VA Identifies More Than 60,000 “Blue Water” Vietnam Veterans and Their Survivors Whose Cases VA Must Review to Determine Entitlement to Retroactive Benefits for Agent Orange-Related Diseases - Automatic Review Required by November 5, 2020 District Court Order Enforcing 30-Year-Old Nehmer … [more]
Released 4/12/21 | Tags: Agent Orange, Class Actions, Veteran's Benefits
-Board of Directors Launches Executive Search-
Bart Stichman To Step Down As NVLSP’s Executive Director, To Remain as Special Counsel -Board of Directors Launches Executive Search- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 11, 2021 WASHINGTON—Ron Flagg, the Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP), … [more]
Released 3/11/21 | Tags:
VA Disability Benefits Questionnaires (DBQs) Available on VA’s Website Again VA Disability Benefits Questionnaires (DBQs) are standardized forms used by medical experts who conduct examinations for VA disability benefits purposes. DBQs address a range of medical conditions and include check-the-box … [more]
Released 3/4/21 | Tags:
National Veterans Legal Services Program Welcomes Renée Burbank As Director of Litigation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- February 24, 2021 The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) is pleased to announce the hiring of Renée Burbank as NVLSP’s Director of Litigation. Ms. Burbank … [more]
Released 2/24/21 | Tags:
The American Legion, DAV, National Veterans Legal Services Program, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Vietnam Veterans of America joined together to write VA Secretary McDonough and urge him to withdraw the VA's appeal in the Wolfe case. [more]
Released 2/12/21 | Tags:
NVLSP and Yale Veterans Clinic Issue White Paper Update --Concludes Veterans Who Served on Guam from 1958 to 1980 Were Exposed to Dioxin-Containing Herbicide Agents Such as Agent Orange-- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Feb. 12, 2021 WASHINGTON – The National Veterans Legal Services Program … [more]
Released 2/12/21 | Tags:
The National Veterans Legal Services Program and Swords to Plowshares on Feb. 10, 2021 sent a letter to VA Secretary McDonough requesting expanded care to veterans with less than honorable discharges. The letter was signed by more than 20 attorneys, advocates and law professors. Specifically, NVLSP and Swords to Plowshares request that in the first 100 days as VA Secretary the final Character of Discharge (COD) regulations be issued that better accord with VA’s governing law and VA’s purpose of serving our nation’s veterans. [more]
Released 2/10/21 | Tags: Discharge Upgrades, Veteran's Benefits
On Feb. 9, 2021, the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP), together with pro bono counsel Covington & Burling LLP, filed a class action lawsuit in the U. S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) accusing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of failing to comply with its legal obligation to mail the official VA paper application forms that must be used to start a benefits claim to veterans and survivors who inform VA that they wish to apply for benefits. The lawsuit asserts that ever since 2015, when VA began to require use of an official VA form to start a benefits claim, the VA has been mailing those who want to file a claim a template letter informing them where to find the official forms on the VA’s website, without enclosing a paper copy of the forms in the envelope. As a result, NVLSP asserts that the VA failed to mail forms to more than one million veterans and their survivors. [more]
Released 2/9/21 | Tags:
Estimated 10,000 Navy and Marine Corps Veterans Wrongfully Denied Military Disability Retirement
NVLSP Files Class Action Lawsuit Challenging U.S. Navy’s “Properly Referred Policy” -Estimated 10,000 Navy and Marine Corps Veterans Wrongfully Denied Military Disability Retirement- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 2, 2021 WASHINGTON—On February 2, 2021, the National Veterans … [more]
Released 2/2/21 | Tags:
NVLSP Announces Three New Members Elected to Board of Directors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 22, 2021 WASHINGTON—The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) is pleased to announce that three prominent attorneys have been elected to join NVLSP’s Board of Directors to help advance … [more]
Released 1/22/21 | Tags: