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Feb

“Presumptive” Disability Benefits Available For Certain Veterans

What is the Medical Nexus Requirement? As I wrote in a blog post in 2009,...

Feb

WALL STREET JOURNAL Reports On Elder Mediation

An article in today’s Wall Street Journal provides an overview of Elder Mediation that may...

Feb

New VA Fiduciary Website

On January 6, 2011, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched an internet website for...

Jan

VA Pension Denied Because Adult Children Help Pay For Mom’s Care At Assisted Living Facility

(The following is part of a discussion, taken from a listserv, or electronic bulletin board,...

Jan

Treatment of Joint Accounts By The VA In Adjudicating Applications For Home-Bound Or Aid and Attendance Pension Benefits

(The following discussion, taken from a listserv, or electronic bulletin board, is between accredited professionals...

Jan

Doctrine of Probable Intent Cannot Be Used to Create Special Needs Trusts for Intestate Decedent

In a published decision, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, ruled that a...

Jan

Vanarelli Law Office “Word Clouds”

Jan

Your Child’s Educational Rights In New Jersey

Jan

Top Special Education Cases Impacting Disabled Students In New Jersey

Special education law is complex. However, I believe that the following cases provide a favor...

Jan

Top Ten (10) New Jersey Probate Litigation / Will Contest Cases in 2010

I compiled my selections for the top ten (10) New Jersey estate and probate litigation...

Dec

Top Ten (10) New Jersey Cases Involving Special Needs Trusts / Disability Planning Decided In 2010 (And A Few Cases Decided In 2009)

Here are my selections for the top ten (10) New Jersey cases involving...

Dec

Special Needs Trusts: Background

A self-settled special needs trust is exempt from being counted as a “resource,” for purposes...

Dec

Top 12 New Jersey Elder Law Cases Decided In 2010

Here are my selections for the top ten (10) twelve (12) New Jersey elder law...

Dec

Summary Of Changes To The Estate And Gift Tax Laws In 2011 And 2012 Resulting From Enactment Of The “Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D/NV) has introduced legislation designed to enact the tax cut...

Dec

Recent Case Provides Latest Description Of The VA’s Duty To Assist Veteran In Obtaining Evidence To Support A Claim For Benefits

Under the statutes, the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) has a duty to assist a...

Dec

How Does The Social Security Administration Evaluate Claims For Disability Benefits?

Under the rules governing the Social Security Administration (SSA), “disability” is defined as “the inability...

Dec

Top 10 (Actually 11) New Jersey Guardianship Cases Decided In 2010 (Including Some Great Cases Decided In 2009)

I’m pleased to report that 2010 yielded a rich harvest of guardianship decisions from...

Nov

Top 10 Veterans Service-Connected Disability Compensation Benefit Cases Decided By The Federal Circuit In 2009 – 2010

A disability compensation benefit is paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to a...

Nov

Ohio Violated Federal Law In Counting Annuity Purchased By Community Spouse

Ohio’s First District Court of Appeals has joined other state and federal courts across the...

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