Vietnam War Veteran Prevails August 20, 2018, Washington, DC ~ Bergmann & Moore attorneys worked closely with a Vietnam War Veteran and prevailed in his disability claim appeal for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In 1991, the Veteran from Tennessee filed a disability compensation claim for PTSD against the U.S. Department of Veterans…

July 31, 2018  Military.com  By Richard Sisk Disability Claim Appeals Backlog, IT Delay Among the many challenges facing new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie is the long-standing backlog in disability claims appeals, which currently totals more than 400,000 cases. As acting secretary at the VA in May, Wilkie said,…

Widow of Marine Prevails Against VA August 13, 2018, Washington, DC ~ With legal representation from Bergmann & Moore (B&M), a Marine Veteran’s widow recently prevailed in the appeal of her late husband’s disability claim for cancer associated with his Camp Lejeune toxic exposures.  The Veteran was stationed at Camp Lejeune in…

Burn Pit Vets Won The American Conservative magazine wrote an important news article about the adverse health impacts of war zone toxic exposures today titled, “The Burn Pit Vets Have Won a Victory, But to What End?”  In the piece, Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, the magazine’s executive editor, announced a free screening of…

Buffalo Soldiers Helped As part of Black Military History, Military Times provides a detailed accounting of “How the Buffalo Soldiers helped turn the tide in Italy during World War II.”   Task and Purpose has new information about the adverse health impact of burn pits and lung disease on Veterans plus a poignant…