NVLSP Joins Petition for Rulemaking To Ensure VA implementation of Anti-Discrimination Provisions of ACA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 20, 2023 ARLINGTON, VA —Today, the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) joined several other veterans service organizations and civil rights organizations … [more]
Released 7/20/23 | Tags:
NVLSP Statement on Progress in Class Action Challenging Government’s Excessive Fees for Public Access to PACER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 7, 2023 ARLINGTON, VA – The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) issued the following statement on the progress regarding the … [more]
Released 7/7/23 | Tags: Class Actions
NVLSP staff and family members participated in the Flowers of Remembrance Day on May 28, 2023 at Arlington National Cemetery to honor our fallen heroes and lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier. [more]
Released 5/30/23 | Tags:
NVLSP Seeks to Compel VA to Decide Claims of Over 67,000 Veterans relating to Reimbursement for Emergency Medical Expenses They Paid Between 2016 and 2019 Veterans Say that VA Has Unreasonably Delayed in Deciding Claims Pending for Over 3 ½ Years FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 16, 2023 ARLINGTON, … [more]
Released 5/16/23 | Tags: Class Actions, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Veteran's Benefits
Federal Circuit Invalidates Denial of Fees for Medical Retirement Won on Remand -Court holds veteran was prevailing party Despite government’s refusal to concede error - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 27, 2023 ARLINGTON, VA —On April 26, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the … [more]
Released 4/27/23 | Tags: Veteran's Benefits
Released 4/26/23 | Tags: Burn Pits, Toxic Exposures
NVLSP Statement On President Biden’s Executive OrderTo Improve Access to Home-Based Care For Military Veterans and their Families The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s Executive Order on April 18 increasing … [more]
Released 4/19/23 | Tags: Caregivers, Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP and Veterans Advocacy Groups File Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Review Federal Circuit’s Decision Blocking Veterans From Seeking Justice Through Class Actions Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and Vietnam Veterans of America Join NVLSP in Requesting Supreme Court Intervention … [more]
Released 4/6/23 | Tags: Class Actions, Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), 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
National Veterans Legal Services Program Releases Its 2022-2023 Veterans Benefits Manual -With Special PACT Act Supplement - For Immediate Release: January 31, 2023 WASHINGTON – The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) today announced the release of the 2022-2023 edition of its … [more]
Released 1/31/23 | Tags: Burn Pits, Toxic Exposures, Veteran's Benefits