🇺🇸⚖️ Strengthening Veterans’ Legal Advocacy
DVS launched a new Lunch & Learn CLE series with the New York State Bar Association Committee on Veterans. DVS Deputy Counsel Benjamin Pomerance opened the series with a session on NYS Veterans benefits.
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Federal Lawsuit Challenges VA’s New Rule on Medication-Based Disability Ratings A federal lawsuit is challenging a Department of Veterans Affairs rule that requires disability ratings to reflect how well veterans function on medication rather than the severity of their underlying condition.

A federal lawsuit is challenging the VA’s controversial rule that would require disability ratings to reflect veterans’ functioning while on medication instead of the underlying condition
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Vietnam vet, law firms file suit over new VA ruling on disability rating exams A Vietnam veteran has filed suit over a VA rule that requires medical examiners to factor in a medication's effects when determining a disability rating.

A Vietnam vet and law firms sue to block a VA rule that may lower veterans' benefits by factoring medication effects. 🔗 https://ow.ly/UGKN50YiVtI #Veterans #VABenefits #DisabilityRatings #LegalChallenge #VietnamVeterans #VeteransLaw #Advocacy #VeteransRights