so anyone know how the parlimentary portion works? What kind of timeframe there would be on this, and is theere a website or something to check the status of it as it goes through parliament?
BTW, I spoke wiith Heather from Equitas. This is not related to the "settlement" talks that appear to...
Jeez could they be anymore vague? What does that criteria even mean?
Considering injuries are paid out at a specific % point, it would be only too easy to say "x% is the cutoff" or whatever.
Sounds like it's somethibg that sounds good they can point too at the election, but left so vague that...
Or, put another way, the Equitas lawsuit is currently undergoing settlement talks.
One if their main issues was the disability award and how it's implemented.
Why on earth would the plaintiffs of that lawsuit agree to any settlement that did not benefit them whatsoever? I mean, that would be...
I understand what you're saying but it's really apples to oranges. Those are two comoletely different systems and once the NVC was implemented, they didn't have the administrative ability to put them.in the old system.
And i would agree that new legislation is never retroacted. Butwe're not...
Are you basing this on anything?
The entire issue came about because (mostly) Afghan vets were being shortchanged. The lawsuit is because of (mostly) Afghan vets. Why would they introduce a "fix" that does absolutely nothing to help Afghan vets?
Why would the plaintiffs in the Equitas lawsuit...
Just wondering how you guys think it will go if they increase the max disability award as it seems like they might.
Let's say you are on 100% disability. I think your award was $280,000 or sometjing? If they increase it to, say, $380,000 and you got your award in 2007.
You think it'd be...
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