Eric Gang of Gang & Associates is a Law Journal Innovator of the Year honoree. The below responses were lightly edited for clarity and style. What are some of your proudest achievements in 2022? Through the firm’s nonprofit foundation, the Disabled Veterans Resource Center, Inc., in 2022 we began a […]
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‘Blind’ veteran who scammed $1M in disability payments: How did it go on so long?
August 9 - Citizen Times
For 30 years, Buncombe County resident John Paul Cook collected VA disability payments, even garnering several increases along the way as his allegedly poor vision continued to worsen. By 2016, with those increases for the severity of his “disability,” he was pulling in $3,990 a month. In total, from 1987- […]
Kansas’ Moran takes over Veterans’ Affairs Committee with focus on suicide prevention
December 23 - The Mercury
Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, said he will be leaning on veterans to help him set the agenda when he becomes chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee in January. Moran, who has a home in Manhattan, will succeed Sen. Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican who officially retired this month after […]
Korean War vet denied VA benefits for 50 years, granted 5 years after his death
His widow finally received his check for retroactive benefits and her own survivor benefits.
December 5 - Fox Business
Thomas Nielson served the U.S. military in Korea from 1950 to 1954. He first applied for VA disability benefits in 1960 when an autoimmune disease he developed in the service rendered him unable to pursue full time employment, according to a statement by Elite Lawyer Management. After more than 50 […]
Korean War Vet Denied VA Benefits for 50 Years, Granted His Retroactive Due – 5 Years after his Death
December 5 - Yahoo! News
Thomas Nielson, a veteran who served the U.S. military in Korea from 1950 to 1954, first applied for VA disability benefits in 1960 when an autoimmune disease he developed in the service rendered him unable to pursue full time employment according to a statement by Elite Lawyer Management. This week, […]
Expert panel debates military justice reform, as Navy targets SEAL championed by Trump
November 20 - Fox News
The U.S. Navy’s move to potentially punish a decorated Navy SEAL, who was supported by an order from President Trump, is fueling a new debate over the military justice system’s treatment of active-duty service members and veterans. A senior U.S. defense official told Fox News on Tuesday that the top admiral in the […]
Five years after his death, Korean War vet awarded more than $720,000 in accrued benefits from VA
November 12 - Stars and Stripes
Thomas Nielson joined the Air Force when he was 17 and was promptly deployed to South Korea where the war against the communist-backed North was just getting underway. He served on the peninsula from 1950-54. However, Nielson’s real fight began after he returned home and filed for military medical benefits […]
ADS to Pay $16M on Whistleblower Allegations of Defense Contract Fraud
August 23 - Whistleblower News Review
ADS Inc., a Virginia-based company that supplies equipment and logistics for the U.S. military’s search-and-rescue operations, has agreed to pay $16 million to resolve allegations that it fraudulently secured government contracts. ADS obtained numerous contracts that were set aside for small businesses, in spite of the fact that the company […]
US Veterans Affairs Recognizes Health Hazard on Vieques
April 10 - San Juan Daily Star
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently became the first federal government entity to recognize a connection between U.S. Navy activities and human health problems on Vieques with the awarding of a judgment in favor of a former Vieques security guard who suffers from a variety of ailments as a […]