by Jim Fausone
VA announced that on November 1st it has finally started making payments under the new AO rules. Providing initial payments – or increases to existing payments – to the 200,000 Veterans who now qualify for disability compensation is expected to take several months. The three new presumptive diseases which have been in the press all year are: B-cell (or hairy-cell) leukemia, Parkinson’s disease and ischemic heart disease.
To read more about the VA's efforts in this area read:
http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1991
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Showing posts with label B cell Leukemia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label B cell Leukemia. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
VA PTSD FAQ & NEW AO RULES
The VA is in the process of finalizing new rules that liberalize evidentiary standards for proving stressors in claims for PTSD. The goal is to lessen the burden of proving stressors when the basis of the claim is fear of military action and terrorist’s actions. The VA has recently issued a Frequently Ask Questions (FAQ) fact sheet. It is worth reading but it will not answer all your questions. http://www.va.gov/PTSD_QA.pdf
Also this week in a lawsuit brought by a coalition of veterans' service organizations, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit instructed VA to issue by Sept. 1 a final regulation authorizing payment of claims for AO exposure for ischemic heart disease, Parkinson's disease, or B-cell leukemia for any veteran who stepped foot in Vietnam during the war, or their survivors.
VA has been urging veterans with these diseases to file claims immediately because payments, when they begin, will be retroactive to the filing date. VA lawyers did concede to the court that VA had missed several deadlines set in the Agent Orange Act for reviewing the latest science report and for publishing rules to expand claims eligibility to these diseases.
Also this week in a lawsuit brought by a coalition of veterans' service organizations, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit instructed VA to issue by Sept. 1 a final regulation authorizing payment of claims for AO exposure for ischemic heart disease, Parkinson's disease, or B-cell leukemia for any veteran who stepped foot in Vietnam during the war, or their survivors.
VA has been urging veterans with these diseases to file claims immediately because payments, when they begin, will be retroactive to the filing date. VA lawyers did concede to the court that VA had missed several deadlines set in the Agent Orange Act for reviewing the latest science report and for publishing rules to expand claims eligibility to these diseases.
Monday, August 2, 2010
New AO Presumptions Funding
by Jim Fausone
In late July 2010 the US House passed a funding bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Within the bill was $13.4 billion for the payment of benefits to Vietnam veterans and survivors for exposure to Agent Orange related to the three diseases recently added to the “presumptive-connection” list: Parkinson’s disease, ischemic heart disease, and hairy cell/B cell leukemia. Now the Congress has to reconcile the bill and the President has to sign it. But things are a step closer.
An estimated 86,069 people will be eligible to receive retroactive payments and 67,259 people will be eligible to receive new benefits. Veterans with these diseases can file claims now. You can contact us at www.legalhelpforveterans.com or for more information go to: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/
by Jim Fausone
In late July 2010 the US House passed a funding bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Within the bill was $13.4 billion for the payment of benefits to Vietnam veterans and survivors for exposure to Agent Orange related to the three diseases recently added to the “presumptive-connection” list: Parkinson’s disease, ischemic heart disease, and hairy cell/B cell leukemia. Now the Congress has to reconcile the bill and the President has to sign it. But things are a step closer.
An estimated 86,069 people will be eligible to receive retroactive payments and 67,259 people will be eligible to receive new benefits. Veterans with these diseases can file claims now. You can contact us at www.legalhelpforveterans.com or for more information go to: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/
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