Social Security Administration Failed to Protect Disability and SSI Payments, Judge Rules On Thursday, July 24th, a US District Court Judge ordered the Social Security Administration to pay $42,000 in attorneys’ fees to a group of residents in Multnomah County, Oregon, who sued the federal agency … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2014
New Documents Detail VA Mistreatment of Veterans
New Documents Reveal Details of VA Delays and Mistreatment of Veterans A newly-released series of documents from the VA’s Office of the Medical Inspector, which were hinted at in a report to the Office of the Special Council in June, detail several findings of numerous abuses and delays, … [Read more...]
Dorn VA Medical Center Delays Improve, But Still A Problem
The VA Secretary's Visit May Have Spurred Improvements, But Wait Times At Dorn VA Medical Center Still Drag On July 9th, Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson visited the Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, SC, and commended the VA Hospital’s improvements to wait times and care … [Read more...]
VA Struggled with Veterans Benefits, Per Report
New Report Shows that Veterans Affairs Struggled to Pay Veterans Benefits The Veterans Administration and VA hospitals all over the country have been mired in controversy for months because of fake waiting lists and long wait times for treatments that, in many cases, led to the deaths of veterans. … [Read more...]
Acting VA Secretary to Visit Dorn VA Hospital
Acting VA Secretary to Visit Troubled Columbia Dorn VA Hospital Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson will meet with representatives and employees of the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, to discuss long wait-times and veterans benefits and treatment … [Read more...]
Veterans Benefits Concussion Help App
Veterans Benefits Concussion Help App Developed to Help Service Members Earlier this year, the Veterans Administration expanded its list of traumatic brain injury and Veterans benefits concussion-related illnesses to make veterans disability benefits more accessible for service men and women who … [Read more...]