Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Legalview Starts Traumatic Brain Injury Blog

Full Article at: LegalView Announces Traumatic Brain Injury Blog Updates
September 07, 2009

(PRLEAP.COM) "Legalview.com, the leading provider of personal injury legal support online, is pleased to announce that it will soon begin updating a traumatic brain injury (TBI) blog at http://brain-injury.legalview.com/blog/. The blog will be hosted on their highly accessed TBI information portal. The traumatic brain injury information portal provides access to a wealth of resources, including a brain injury lawyer who can assist individuals with pursuing legal action and potential compensation. The TBI blog will feature the most up-to-date information available on a variety of topics relating to brain injuries: developments in treatment, landmark legal cases for TBI victims, issues affecting those suffering from brain injury or TBI effects, and breakthrough surgery techniques that could be incredibly beneficial to those patients suffering head trauma, just to name a few items on the list.

This traumatic brain injury blog comes at a time when brain injury information could not be more vital. With many veterans returning from military service in Iraq and Afghanistan needing to be treated for serious head injuries, some families find themselves seeking more information on such a serious condition. Additionally, there are many individuals and families seeking information about brain injuries suffered on construction sites, in car crashes, or during a sporting event. Whatever the case may be, Legalview offers such a broad selection of information regarding TBI that any of these searches will reveal applicable information, as well as information regarding the possibility of developing a
brain injury lawsuit if the case is appropriate."

VA has Processed only Half of GI Bill Education Benefits Claims

Full Article at: VA says it has processed less than half of GI bill education benefits

By Bob Brewin 09/23/2009

"The Veterans Affairs Department said on Wednesday that it has processed less than half of the pending education benefits claims veterans are entitled to under the post 9/11 GI bill claims, and veteran groups expressed serious concerns students will not be able to pay their rent next month and colleges will need to wait for tuition payments.

The department has paid more than 61,000 benefits claims totaling $50 million since August, according to a statement. VA also said it processed 503,000 claims totaling $1 billion for other education benefit programs during the same period.

But VA told Nextgov that it still must process another 72,329 claims for post-9/11 GI bill benefits, with 60,071 eligibility determinations and 12,258 enrollment certifications. The department has a total of 172,662 education claims pending, which includes the new GI bill claims as well as other education programs.

VA said since May it has received 277,000 applications from veterans for certificates of eligibility or school enrollment certifications under the new GI bill, which greatly expanded the tuition and housing payments granted to veterans to pay for college under the old GI bill. VA said it has sent certificates to fewer than 200,000 veterans.

The Veterans Benefits Administration, in its latest weekly report, showed it had 268,083 items related to education benefits pending as of Sept. 21."

Veterans Suicide Report Earns Emmy for CBSNews

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CBS' Armen Keteyian's Investigation Exposing a Cover-up by the VA Honored by Award

By CBSNews.com

"CBS News first reported on the staggering number of veteran suicides in a report last year. Now, newly-released data shows that vets who get help from the VA are still at risk. Armen Keteyian reports.

(CBS) The "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" won an Emmy Award last night in the category of Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for a series of reports by Chief Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian that exposed how officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs tried to cover-up the true risk of suicide among veterans.

Investigative Producer Pia Malbran was responsible for the series along with Senior Producer for the investigative unit Keith Summa, Executive Producer for the CBS Evening News Rick Kaplan, assisted by associate producer Ariel Bashi and editors Craig Crawford, Matt Turek and Catherine Landers."

Three Medical Groups Ask Calif. to Investigate Palo Alto-VA over Veteran Blindness

Full Article at: Calls for Calif. probe after vets lose eyesight

(AP) – 2 hours ago

SAN FRANCISCO — "Three medical groups are asking California to investigate the cases of eight veterans who they say suffered preventable vision loss at a Veterans Administration hospital.

An internal probe by the VA Palo Alto found the veterans may have lost eyesight because of care by optometrists who weren't trained to treat glaucoma.

Two California medical associations and the American Glaucoma Society asked the Department of Consumer Affairs to look further into the cases Wednesday."