Author Archives: Thomas Roughneen
Veterans Administration Claims and Legal Updates
THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF CONSULTING WITH A TRAINED LEGAL PROFESSIONAL M 21-1 Veterans Administration Manual was found not to have the force of law or even regulation in Disabled American Veterans v. The Secretary of the VA. This is a ground-breaking… Read More »
Physical Disability Board of Review
THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF CONSULTING WITH A TRAINED LEGAL PROFESSIONAL Physical Disability Board of Review If you were medically-separated from the U.S. military between September 11, 2001 and December 31, 2009, you now have the opportunity to have your disability rating reviewed by… Read More »
Why the Physical Disability Review Board or one of the Boards Of Corrections for Military Records
THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF CONSULTING WITH A TRAINED LEGAL PROFESSIONAL The Physical Disability Board of Review, or PDBR, was legislated by Congress and implemented by the Department of Defense to ensure the accuracy and fairness of combined disability ratings of 20% or… Read More »
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act LEOSA
THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF CONSULTING WITH A TRAINED LEGAL PROFESSIONAL Law enforcement officers must protect themselves and their families with their federal right to concealed carry codified into federal law by Presidents Bush and Obama. LEOSA also known commonly as HR 218… Read More »
Monmouth County joins Ocean and Gloucester County with Veterans Treatment Court or Veterans Criminal Diversion as NJ calls it
THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF CONSULTING WITH A TRAINED LEGAL PROFESSIONAL New Jersey’s efforts to catch up to other States slowly improving. Essex is gearing up its program and Union County takes this cases on an individual basis when a Veteran’s matter is… Read More »
Veterans Criminal Diversion in New Jersey for justice-involved military and Veterans
THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF CONSULTING WITH A TRAINED LEGAL PROFESSIONAL Here is the statute signed into law by Governor Christie on May 1st. It is required to be implemented by December 1st. The Department of Veterans Affairs, County Prosecutors, Superior Court judges… Read More »
Air Force Physical Evaluation Board: An Overview
THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF CONSULTING WITH A TRAINED LEGAL PROFESSIONAL The Air Force PEB is a fact-finding body that investigates the nature, origin, degree of impairment, and probable permanence of the physical or mental defect or condition of any member whose case… Read More »
The VA Presumptive List
THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF CONSULTING WITH A TRAINED LEGAL PROFESSIONAL The VA presumptive list, not surprisingly, presumes that any conditions on that list were caused by military service even though there may be no medical reasoning that definitively proves the connection. The VA… Read More »
Understanding USERRA – the five year limit
THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF CONSULTING WITH A TRAINED LEGAL PROFESSIONAL The right to reemployment pursuant to USERRA is determined by five eligibility criteria. Once of the criterion is the cumulative period or periods of uniformed service in relation to the employee-employer relationship… Read More »
EPTS: what this means to you
THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF CONSULTING WITH A TRAINED LEGAL PROFESSIONAL Physical or mental disabilities that make you unfit may have existed prior to you entering military service. Causes of EPTS conditions include: hereditary or congenital defects injuries with an inception before entering… Read More »
