Law firms to aid veterans on benefits

[friendly_iconoclast]

As the son of a disabled veteran, I was glad to read this. Snaps to the DAV and the
law firms involved

From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/128362.html

Law firms to aid veterans on benefits
By HOPE YEN
The Associated Press
The nation's largest organization of disabled veterans is convinced that injured troops -- many of them returning from Iraq and Afghanistan -- are getting only a fraction of the government benefits they are entitled to under federal law.
What's new

The Disabled American Veterans announced Wednesday that it is teaming up with three major law firms in an effort to exert additional pressure on a Defense Department they say remains inattentive to veterans' needs. Lawsuits could quickly follow in federal court.
The three law firms -- King & Spalding, Foley & Lardner and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae -- will begin to provide lawyers free of charge to patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, which typically hears 80 cases a month.

This is also going on locally some places:

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2007/05/14/daily11.html?t=printable

Womble Carlyle launches program for veterans
Charlotte Business Journal - May 15, 2007

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, one of the largest law firms in the Charlotte area, has launched a statewide project to provide military veterans with pro bono legal assistance in filing disability claims with the Department of Veteran Affairs.
The firm is undertaking the project, called "When Duty Calls," in collaboration with the Young Lawyers Division of the N.C. Bar Association.
The groups will recruit attorneys from across North Carolina to provide free legal assistance to veterans and provide training in submitting disability claims.

[Captain Hilts]

1. Bush WH discouraged the VA from informing Vets of their rights/benefits unless specifically asked.