By Cara M. Chittenden The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has become an unlikely and innovative pioneer in the quest to provide cost-effective, quality in-home care for veterans. Although the agency has long been mired in controversies surrounding its programs,...
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Wartime Veterans Can Qualify for a VA Pension Without Being Disabled
By Rebecca W. Geyer It is a challenge to keep up with US Military benefits as they are always changing, and many veterans miss out on what can be life-changing aid. Many wartime veterans receive a disability pension due to injury. But did you know that wartime...
Veterans Burn Pit Bill Introduced
A very important part of our law practice at Rebecca W. Geyer & Associates is providing assistance to veterans and their surviving spouses, helping them obtain VA benefits. As the 2019 winter holidays approach, we are gratified to learn about a bill recently...
Changes in Veterans’ Benefits Looming October 18th
On September 18, 2018, the Department of Veterans Affairs officially published the amendments to certain regulations having to do with VA benefit claims.The VA hasn’t left beneficiaries a whole lot of time to adjust – those changes become effective on the 18th of this...
Good News From the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
“On behalf of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the nation’s veterans, I want to commend the leadership of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees on their agreement on legislation that will great benefit veterans.” So began Secretary David J. Shulkin’s ...
Helping Veterans and Surviving Spouses Obtain the Benefits They Deserve
A very important part of our law practice at Rebecca W. Geyer & Associates is providing assistance to veterans and their surviving spouses to help them obtain the VA benefits they deserve. The Department of Veterans Affairs is made up of three areas. Our firm’s...
Nine New Strategic Partnerships for Veterans
At Geyer & Associates, where an important area of our practice is Veteran’s Benefits, we were all very thankful this Veterans’ Day to learn of the latest announcement from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA announced no fewer than nine new strategic...
Veterans’ Benefits Claims Process Can Be Fraught With Obstacles
When we’re assisting our clients who are wartime veterans or surviving spouses of wartime veterans obtain the VA benefits they deserve, we go in knowing that is no easy task. Of course, part of the difficulty is a natural result of the sheer size of the Veterans...
Veterans’ Benefits – at Geyer Law, We Want You to Know
“We want you to know how VBA is performing on behalf of our nation’s Veterans, their families, and their survivors” is the opening sentence on the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs website. Here’s the big picture, according to the VBA: VBA currently serves nearly...
Assisting Wartime Veterans
An observation we find ourselves making all too often at Geyer Law is that Veteran’s Benefits are among the most misunderstood and underutilized resources. Our firm’s focus is with the Veteran’s Benefits Administration, one of three areas within the Department of...