Law Offices of Lori A. Gaglione

06/04/2026

Veterans with a disability rating might have seen the news that a new bill in the Senate would increase their disability payments. While it’s certainly good news (and necessary legislation), it’s just how the business of keeping disability payments in line with inflation is done.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-news/new-law-to-increase-veteran-disability-payments-is-business-as-usual/

Disability payments will likely go up in 2027, but at the same rate as Social Security cost-of-living adjustments—just like any other year.

05/25/2026

Honoring the brave who gave everything for our freedom. 🇺🇸
This Memorial Day, we remember the heroes, cherish their sacrifice, and hold their families close in gratitude. Wishing everyone a safe and meaningful holiday. ❤️🤍💙

05/18/2026

A new bipartisan bill in Congress aims to curb what lawmakers say are predatory collection practices by so-called "claim sharks" — companies that charge disabled veterans large sums for help claiming benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., and two of their Republican colleagues, would prevent companies from using auto-dialers to call federal agencies.

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5719493/veterans-disabilities-claims-congress-legislation

The bipartisan bill would block companies from using auto-dialers to harvest private information about disabled veterans. The firms charge veterans for a service lawmakers say is supposed to be free.

05/14/2026

https://www.dav.org/learn-more/news/2026/when-disaster-strikes-dav-stands-with-veterans/

When disasters upend lives, veterans should never have to face recovery alone. For 56 years, DAV’s Disaster Relief Program has provided critical assistance, dignity and hope to veterans and their families when they need it most.

05/06/2026

Tampa Veterans’ Disability Attorney David W. Magann is urging Florida veterans to carefully review their mental health-related VA disability claims, especially because recent VA data show that roughly one-third of disability claims are not granted as filed, leaving many veterans without the full benefits they requested. Combined with Florida’s large and aging veteran population, he warned, this reality means many former service members could miss out on benefits they are entitled to if their claims are not carefully documented and fully supported.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/press-release/story/986255/with-va-denying-over-a-third-of-disability-claims-tampa-veterans-lawyer-david-w-magann-warns-florida-veterans-about-mental-health-claim-pitfalls-in-2026/

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Tampa, Florida – As 2026 begins, Tampa Veterans’ Disability Attorney David W. Magann is urging Florida veterans to

04/28/2026

Military veterans from Putnam County learn about ways to gain access to a variety of benefits they earned through their service in the U.S. military




https://www.palatkadailynews.com/local-news/veterans-learn-ways-better-access-benefits

04/19/2026

Air Force veteran Jasmine Paul, founder of youth financial literacy company The Wealth Playground, found support through DAV Patriot Boot Camp for entrepreneurs.

https://www.dav.org/learn-more/news/2026/how-a-veteran-owned-company-is-closing-the-financial-literacy-gap/

INVESTED IN MISSION: Air Force veteran and DAV Patriot Boot Camp alumna who once lived out of her car now runs a successful youth financial education company

04/16/2026

Few have seen the full arc of veterans care like Billy Kirby. A World War II veteran who was gravely injured in Italy in 1944 and served as DAV national commander in 1988, he has witnessed—and helped shape—the Department of Veterans Affairs’ evolution from overcrowded hospitals to a more comprehensive system.

Kirby’s own military service was cut short. At age 23, while fighting at the Battle of Rapido River (nicknamed the “Bloody River”) in Italy, he was shot in his right shoulder and nearly lost his arm.

Two years later, even after extensive therapy in Army hospitals, Kirby was unable to physically perform a salute.

He was medically discharged in 1946, but his service to others continued through the decades with DAV as a benefits advocate and congressional liaison, influencing legislation that built the modern VA

https://www.dav.org/learn-more/news/2026/centenarian-billy-kirby-champions-veterans-care-and-dav-advocacy/

Every VA program was hard-won. World War II veteran shows how advocacy can preserve benefits for future generations.

04/07/2026

A group of 12 Vietnam War veterans returned to Southeast Asia this week, walking back onto Vietnamese soil for the first time in more than half a century as part of an organized delegation aimed at honoring fallen comrades, confronting long-unresolved trauma and preserving the living memory of one of America's most contested wars.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/investigations-and-features/2026/03/06/twelve-vietnam-vets-return-battlefields-they-left-behind-50-years-ago.html

Twelve Vietnam veterans are going back to the country where they fought and for most, it will be their first time on Vietnamese soil in more than 50 years.

04/01/2026

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