LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) – The thought of crossing FM 1638 to get mail brings up horrible images of a bad outcome waiting to happen for Nacogdoches resident Mike Harris. Harris has been confined to a wheelchair for the past five years due to health issues. For the past year, the U.S. postal service has been delivering […]
2/10/16 A disabled veteran in Sevierville is faced with a new hardship. He was told six days ago the mailbox in front of his home has to be moved half a mile away. The postmaster says there are pot holes in the road leading to the veteran’s house. While the U.S. Postal Service has no […]
October 15, 2015 LOS ANGELES – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday called it “unacceptable” that millions of seniors will get no annual cost-of-living adjustment in their Social Security checks in 2016. The announcement on Thursday by the Social Security Administration also means there will be no boost in benefits for disabled veterans. Next year […]
From various news sources COLA increase =$22 The U.S. government will raise benefits for Social Security beneficiaries by 1.7% in 2015, the Social Security Administration said today. This is the third consecutive year in which the increase will be under 2%. The agency said it expects to send out checks to about 64 million people […]
(U.S. SENATE) – Senator Jon Tester, a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, is introducing new legislation to make sure the veterans disability claims backlog continues to decline and that more veterans get their benefits in a timely manner. Tester’s bill, the 21st Century Veterans Benefits Delivery Act, builds on the Senator’s previous work […]
Social Security raise to be among lowest in years WASHINGTON — For the second straight year, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect historically small increases in their benefits come January. Preliminary figures suggest a benefit increase of roughly 1.5 percent, which would be among the smallest since automatic increases […]
EEOC has issued a decision that the USPS did in fact breach class settlement agreement. EEOC has granted class agent Clarence Hill the right to sue on behalf of the the 77,000 plus disabled veterans.’ EEOC also granted Hill the right to seek new legal representation to continue the Hill v Donahoe case for disabled […]
According to Hill vs Potter : Clarence Hill filed a class complaint alleging that the Postal Service discriminated against him and all disabled veteran applicants by making improper pre-employment medical inquiries. On February 18, 2011, Judge Davi named Corey Baskerville, Zedrick Jenkins,and Frank Vander Haar as additional Class Agents. Clarence Hill has not agreed to […]