Concurrent Title 38 Disability Compensation and DoD Retirement Benefits for Retirees
A few days ago, I was speaking at an assisted living care facility regarding Title 38 benefits (Department of Veterans Affairs). These discussions usually involve the adult children of World War II and Korean War veterans so they can have a basic understanding of what benefits their mother/father may be entitled to through the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA). The elderly spouse of a...
Rating Decision Granting 100% Disabled . . . Ancillary Benefits and Long-Term Estate/Elder Law Planning
As we had previously blogged, a number of veterans we represent involve the question of whether the veteran had sufficient service at or near Vietnam to qualify for presumption of service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.307(a).
In one such claim, located travel orders out of Vietnam provided sufficient information for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to grant service connection for...
WWII Veterans In the News – An Aging Population Rich in Knowledge and Experience
As the following Washington Post Article documents, Alan Wood, the WWII veteran who helped raise the flag on Iwo Jima, passed away at the age of 90 years old. The photo, which became the subject of the Iwo Jima Memorial in the Arlington National Cemetery, captured a moment of pain and triumph for a generation of veterans. Mr. Wood poignantly recalled the events leading up to the raising of...