Decorated Veteran Sergeant Benjamin Hayhurst Wins Long-Overdue Disability Ruling Case shines a light on the continued injustice associated with PTSD in the military discharge process Washington – December 13, 2023: Sgt. Benjamin J. Hayhurst, a Purple Heart recipient injured in the Iraq War, … [more]
Released 12/13/23 | Tags: PTSD, Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP Senior Staff Attorney Esther Leibfarth spoke with Military.com Reporter Patricia Kime regarding NVLSP's recently issued FAQs to provide guidance to Navy and Marine Corps veterans who may now be eligible for a medical retirement as a result of the Torres v. Del Toro case. The Torres … [more]
Released 9/12/23 | Tags:
Washington Post Reporter Casey Parks offered a thoughtful article on the lawsuit filed this week on behalf of veteran Ashley Sheffield who was denied access to IVF treatment. NVLSP's Director of Litigation Renee Burbank provided her insights on the case. You can read the article … [more]
Released 8/5/23 | Tags: Veteran's Benefits
NVLSP Director of Litigation Renee Burbank was quoted as speaker at press conference with NOW-NYC and Yale Law Schoole Veterans Legal Clinic highlighting lawsuits filed to challenge discriminatory fertility policies at the Pentagon and VA. Read https://www.nvlsp.org/images/uploads/Sheffield_-_MA_COMPLAINT_AS_FILED.pdf … [more]
Released 8/3/23 | Tags:
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 3/3/23 | Tags: Agent Orange, Class Actions, Toxic Exposures, 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 2/22/23 | Tags: Class Actions, PTSD, Veteran's Benefits
National Defender Network's Randy Miller hosted NVLSP's Esther Leibfarth to discuss the recent Doyon case victory and the work of NVLSP for veterans. You can hear the full interview here Esther Leibfarth | National Defense Network. [more]
Released 2/11/23 | Tags: PTSD, 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 2/2/23 | Tags: Agent Orange, Class Actions, Military Sexual Trauma, Physical Disability Board of Review (PDBR), PTSD, Toxic Exposures, Veteran's Benefits
Connecting Vets Julie LeDoux highlighted the recent victory in the Doyon v. United States case and cited NVLSP Senior Staff Attorney Esther Leibfarth regarding the significance of the ruling which requires every Board for Correction of Military Records to apply liberal consideration to applications, … [more]
Released 1/27/23 | Tags: PTSD, Veteran's Benefits
Connecting Vets Reporter Julie Le Doux covered this critical victory for veterans which requires the VA to reimburse veterans for coinsurance payments for which the veteran would be responsible under their private insurance policies for emergency care. She noted that this was the third … [more]
Released 10/29/22 | Tags: Class Actions, Veteran's Benefits