NVLSP Secures Federal Court Win for Thousands of Navy and Marine Corps Veterans Who Were Wrongfully Denied Disability Retirement - More Than 3,700 Navy and Marine Corps Veterans Awarded New Military Disability Retirement Processing- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2022 WASHINGTON—On … [more]
Released 9/29/22 | Tags: Class Actions, Veteran's Benefits
Federal Court Orders United States Government to Pay Full Amount of Combat-Related Special Compensation to Approximately 9,000 Veterans FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -December 17, 2021 WASHINGTON – On December 16, 2021, a federal court in Texas ordered the government to make retroactive payments … [more]
Released 12/17/21 | Tags: Class Actions, Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC), Veteran's Benefits
Released 11/17/20 at AARP | Tags: Agent Orange, Class Actions, Veteran's Benefits
A U.S. District Court in California ordered the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reevaluate thousands of denied benefit claims for exposure to Agent Orange filed by so-called Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans, service members who were stationed on ships in deep waters off the coast of Vietnam during the war. [more]
Released 11/16/20 at Military.com | Tags: Agent Orange, Class Actions, Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP's Success: Military.com's Richard Sisk reported on that the Department of Veterans Affairs has no plans to challenge a court ruling last week ordering it to make retroactive payments to a small class of "Blue Water Navy" Vietnam veterans and their survivors who were wrongly denied … [more]
Released 11/16/20 | Tags: Agent Orange, Class Actions, Veteran's Benefits
A recent court order could give up to 15,000 Vietnam veterans previously denied disability benefits an average of $28,000 in backdated payouts, but federal officials could still yet try to appeal the ruling in coming weeks. [more]