NVLSP’s Burn Pits Claims Assistance Program: One Year After the Enactment of the PACT Act FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 10, 2023 ARLINGTON, VA –The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) issued the following update on its Burn Pits Claims Assistance Program on the one-year … [more]
Released 8/10/23 | Tags: Agent Orange, Burn Pits, Toxic Exposures, Veteran's Benefits
Released 4/26/23 | Tags: Burn Pits, Toxic Exposures
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 2/2/23 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]
Released 8/12/22 at The New York Times | Tags: Burn Pits, Congressional Legislation, Toxic Exposures, Veteran's Benefits
The New York Times Reporter John Ismay spoke with NVLSP Co-Founder and Special Counsel Bart Stichman about burn pits and the devastating effects they can have on troops. Mr. Ismay also spoke with Lee Cosens, a veteran who detailed his burn pit exposure. Mr. Cosens was diagnosed with kidney … [more]