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VA Adds New Conditions to Presumptive List, Including Male Breast Cancer

abesbaumann on June 18, 2024

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently announced it is adding three new types of cancer to the list of presumed service-connected disabilities due to military environmental exposure under the PACT Act.

The following types of cancer are now included in the list of presumptive diseases:

  • Male breast cancer
  • Urethral cancer
  • Cancer of the paraurethral glands

Presumptive service connection means the VA automatically assumes service connection for the disease and provides benefits to eligible veterans who have submitted claims with evidence of a diagnosis. It also allows veterans applying for benefits to skip paperwork establishing their condition as a result of military service, which can significantly reduce wait times during the benefits process.

Last month the VA granted its one millionth claim related to the PACT Act, and over that time frame has paid out more than $5.75 billion to veterans.

Read here for more information on these latest additions to the VA’s presumptive conditions list.

Hurt at work? Doug Williams explains why you should call an attorney.

abesbaumann on March 20, 2024

The workers’ compensation process can feel overwhelming. But you don’t have to manage it on your own. If you have been hurt at work, make sure you have someone on your side who will help advocate for you.

Doug Williams, an Abes Baumann partner with more than 25 years of experience in workers’ compensation, helps ensure injured workers receive the benefits they are entitled to.

TRANSCRIPT:

Frequently people call us and they’re not sure whether they need an attorney or not.

If a case is in litigation and it’s before a worker’s compensation judge, the insurance carrier is always going to have an experienced attorney that is representing the insurance carrier. So that’s one good reason to have an attorney.

You want someone that has the same base of knowledge or hopefully even a greater base of knowledge than does the attorney representing the insurance carrier.

Also the Worker’s Compensation Act and the Occupational Disease Act,
and the regulations that the Bureau of Workers Compensation has published.

Interpreting those acts are complicated.

If you print them out,
they come out to about 365 pages. it’s very, very difficult for a layperson to navigate that system and the complexities associated with it without an attorney.

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