Veterans Disability Archives - Page 2 of 5

Veterans Disability
November 11, 2015
Shook & Stone Salutes Our Veterans

On this Veteran's Day, we at Shook & Stone would like to take a moment to honor the faithful and brave service our country's men and women have rendered to protect our freedom. Their sacrifices have made our lives safer...

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Veterans Disability
September 11, 2015
Veterans Frustrated by VA Claims Backlog

Although the VA has recently claimed to have caught up with a massive backlog of disability claims, taking the wait time down from 357 days in 2013 down to 95 days this past August, many frustrated veterans are still having...

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Veterans Disability
August 3, 2015
Are Camp Lejeune Veterans Being Denied Disability?

On July 7, 2015, Private First Class Donald Burpee died of kidney cancer at 59 years old. During his 8-year cancer battle, the Veterans Affairs (VA) denied Burpee disability despite the probability that Burpee's cancer was caused by living conditions...

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Veterans Disability
July 21, 2015
Popular Post-Traumatic Stress Therapy May Be Making Patients Worse

In 2006, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs began treating veterans with what is now considered to be the "gold standard" treatment for PTSD. Prolonged exposure therapy, so named for the way that patients are repeatedly made to recount their...

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Veterans Disability
July 15, 2015
Sexual Assault in the Military & VA Disability Claims

The past several years there has rightly been an intense focus on the issue of sexual assaults within the military. A Pentagon study released in 2014 found a 50% increase in reports of military sexual assault. These crimes are heinous...

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