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
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