“This is more than just a code. This is long-overdue validation for the suffering of the quarter-million afflicted veterans — and a formal acknowledgment that their illness is real, physical and service-related.”   - Beatrice Golomb, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine   More than three decades after the end of the Gulf War, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially recognized Gulf War Illn

Before any veteran can file a lawsuit against the VA for medical malpractice, they must file an administrative claim using Standard Form 95. The VA then has six months to investigate and respond. This mandatory administrative process is supposed to allow the government to resolve claims without litigation. In practice, it's six months of waiting with minimal communication and, usually, a final denial. Here's how it typically unfolds: Veterans file SF-95 with detailed informat

One of the hardest conversations we have is with veterans who contact us about VA medical malpractice after the two-year statute of limitations has expired. We hear variations of the same story: they received negligent care, focused on recovery, assumed someone would tell them if they needed to take legal action, and now it's too late. The Federal Tort Claims Act has an absolute two-year statute of limitations. Not two years and one day. Not "we didn't know." Not "we were wai

Recent reports reveal that some VA facilities are enforcing strict limits on veterans' individual mental health therapy sessions, sometimes cutting off treatment after eight to twelve visits regardless of clinical need. For veterans with PTSD, depression, and other service-connected conditions, this raises serious questions about adequate care. Multiple VA mental health providers have told media outlets they previously had discretion to extend therapy based on clinical judgme

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The Wall Street Journal just confirmed what many veterans already knew: the VA's answer to PTSD isn't treatment—it's sedation. Three out...

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The veteran went to the ER at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. Among the various laboratory studies performed was an STD test. This was a...

This Sunday, I received an email from a former prospective client.   The client was reaching out to thank me for a telephone conversation...

You may have heard that the Department of Government Efficiency has begun several projects designed to reduce the size of the United...