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No word yet on whether the motion has been granted or denied.

VA has filed a motion asking for a full court hearing. A brief update on Veterans for Common Sense v. Department of Veterans Affairs810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20420Ĥ. I will encourage everyone to write letters to their Congressman and Senators asking for immediate Congressional action in support of a extension and also send a letter to Secretary Shinseki asking him to extend the date. How we, as a community, can get the VA to extend the time period beyond Decemfor manifestation of a chronic disability due to undiagnosed illness by Persian Gulf Veteran. I will discuss why the retro-active benefits provisions of 38 CFR §3.114 can benefit surviving spouses of veteran’s whose death are caused by presumptive Agent Orange diseases.ģ. The surviving spouse should file within 12 months of the veteran’s death at their Regional Office using VA Form 21-534.

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When, where, and how to file a DIC widow or widower’s application. On this Blog, we would like to record these stories before they are lost. My answer is no, although benefits on a new application -as compared to a re-opened application possibly subject to a Nehmer effective date- filed after 8/31/10 will be limited to the 12 months prior to the date of the new application, provided the presumptive condition was manifested before 8/31/10. Whether failing to file a new application for compensation for the three new presumptive Agent Orange diseases (Hairy Cell Leukemia and Other Chronic B-Cell Leukemia, Parkinson’s Disease, and Ischemic Heart Disease) prohibits a veteran, or his dependent, from receiving 12 months of retro-active benefits after 8/31/11. Tonight we will discuss the following issues:ġ. If you are not in Mobile, please listen over. Iwill be appearing tonight on the Scuttlebutt radio show on FM Talk 106.5 FM here in Mobile at 8:15pm.