Navigation On May 27, 2021, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis McDonough, announced two important decisions which have the potential to affect millions of Veterans who have been exposed to herbicides and who served in Southwest Asia, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan during the Persian Gulf War and after September 11, 2001. As we’ve discussed previously in this […]
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR VETERANS IN MOBILE, ALABAMA
Due to COVID, last year was hard on renters and Veterans are no exception. The number of available rentals has shrunk, rents have increased, and even those Veterans who had stable housing are now finding themselves struggling to pay their rent and may be facing eviction. In the face of these rising difficulties, various private […]
Evaluating Disability Cases for Diagnoses of COVID-19
On April 16, 2021, the Social Security Administration released an Emergency Message, EM-21032, so as to provide guidance on how to evaluate adult disability cases for a diagnosis of COVID-19. Social Security will find COVID-19 to be a medically determinable impairment if there is evidence of the following from an acceptable medical source:
Honoring Memorial Day
Memorial Day weekend brings a lot of different types of celebrations. My weekend was filled with a few different celebrations to help honor our Fallen heroes. On Friday night, May 28, 2021, I gathered with the wonderful Marines of the PL Wilson Detachment, Marine Corps League, of which I am an associate member. The mission […]
Memorial Day 2021
This coming Monday, May 31, 2021, we have the opportunity to honor those men and women who died while serving our country in the various branches of the U.S. military. Memorial Day has been a tradition since soon after the Civil War and was originally known as Decoration Day. Memorial Day became an official federal […]