disability

Our 'beloved leaders' budget proposal cuts benefits for vets. So much for that promise. One item cut is something called Individual Unemployability. I contacted PVA about this and received the following: Good Afternoon Mr. Kenoyer, It is actually called Individual Unemployability (IU)...

This disease is heartbreaking...This past Friday was the last day my dad was able to swallow whole food. It was very rough for him and my mom Saturday accepting the fact that he lost something else. This disease is showing no mercy on him!!! He had trouble breathing last night due to excessive...

Good Evening All, I'm a 40 year old male who has followed these boards over the course of the past several weeks. I've had some interesting signs and symptoms emerge over the past few months that increasingly concern me. I was seen by my PCP early last week and after a cursory exam...

I am crabby tonight. My husband is in pretty decent shape. A year out from diagnosis, he still walks with a can and can drive. I think that a walker and no more driving are coming up, I am encouraging these things now gently. Still we are I know fortunate. At a time when some PALS have already...

Hi all, Well my mom received my dads disability paperwork and what the doctor wrote and it saddened us tremendously. The doctor gave him a prognosis of 6 to 12 months from date of diagnosis to live. The doctor did put in the disability paperwork that it is Bulbar onset, which we knew already...

My husband is doing our taxes right now..yes on the last day lol. It is asking if I was disabled in 2016. I was diagnosed in 2017, but my symptoms started in December 2015, and progressively developed over the 2016 year. So I know from my doctor at the ALS clinic that technically I had ALS in...

I'm writing this for the benefit of all CALS and PALS. I've been a CPA for nearly 40 years. Part of this has involved personal financial planning and teaching personal financial planning at the college and university level. PLEASE make sure you have a financial plan and your spouse AND...

AB Science announces positive top-line results of final analysis from study AB10015 of masitinib in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease Primary analysis is a success and confirms interim analysis Company to host webcast on masitinib in ALS AB Science SA...

Will spouse's income affect the amount of VA disability benefits someone is eligible for?

I started having problems and about May of 2015 I am now on the date of February 26th 2017. My hands and feet are paralyzed have no equilibrium. I need help with everything except I can get in the bath and climb out on my side period I have to use two hands brush my teeth and it takes forever to...