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Native American Veterans Fight VA and Lose

Tim Giago | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Native American Veterans, National Guard, Department of Veterans Affairs, Social Security, Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration, Department of Veteran Affairs, Disability, Social Security Benefits, Social Security Disability Claims, Veterans, Politics News
Tim Giago

Andy Torress was denied disability pension by the VA, but when he took his medical records to the Social Security Administration, they approved him for 100 percent disability.

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New York's Department of Veterans' Affairs: Where's the Outrage?

Luis Montalvan and Aaron Glantz | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Affairs, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, James Peake, Pensions, Va, New York State, War in Iraq, Michael Bloomberg Mayor, New York City, New York, Social Security Disability Claims, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Bloomberg, Iraq War, Albany, Dwight Eisenhower, Times Union, Disabilities, Veterans Issues, Senator Hillary Clinton, President Eisenhower, Disability, Hillary Clinton, Senator Clinton, Iraq, Politics News
Luis Montalvan and Aaron Glantz

Internal audits at the VA regional headquarters has revealed over half of all disability claims processed through the New York office had been illegally tampered with.

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Unequal Access to Justice

Ivan Katz | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, H.R. 5833, Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, DeFazio Amendment, Social Security Administration, Eaja, Social Security Disability Claims, Politics News
Ivan Katz

A recent nasty, mean-spirited action by the Bush administration ought to induce outrage. Problem is, it is hard to be outraged when you are sleeping.

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Social Security Admin Leaves Claimants Waiting For Years

New York Times | ERIK ECKHOLM | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Social Security, Bankruptcy, Social Security Administration, Social Security Disability Claims, Business News

Steadily lengthening delays in the resolution of Social Security disability claims have left hundreds of thousands of people in a kind of purgatory, n...

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