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The New York Times reports on the latest development in the National Veterans Legal Services Program ongoing legal challenge with the Pentagon over the posting of past decisions of the Discharge Review Boards (DRBs) and Boards for Correction of Military Records (BCMRs) that the Pentagon removed … [more]
Released 4/15/20 | Tags:
A veterans group is continuing to sue the Pentagon over access to military discharge records despite a federal judge’s recent dismissal of the case. [more]
Released 4/14/20 | Tags: Veteran's Benefits
Leo Shane covers the recent order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims which compels the VA to begin mailing on April 13 more than 1 million corrective notices to veterans who had applied for reimbursement, but whom VA had misinformed about what emergency medical expenses the VA can … [more]
Released 4/13/20 | Tags: Class Actions, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP Senior Staff Attorney David Sonenshine offers his insights on discharge upgrade issues. [more]
Released 3/30/20 | Tags: Discharge Upgrades, PTSD, Veteran's Benefits
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Pentagon has reneged on its agreement to reopen a vast records database that helps service members who are appealing a less-than-honorable discharge, a veterans group said Tuesday. [more]
Released 2/19/20 | Tags:
NORFOLK, Va. — The Pentagon has reneged on its agreement to reopen a vast records database that helps service members who are appealing a less-than-honorable discharge, a veterans group said Tuesday. [more]
Released 2/19/20 | Tags:
Air Force veterans who dealt with a Cold War-era atomic accident in Spain have won the right to sue collectively for health benefits — but not before many had lost battles with cancer or other ailments. [more]
Released 2/12/20 | Tags:
A federal appeals court heard arguments on Monday in a legal challenge to the fees the government charges for access to online court records. [more]
Released 2/3/20 | Tags:
The federal judiciary charges 10 cents per page to pull up court files from its online record repository. The fees can add up quickly, and users must consider whether each click to view a public record is worth the cost. [more]
Released 2/3/20 | Tags:
Three nonprofits will ask the Federal Circuit next week to consider a Goldilocks question: whether fees the government charges to access court records are too high, too low, or just right. [more]
Released 1/31/20 | Tags: