Travis James West

Early yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit struck down the VA’s policy o...

Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are becoming increasingly concerned that exposure to...

On December 7, 2018, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is scheduled to hear oral ar...

For the first time, a federal agency recognized that exposure to burn pits used at a US military ...

There is no denying that the VA appeals process is in need of reform. As of 2016, veterans wait, ...

In order to prevail on a claim for VA disability benefits, a veteran must be able to demonstrate ...

While many of us think of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as a single entity, its functio...

The word veteran means a lot of things to a lot of different people. Growing up, I never gave muc...

The backlog. The backlog of pending claims for veterans’ disability benefits has become th...

The United States government provides a panoply of entitlement programs for its citizens, many of...

On a Friday afternoon in late February, the US Department of Veterans Affairs filed a motion with...

As a former rating specialist for the US Department of Veterans Affairs, I can tell you first han...

Most people are familiar with the statistics commonly bandied about regarding the relatively high...