Question: I am a Vietnam Veteran and I was recently diagnosed with diabetes due to my exposure to Agent Orange. My friend told me I am eligible for a cash payment from some settlement fund. Is this true? Answer:
Question: I read on a website that I could receive a special one-time Government Life Insurance dividend. Is this really true? Answer: No, this is a hoax. Such dividend announcements are part of a recurring problem of misinformation that
The Chained CPI: A Cut to Social Security, SSI, and Other Vital Benefits Wed. March 27, 2013, 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. E.D.T. Sponsored by the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, Social Security Task Force Reserve your Webinar seat now
Question: I am expecting a VA TDIU rating of 100% soon. I am told that a benefit of this rating is a $10,000 life insurance policy with no premium. Can you tell me if this true? Answer: A15. Based
From the 1950s through the 1980s, people who lived or worked at the U.S. Marine Corp Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may have been exposed to contaminated drinking water. The water was contaminated by a number of toxins
We’ve all heard or spoken the cliché, “the more things change, the more they remain the same.” This may no longer be true, with “sequestration” on the table. For VetsFirst, automatic federal government spending cuts and a Congress that
Question: I know a veteran who is claiming he has dependents so he can get additional monthly compensation. I would like to report him to the authorities. Who should I tell? The FBI? Answer: Before we go any further
For numerous reasons, veterans like most patients, want to have a copy of their medical records. Now a new service of My HealtheVet will allow veteran patients to download their VA medical records including appointment notes and inpatient stays.
One of VetsFirst’s top public policy priorities for 2013 is to continue to push for the United States to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The CRPD is a UN human rights treaty that
Last week, VetsFirst spent three days on Capitol Hill meeting with 11 members of Congress and their staff members, and committee staff for the House and Senate Committees of Veterans’ Affairs regarding our public policy priorities for 2013. Our