Marine Corps Veteran Oscar Torres Wins Long-Overdue Military Medical Retirement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- March 18, 2024 ARLINGTON, VA— Sgt. Oscar Torres (Ret.)—a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and the lead plaintiff in the nationwide class action Torres v. Del Toro—has won a ruling of … [more]
Released 3/18/24 | Tags: Class Actions, Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP Issues FAQs for Navy and Marine Corps Veterans Who Were Improperly Denied Medical Retirement as a Result of the “Properly Referred” Policy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- September 06, 2023 ARLINGTON-- The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered the Navy and … [more]
Released 9/6/23 | Tags: Class Actions, Veteran's Benefits
Released 3/3/23 at Lexis Legal Insights | Tags: Agent Orange, Class Actions, Toxic Exposures, Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP's PACT Act supplement to the 2022-23 Veterans Benefits Manual was featured in Lexis Legal Insights blog. NVLSP's Burn Pits Claims Assistance Program and the work it has been doing since the passage of the PACT Act to help veterans was also highlighted in the post. You can read … [more]
Released 2/22/23 at Attorney At Law | Tags: Class Actions, PTSD, Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP's Rochelle Bobroff ,Director of Lawyers Serving Warriors®, the Pro Bono Program of NVLSP and Senior Staff Attorney Esther Leibfarth co-authored an article on the Doyon case for Attorney at Law magazine. You can read the article here: https://attorneyatlawmagazine.com/legal/case-update/vietnam-veteran-wins-appellate-ruling … [more]
Released 2/2/23 at WVEC | Tags: Agent Orange, Class Actions, Military Sexual Trauma, Physical Disability Board of Review (PDBR), PTSD, Toxic Exposures, Veteran's Benefits
WVEC-TV's Mike Gooding interviewed NVLSP's Co-Founder and Special Counsel Bart Stichman on VA's recent report that it had paid nearly $201 million in retroactive benefits to 6,922 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and their survivors based on the landmark Nehmer Consent Decree, … [more]