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Colin Kemmerly

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Managing Partner @Gardberglaw Veterans Disability #Lawyer

 Mobile, AL
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Joined May 2016
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Congress must correct an injustice facing combat-injured veterans thehill.com/opinion/congress…

Congress must correct an injustice facing combat-injured veterans

The Major Richard Star Act is a bipartisan bill that would correct an injustice to combat-injured veterans by allowing them to receive both their full retirement pay and disability compensation, an…

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VA Processes Record-Breaking Number of Disability Claims This Year, with 62% Approval Rate | Military.com military.com/daily-news/2025…
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Watchdog finds VA missed evidence, failed to order exams for military sexual trauma claims stripes.com/veterans/2025-07…
Watchdog finds VA missed evidence, failed to order exams for military sexual trauma claims

Watchdog finds VA missed evidence, failed to order exams for military sexual trauma claims

Overlooked evidence, incomplete records and a failure to order necessary medical exams have hampered claims for military sexual trauma at the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a new...

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‘Gaslit and abandoned’: Gulf War veterans push to declassify documents on chemical exposure stripes.com/veterans/2025-07…
‘Gaslit and abandoned’: Gulf War veterans push to declassify documents on chemical exposure

‘Gaslit and abandoned’: Gulf War veterans push to declassify documents on chemical exposure

A group of veterans and their advocates are pushing the Defense Department to declassify tens of thousands of documents from the first Gulf War with the aim of finding clues to the potential toxic...

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Research offers link between burn pit smoke and serious brain injuries militarytimes.com/veterans/2…
Research offers link between burn pit smoke and serious brain injuries

Research offers link between burn pit smoke and serious brain injuries

The findings suggest potential new reasons for mental health challenges of veterans exposed to toxic chemicals while in the ranks.

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New mortgage support program for struggling veterans set to become law militarytimes.com/news/penta…
New mortgage support program for struggling veterans set to become law

New mortgage support program for struggling veterans set to become law

Congress passed a bill creating a new partial claim program for veterans who have fallen behind on mortgage payments.

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8 May 1945. 3 PM. Winston Churchill’s VE Day speech on BBC Radio.

Winston Churchill's VE Day announcement

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This Company is Spending Millions to Profit Off Veterans’ Benefits. Why Won’t Lawmakers Stop It? motherjones.com/politics/202… via @MotherJones
This Company is Spending Millions to Profit Off Veterans’ Benefits. Why Won’t Lawmakers Stop It?

This Company is Spending Millions to Profit Off Veterans’ Benefits. Why Won’t Lawmakers Stop It?

Veterans Guardian says it’s fighting to give veterans a choice. Critics say they’re guardians of greed.

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VA Chipping Away at Claims Backlog, Hopes to Process 2.5 Million Filings This Year military.com/daily-news/2025…
VA Chipping Away at Claims Backlog, Hopes to Process 2.5 Million Filings This Year

VA Chipping Away at Claims Backlog, Hopes to Process 2.5 Million Filings This Year

The department has adopted several initiatives to speed processing and allow adjudicators to seek more work if they have extra time.

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‘There’s a war on vets’: Dems launch plans to counter Trump’s VA moves militarytimes.com/veterans/2…
‘There’s a war on vets’: Dems launch plans to counter Trump’s VA moves

‘There’s a war on vets’: Dems launch plans to counter Trump’s VA moves

Democratic lawmakers vow to block bills, slow nominations and hold their own hearings to protest planned cuts to veterans programs.

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VA Plans to Fire 83,000 Employees with Musk's Help, Eliminating PACT Act Staffing Increase military.com/daily-news/2025…
83,000 VA Employees Slated to Be Fired This Year by Musk's DOGE, Memo Says

83,000 VA Employees Slated to Be Fired This Year by Musk's DOGE, Memo Says

If implemented, the layoffs would bring the department down to the level of employees it had before the PACT Act, the wide-ranging 2022 law that expanded VA health care and benefits for millions of...

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Supreme Court sides against veterans wanting stronger benefit of the doubt review in disability claims usatoday.com/story/news/poli… via @usatoday
Supreme Court sides against veterans wanting stronger benefit of the doubt review in disability...

Supreme Court sides against veterans wanting stronger benefit of the doubt review in disability...

The case involved two veterans, one of whom was denied benefits. Their lawyers says the case could have profound implications for untold numbers of veterans.

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VA to lay off more than 76,000 employees, leaked memo says, amid 2nd wave of Trump firings usatoday.com/story/news/poli… via @usatoday
VA to lay off more than 76,000 employees, leaked memo says, amid 2nd wave of Trump firings

VA to lay off more than 76,000 employees, leaked memo says, amid 2nd wave of Trump firings

The leaked Department of Veterans Affairs memo comes as President Donald Trump ordered a second, larger wave of federal layoffs.

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Supreme Court denies request from paralyzed veteran to review ban on military medical malpractice lawsuits stripes.com/theaters/us/2025…
Supreme Court denies request from paralyzed veteran to review ban on military medical malpractice...

Supreme Court denies request from paralyzed veteran to review ban on military medical malpractice...

The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request for the justices to review a ban on service members suing the military for medical malpractice that was submitted by a veteran who was paralyzed during a...

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VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care apnews.com/article/doge-vete…
VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care

VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care

The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in contract cuts after an uproar that critical veterans health services were harmed, lawmakers and veterans service...

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Gene Hackman has passed away at 95 A Legend and an Icon, Gene was one of the most powerful actors to ever grace the screen. You didn't mess with Hackman. I can't tell you how devastated I am by his passing. This one's hit me hard. RIP Gene Hackman
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Mass federal layoffs deliver a gutting one-two punch to America's veterans nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mas… via @nbcnews
Mass federal layoffs deliver a gutting one-two punch to America's veterans

Mass federal layoffs deliver a gutting one-two punch to America's veterans

Veterans who lost their government jobs say they also have to worry about the potential fallout from cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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VA Secretary Pledges to Protect Benefits Amid Spending Cuts

VA Secretary Pledges to Protect Benefits Amid Spending Cuts

Doug Collins pledged to divert spending toward direct veteran care and benefits as veteran organizations outline upcoming priorities.

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What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief? | Military.com military.com/daily-news/2025…
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Over two million Americans suffered harmful effects from Operation Ranch Hand during the Vietnam War newsbreak.com/war-history-on…
Over two million Americans suffered harmful effects from Operation Ranch Hand during the Vietnam...

Over two million Americans suffered harmful effects from Operation Ranch Hand during the Vietnam...

Operation Ranch Hand was an American campaign against the North Vietnamese that involved spraying the land with dangerous herbicides.

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