures, Veteran's Benefits
Released 2/2/23 at WVEC | Tags: Agent Orange, Class Actions, Military Sexual Trauma, Physical Disability Board of Review (PDBR), PTSD, Toxic Exposures, Veteran's Benefits
WVEC-TV's Mike Gooding interviewed NVLSP's Co-Founder and Special Counsel Bart Stichman on VA's recent report that it had paid nearly $201 million in retroactive benefits to 6,922 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and their survivors based on the landmark Nehmer Consent Decree, … [more]
Released 7/9/18 at Journal-Leader | Tags: Military Sexual Trauma, Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP recently launched the first-of-its-kind app for use by military veterans and their advocates, available for download through the NVLSP website, Apple App Store or Google Play Store. [more]