October

Expansion of VA caregiver program to all eras of service remains set for October

[ad_1] With about two months left until a congressional deadline, Veterans Affairs officials said plans to expand the caregiver support…

2 years ago

Veterans unemployment in October steady as national rate continues to drop

[ad_1] Veterans unemployment remained under 4.0 percent for the third consecutive month in October as the national unemployment rate continued…

2 years ago

The best shots from October 24-30

[ad_1] The US. Military takes a ton of photos, and there’s no way anyone has the time to sort through…

2 years ago

Hall v. McDonough, No. 19-8717 (Decided October 18, 2021); The particular form a claimant submits—correct or otherwise—has no bearing on the Board’s jurisdiction to hear an appeal. Although VA can require a claimant to fill out a particular form and can dismiss nonconforming or untimely filings in appropriate circumstances, none of this affects the Board’s jurisdiction to hear appeals of veterans benefits decisions. Only Congress (or the Constitution) can set the parameters for jurisdiction, so an agency can neither expand nor limit its own jurisdiction through regulation. And because there is no indication that Congress intended to limit the Board’s jurisdiction to cases where veterans fill out the correct form, we reverse the Board’s finding that it lacked jurisdiction and remand for further development.;

[ad_1] Hall v. McDonough, No. 19-8717 (Decided October 18, 2021); The particular form a claimant submits—correct or otherwise—has no…

3 years ago

October 8, 2021); criminal judgment; total disability rating; 38 U.S.C. § 5313(c); 38 C.F.R. § 3.341(b); The term “correctional facility” cannot encompass a hospital that treats civil patients, and a hospital cannot be a correctional facility for some patients and not others;

[ad_1] Philbrook v. McDonough, No. 2020-2233 (Decided: October 8, 2021); criminal judgment; total disability rating; 38 U.S.C. § 5313(c);…

3 years ago

Rare Blue Moon Halloween October 31, 2020

[ad_1] We have a rare magical Blue Moon coming on Halloween October 31, 2020! Grandmother Moon will deliver her wisdom…

3 years ago