Amanda Mineer

Service Dogs for Disabled Vets

The VA recognizes three types of service dogs for disabled veterans. For blind and vision impaired vets, guide dogs are trained to lead in walking and to navigate around hazards. Service dogs are ...

Requesting a VA Appeal Hearing (DRO & BVA)

You selflessly completed your military service, but you have been left with a life-altering injury or condition. You disagree with the VA’s decision on your case and you have decided to appeal the ...

New Study on Young Veterans, PTSD, and Fight or Flight Response

A recent study found that young veterans with PTSD have an increased fight or flight response during mental stress. The research provides important insights into how to protect veterans with PTSD ...

How to File an Appeal

After serving your country selflessly and completing your military service, you were left with a life-altering injury or condition. You completed an application for veterans’ disability compensation ...

V-Wise: Sustainable Business Ventures for Female Vets and Spouses

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, supported by funding from the Small Business Administration, is helping military families across a wide spectrum. One of the ...

What It Means to Accept a VA Disability Rating

Veterans who suffer from an injury that was caused or made worse during their active military service can make a claim to receive benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. These benefits are ...

Latest Developments in PTSD Treatment for Veterans

PTSD is an issue that many veterans struggle with. Every veteran either has some degree of PTSD themselves or has a close buddy who suffers from it. Here are the latest developments and news about ...

Discharged Under DADT? Upgrade May Be Possible

Since World War II, approximately 114,000 servicemembers have been discharged from all four branches of the United States military for homosexual conduct. From 1994 to 2011, “don’t ask, don’t tell” ...

How to Calculate Veterans’ Disability Ratings Into Pay

You applied for disability benefits through the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs and, after a long wait, you have finally received a favorable decision, granting you veterans’ disability ...

Documenting Concussions and Concussive Injury

One of the strange things about an injury to the head and brain is that the cumulative effect of even a small or minor injury matters. Medical science has not yet determined how to measure and ...

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