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FLASH: DEADLINE EXTENDED. OEF/OIF vets who qualify - Sabo v. United States class members must file their paperwork to opt-in by November 10, 2010. 

FLASH! Veterans Organizations Score Victory for Vietnam Vets Suffering from Agent Orange Diseases, VA Ordered to Publish New Compensation Rules in 30 Days

NVLSP Class Action Results in Military Agreeing to Increase Disability Ratings for 4,300 OIF/OEF Vets Discharged for PTSD

Updated: VA to Add Parkinson’s, Ischemic Heart Disease and B Cell Leukemias to List of Agent Orange-Related Diseases, NVLSP Offers Advice on What Vets Should Do

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NVLSP IN THE NEWS

Advocates See Trouble for Mis-Diagnosed Soldiers
Associated Press, August 15, 2010 

Federal Circuit Court Orders VA to Issue Agent Orange Rules
Legal Times, August 3, 2010 

VA Rule on Agent Orange, Heart Disease Due Soon
Military Times, August 3, 2010 

60-Day Countdown Nears for Paying New Agent Orange Claims
Military Update, July 30, 2010

Vets Cheer Change on PTSD
Wisconsin State Journal, July 19, 2010

HP’s Legal Team Helps War Vets Get Benefits,
Inside Counsel, July 12, 2010

For Iraq Veteran with Post-Traumatic Stress, Help Never Came,
The Virginian-Pilot, July 12, 2010

Blue Water Battle. Sailors Suffer Illness, Disability as VA Denies Agent Orange Benefits to an Entire Class of Vietnam Veterans.  
American Legion Magazine, July 1, 2010

Helping veterans and active duty personnel obtain the benefits they deserve

The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) is an independent nonprofit organization that has worked since 1980 to ensure that the U.S. government keeps its pact with our nation's 25 million veterans and active duty personnel by providing them the federal benefits they have earned through their service to our country.

As a conduit for change against unfair government practices, NVLSP has been instrumental in the passage of landmark veterans' rights legislation. Lawsuits brought by NVLSP attorneys have forced the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits to disabled veterans and their families and have forced the military departments to give millions of dollars in back pay to veterans.

NVLSP recruits, trains, and assists thousands of lawyer and non-lawyer advocates who represent veterans and active duty military personnel for free. Our publications empower veterans, current service members, their families, and their advocates to obtain the benefits they're entitled to by clearly outlining their rights under the law.

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