June is PTSD Awareness Month. By raising awareness about PTSD, we can help reduce the stigma associated with this condition and ensure that veterans who need help can receive help.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers several programs and services to veterans struggling with substance abuse. These programs can help veterans get the treatment they need to overcome addiction and live healthy and productive lives.

If the VA has denied your claim for disability benefits, it is beneficial to understand that you have options, what they are, and how you can appeal the denial with the assistance of a VA attorney.

Furthermore, if you suffered a disability as a veteran and your condition has worsened over time, you may be able to increase your VA disability rating.

The 55-Year Rule states that veterans receiving VA disability benefits for service-connected conditions are exempt from periodic future examinations once they turn 55.

Finding out that your VA disability compensation has been denied can be shocking and leave you upset, frustrated, and even angry. Your first thoughts are, what do I do next, and I am already out of options? However, you should be relieved to know that you do have options.

VA Form 21-686c is an important VA form that can help veterans secure additional VA benefits aside from the compensation associated with their service-connected disability.

Disabled veterans with a VA rating of 10% or higher will see their 2023 VA Disability Pay increase by 8.7%, starting with payments in January 2023.

In 2022, Congress voted on The PACT Act, which provides Veterans and their families with additional health care and benefits.

Under the Lejeune Justice Act, military, civilians, and their families can seek reparations from the United States government for those impacted by living and working at Camp Lejeune and were exposed to toxic water on base.

For the past decade, the Perdido Key Chamber of Commerce has invited the Johnson Family, local and national dignitaries, and the public to the beach to honor the memory of this local hero.