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In the case of Carr v. Saul, 19-1442 (S.Ct. April 22, 2021) Petitioners were six individuals whose applications for disability benefits were denied by the Social Security Administration (SSA). They each unsuccessfully challenged their respective adverse benefit determination in a hearing before an SSA administrative law judge (ALJ). The SSA Appeals Council denied discretionary review

Cision – Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs Dr. David J. Shulkin, and Canada’s Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Kent Hehr, joined officials from both nations June 27-28 at VA headquarters to discuss how strategic partnerships can help improve benefits and services for Veterans and their families.
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Federal Computer Week – The chairmen of the Senate Veterans Affairs and Armed Services committees hope the Department of Veterans Affairs will learn from the Pentagon’s commercial health record deal. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin recently announced plans to buy from Cerner, the commercial software provider used by the Department of Defense in its MHS Genesis system, on

Healthcare IT News – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ clinical quality measures are incomplete and provide an inaccurate reflection of clinical measures, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Data system limitations inhibit the metrics from capturing all provider types within the agency, which means data collected by the VA doesn’t account for all