Category Archives: News

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) launched a new Health IT initiative that enables VA to share medical records electronically with social security disabilty processors. This secure process will save time and money resulting … Continue reading →

More veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are headed to Capitol Hill next year, despite an overall drop in the number of representatives and senators with military experience. At least 27 veterans of the recent wars won congressional … Continue reading →

On November 9, the National Academy of Public Administration released its review of the Veterans Benefits Administration efforts to eliminate the disability claims backlog. The Report shows progress has been made but additional process reforms are needed. A myriad of … Continue reading →

Military personnel can retain their residences or domiciles for purposes of state and local taxation and voter registration when they leave a state if that move, and any subsequent moves, are made in compliance with military orders. Under the Military … Continue reading →

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has submitted their report on H.R. 5600: No Hero Left Untreated Act. The bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a one-year pilot program to treat a limited number of veterans … Continue reading →

The VA is seeking to expand the time limit that veterans can claim disability benefits for Gulf War Syndrome by five years. In a document published in the Federal Register on 17 October, the VA seeks to expand the time … Continue reading →

An act relating to criminal procedure; granting courts authority to consider posttraumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor when sentencing veterans; directing defendants to provide certain evidence; defining term; providing for codeification; and providing an effective date of November 1,

While I feel certain that most veterans receiving disability and/or retirement income are aware of the fact that they will receive an increase in 2017 Military retirees and individuals receiving veterans benefits will see only a 0.3 percent cost-of-living increase … Continue reading →

Express Scripts, Inc. (ESI) announced upcoming changes to the retail pharmacy network it manages on behalf of TRICARE. On December 1, 2016, Walgreens pharmacy locations will join the network. CVS pharmacies, including those in Target stores, will leave the network … Continue reading →

H.R.6272 — VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2016. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the maximum market pay of physicians and dentists in the Veterans Health Administration … Continue reading →