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The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) attended a press conference in support of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY)and Rep. Raul Ruiz’s M.D. (D-CA) new legislation, the “Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2020.” The bill, an amendment to Title 38, U.S.C., would provide a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, and other purposes. This legislation would ease the burden of proof for veterans seeking VA benefits for medical conditions resulting from their exposure to burn pits and other toxic emissions during their military service. [more]
Released 9/15/20 | Tags: Agent Orange, Congressional Legislation, Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP joined MOAA and more than 30 other VSOs to help advance amendments to FY2021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for presumptive coverage of bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinsonism for veterans who are suffering from these diseases as a result of their exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. [more]
Released 7/14/20 | Tags: Agent Orange, Congressional Legislation, Veteran's Benefits
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Released 9/15/20 | Tags: Congressional Legislation, Veteran's Benefits
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), U.S. Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA), veterans advocate Jon Stewart, 9/11 activist John Feal, former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, and many veterans advocates, held a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol to announce new landmark legislation, the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2020. The bill would streamline the process for veterans to obtain VA benefits for illness due to exposure to burn pit and other toxic exposures. Approximately 3.5 million veterans have been exposed to burn pits that spewed toxic fumes and carcinogens into the air. [more]
Released 7/16/20 at KARE 11 | Tags: Class Actions, Congressional Legislation, Veteran's Benefits
KARE 11 Reporter A.J. Lagoe interviews NVLSP Executive Director Bart Stichman and Sen. Tammy Baldwin on the latest effort to compel VA to pay veterans emergency medical expenses incurred at non-VA facilities. [more]
Released 9/10/19 at NBC NEWS | Tags: Class Actions, Congressional Legislation, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Veteran's Benefits
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs must reimburseveterans for emergency medical care at non-VA facilities, a federal appeals court ruled Monday — a decision that could be worth billions of dollars to veterans. The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims said the VA has been wrongfully denying reimbursement to veterans who sought emergency medical care at non-VA facilities, and struck down an internal VA regulation that blocked those payments. [more]
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