The 30-second Web video has the edgy quality of a campaign-season attack ad, including ominous music, grainy photos and a closing demand: “It’s time for new leadership.”.......
"Under pressure to reduce its immense inventory of disability claims for injured and sick veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Friday its plans to process 250,000 claims that are one year or older within the next six months."...
The end of the year has brought great news for Wounded Warriors and those challenging erroneous military personnel decisions. Congress has done the right thing and removed a provision of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act that would have severely limited the rights of military members and veterans to challenge erroneous decisions in Federal Court.
You may recall that I wrote about the offensive provision of the NDAA in my earlier article, "Congress Set to Rob Wounded Warriors." In a nutshell, the law as originally written would have forced those appealing military personnel decisions to file a claim before their branches Board for Correction of Military Records prior to suing in Federal Court. The consequences of this would have meant that the time to file an appeal would be greatly...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2011 - To ensure military families don’t get left out as the new national health care reform law extends parent’s health insurance to
their children up to age 26, TRICARE plans to roll out its new Young Adult Program by spring and to provide an option to make coverage retroactive to Jan. 1. The new program will allow qualified, unmarried military children up to age 26 to buy health care coverage under their parents’ TRICARE plans through age 26, defense officials announced yesterday. That’s up from the current maximum age of 21, or 23 for full-time college students whose parents provide more than half their financial support.
The fiscal 2011 National Defense Authorization Act President Barack Obama signed Jan. 7 gave the Defense Department the authority it needed...
Tonight, I took a look at the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act. It contains legislation that is a slap in the face to the sacrifices made by Wounded Warriors. Congress is getting ready to rob Servicemembers and Veterans the opportunity to effectively challenge erroneous disability ratings. The proposed law is shocking enough on its face. What is more shocking is the weak justification for this idea that the Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, Senator Carl Levin described as “a bill that supports the men and women of the armed forces and their families.” What is more telling is his later statement “that we were able to support our troops and their families while finding savings of more than $6 billion.” It seems some of those savings will come from denying Wounded Warriors just compensation for their injuries.
Section 531 amends the law for Boards for Correction of Military Records (“BCMR”) to make it much...
