NVLSP's Executive Director Bart Stichman offers his insights on the issues related to less than honorable discharges in A Proposed Legal Settlement Could Upgrade The Discharges Of Thousands of Ex-Soldiers on the American Homefront Project. You can read the article and listen to the … [more]
Released 3/19/21 | Tags:
Catch NVLSP Co-Founder and Executive Director Bart Stichman's engaging in-depth discussion on his lifelong work for veterans and the evolution of the legal landscape for veterans with Lawyer Up Podcast Host Ron Syskstus. [more]
Released 3/13/21 | Tags:
South Carolina Veterans and active-duty military personnel now have a new service in the Palmetto State to assist them in gaining the federal benefits to which they are entitled. The South Carolina Department of Veterans’ Affairs (SCDVA) is now partnering with the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP). [more]
Released 2/22/21 | Tags:
NVLSP Seniort Staff Attorney Esther Leibfarth interviewed by Steve Walsh for NPR story, Wounds Of War Must Be Considered For Veterans Discharged For Misconduct. She addresses the need to revisit the policy on misconduct discharges. [more]
Released 12/30/20 | Tags: PTSD, Veteran's Benefits
Reporter Steve Walsh interviews NVLSP Senior Staff Attorney Esther Leibfarth for this challenging story, One Camp Pendleton Marine Is Fighting To Stay In The Corp. [more]
Released 12/24/20 | Tags:
Patricia Kime reports in Yahoo! News on NVLSP and Sidley Austin LLP/s pro bono case representing a former Navy SEAL , his wife and not-for-profit Veteran Warriors Inc. in a lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs over new restrictions that make it harder for caregivers of post-9/11 veterans … [more]
Released 12/2/20 | Tags:
Military Times Harm Venhulzen reports on the joint pro bono effort of the National Veterans Legal Services Program'and Sidley Austin LLP' to represent a former Navy SEAL and a veterans not-for-profit in suing the Department of Veterans Affairs for restricting disabled veterans’ … [more]
Released 12/2/20 | Tags: 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 11/17/20 | 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]
Released 11/16/20 | Tags: Agent Orange, Class Actions, Veteran's Benefits