New veterans set record for war-disability claims

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By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer America's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen. A staggering 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for injuries they say are service-related. That is more than double the estimate of 21 percent who filed such claims after some other relatively recent wars, top government officials told The Associated Press. What's more, these new veterans are claiming eight to nine ailments on average,...

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Alaska Court Decision Could Open Door to Millions of Disability Claims, Nonprofit Says

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The Alaska Supreme Court has decided a case that could open the door to disability claims from millions of wireless industry or maintenance workers who experience occupational exposures to operating antenna arrays, according to the nonprofit group EMR Policy Institute. In AT&T Alascom and Ward North America, Inc., v. John Orchitt; and The State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Workers’ Compensation, the state high court upheld the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board decision awarding an AT&T equipment installer 100 percent disability due to his exposure to radiofrequency radiation (RF) at levels slightly above the FCC RF safety...

New veterans set record for war-disability claims

Alaska Court Decision Could Open Door to Millions of Disability Claims, Nonprofit Says

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New veterans set record for war-disability claims

Alaska Court Decision Could Open Door to Millions of Disability Claims, Nonprofit Says

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