Over its 35 years, the National Veterans Legal Services Program has helped veterans obtain $4.5B in benefits. Its benefit reception honored people including NVLSP founder David Addlestone, who's spent his entire career fighting for veterans' rights. [more]
Released 12/23/15 | Tags:
NVLSP and The American Legion filed briefs urging the Supreme Court to hear the case of a military child whose medical malpractice suit was dismissed because her injuries stemmed from complications during birth from her active duty mother. Read the full article at MilitaryTimes.com [more]
Released 12/21/15 | Tags:
The National Veterans Legal Services Program has worked pro bono to help veterans obtain more than $4.5B in benefits since it was founded in 1980. At the Mayflower recently, the seventh annual benefit reception honored Rep. Jeff Miller, David Addlestone, General Electric and Sidley Austin. [more]
Released 11/25/15 | Tags: Supporters
NVLSP's Ron Abrams talks with Federal News Radio on Michael Missal's nomination to be the new Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. When asked what advocates think a new IG should be doing Abrams says: “He needs to hire the right people to delve into the VA and he has to have enough support from the administration so that he can expose this and have reassurances that they will act,” said Ron Abrams, joint executive director at the National Veterans Legal Services Program. “That’s what we’re hoping for. He has to be competent enough to hire people with the right background. He has to hire people who understand the purpose of this. It’s a sacred trust. The VA is supposed to take care of those who risked their lives for us.” Abrams, a former legal consultant to the VA’s Compensation and Pension Service (C&P), said an ideal inspector general would be someone “who knows how to turn over rocks and look for bad things, can hire people to do that, and enough backing to change what is a corrupt bureaucracy. We want somebody honest, and it looks like this guy’s honest. We want someone who will hire people with enough knowledge that they won’t be hoodwinked or deceived by bureaucrats in the VA.” [more]
Released 11/17/15 | Tags: Veteran's Benefits
The United States sets aside one day each year—this day—to honor the women and men who have served our nation by swearing an oath and donning the military uniform. Our brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen often encounter tragedy and violence on an incomprehensible scale and return home carrying the terrible weight of those experiences. [more]
Released 11/11/15 | Tags:
It's been 50 years since Army Specialist 4 Gary Colletti finished his tour in Vietnam as one of the early U.S. military advisors in the rapidly escalating conflict. Today he’s back in “service,” helping veterans of all wars receive the benefits they earned from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. [more]
Released 11/10/15 | Tags: Veteran's Benefits
The Veterans Administration is a complex government organization, and the rules are constantly changing. But veterans don’t have to maneuver the system alone when looking for information about benefits and claims. They can turn to an accredited veterans service officer like Terry Gendron, who recently began working at the district office of Rep. Mark Keller at 81 Walnut Bottom Road, Shippensburg. [more]
Released 11/3/15 | Tags:
The National Law School Veterans Clinic Coalition (“Coalition”) is hosting a conference in Washington, D.C., on November 2-3, 2015. Registration is currently closed. The Coalition is a collaborative effort of many of the nation’s law school legal clinics dedicated to addressing the unique needs of U.S. military veterans. [more]
Released 10/31/15 | Tags:
The Veterans Clinic at the University of Missouri School of Law will host its second annual symposium, “Traumatic Brain Injury: Lessons Learned from Our Nation’s Athletes and Military,” that will feature professionals knowledgeable in veterans’ issues including the effects of traumatic brain injury. These professionals will discuss the relationship between injuries observed in athletes and in our nation’s service members. NVLSP attorney to speak. [more]
Released 10/29/15 | Tags:
Profile of attorney R. Brendan Fee, a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Fee provides advice and advocacy services to veterans through the National Veterans Legal Services Program. [more]
Released 9/29/15 | Tags: