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When you apply for Social Security disability, one of the first things you receive in the mail from the Social Security Administration (SSA) is SSA Form 3373 also known as a function report. A function report will ask you various questions regarding your activities of daily living. For example, what do you do from the […]

On May 2, 2025, the VA revealed a reorganization of survivors assistance programs, including the establishment of an outreach team to help families of deceased veterans navigate the VA’s bureaucracy. The VA also plans ongoing improvements to “increase automation that will expedite survivors’ claims” in the coming months. VA Secretary Doug Collins indicates that these […]

On June 12, 2025, the United States Supreme Court handed combat-wounded veterans a sweeping victory in Soto v. United States, striking down the government’s practice of limiting retroactive Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) to six years. Writing for a unanimous Court, Justice Clarence Thomas held that nothing in the CRSC statute authorizes a time bar; therefore, […]

Representative Mark Green has introduced a new bipartisan bill entitled the K2 Veterans Total Coverage Act of 2025 which would establish additional presumption of service connection for certain diseases and cancers for Veterans who suffered exposure at the K2 base in Uzbekistan. K2 is a former Soviet base turned CIA black site and U.S. Military […]

I’ve written before about some of the gaps in recognition under the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promises to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act (PACT Act).  Now, a new bill has been introduced to hopefully cover some of those gaps. The bill, titled “Veterans Exposed to Toxic PFAS Act,’’ or the ‘‘VET PFAS Act,” […]