Military Veteran Attorney Blog

Our firm is pleased to announce that we have moved to our new offices located at 44444 Mound Road, Suite 100, Sterling Heights, Michigan 48314. Located south of M-59/Hall Road on the east side of Mound Road, our new building is accommodating to seniors and provides easy access to M-59 and nearby freeways.

As most readers of this blog know, our firm proudly serves the metro Detroit area including Macomb, Wayne, Oakland, St. Clair, and Washtenaw counties. We have clients across the state of Michigan and have several clients with children across the country. In order to better serve clients across the State of Michigan, we have established a referral network called The Center for Veteran's Planning. The goal of the Center for Veteran's Planning is to establish a network of affiliated offices across the state to assist veteran's with legal issues and benefit planning.

Although we have established ourselves as a general practice firm with expertise in Elder Law and VA benefit planning, the attorneys at our firm each specialize in their own areas of practice. If you have a legal need or question remember... Call first...Act Second!

If you are a veteran in Michigan and expecting a raise or increase in benefits, you may be waiting another year.

VA benefits generally follow the same trend as Social Security benefits. For those of you who don’t know, Social Security benefits will have no increase for 2011. Therefore, it is probably likely that there will not be an increase in VA benefits for 2011.

This obviously touches the lives of many. The Obama administration has proposed almost a 10% increase in funding for the Department of Veteran Affairs, but it is not clear that this will mean any across the board increases in VA benefits in 2011. Much of the $125 billion requested has been allocated to try and address veteran homelessness as well as mental health issues.

President Obama is also interested in overhauling the system used for VA benefits to make it sustainable going forward.

Perhaps an encouraging sign is that Congress is currently considering mailing out a $250 check to all 58 million Social Security recipients. The $250 check is an attempt by Congress to make up for the lack of an increase in 2011.

Of course if you are a veteran or have a loved one that is and have questions, please contact our office.