NVLSP Fifteenth Annual Benefit “Honoring Service and Sacrifice” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 1, 2023 WASHINGTON – The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP)’s “Honoring Service and Sacrifice” Fifteenth Annual Benefit Reception was held on … [more]
Released 12/1/23 | Tags: Veteran's Benefits
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
On October 12, 2023 the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) Pro Bono Program Lawyers Serving Warriors® will hold a discharge upgrade clinic. The information session will cover the corrections of military records and upgrading less than fully honorable discharges followed … [more]
Released 9/25/23 | Tags:
NVLSP Issues FAQs for Navy and Marine Corps Veterans Who Were Improperly Denied Medical Retirement as a Result of the “Properly Referred” Policy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- September 06, 2023 ARLINGTON-- The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered the Navy and … [more]
Released 9/6/23 | Tags: Class Actions, Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP Welcomes Jason Davidson 2023 Equal Justice Works Fellow, Celebrates Trio of Equal Justice Works Fellows FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2023 ARLINGTON, VA —The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) is pleased to welcome Jason Davidson as a 2023 Equal Justice Works Fellow. … [more]
Released 9/5/23 | Tags: Staff, Veteran's Benefits
On September 13, 2023 the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) Pro Bono Program Lawyers Serving Warriors® will hold a discharge upgrade clinic. The information session will cover the corrections of military records and upgrading less than fully honorable discharges followed … [more]
Released 9/1/23 | Tags: Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP and Veterans Services Organizations File Rudisill Amicus Brief Service Women’s Action Network, Student Veterans of America and Veterans Education Success Join NVLSP in Urging the Court to Reverse Federal Circuit Decision Violating Pro Veteran Canon FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 18, … [more]
Released 8/18/23 | Tags: Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), Veteran's Benefits
The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) issued the following statement on the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs (NASDVA) 2023 Annual Training Conference in Buffalo, N.Y. from Aug. 13-16. NVLSP Statement on NASDVA 2023 Annual Training Conference … [more]
Released 8/14/23 | Tags: Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP’s Burn Pits Claims Assistance Program: One Year After the Enactment of the PACT Act FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 10, 2023 ARLINGTON, VA –The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) issued the following update on its Burn Pits Claims Assistance Program on the one-year … [more]
Released 8/10/23 | Tags: Agent Orange, Burn Pits, Toxic Exposures, Veteran's Benefits
D.C. Circuit Invalidates Denial of Medical Retirement to Soldier Injured in Iraq Deployment -Court holds Army rating and fitness determinations contrary to law for contributing condition- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2023 ARLINGTON, VA —On July 28, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals … [more]
Released 8/1/23 | Tags: Class Actions, Veteran's Benefits