Jack Bergman

MURPHYSBORO, Ill., March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Last week Congressman Mike Bost chaired the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on hearings raised by the subcommittees on Technology Modernization, Disability Assistance, and Memorial Affairs, Oversight and Investigations, with an abrupt ‘testimony disclosure form' and intervention brief, inclusive of a generative ‘AI infomercial' presented by Veterans Recovery Network, merely asking for Congress to re-affirm that Uncle Sam's credit marker 'is still good' as to the PACT Act's unconditional guarantee under the United States Code.CLJA 400K CLUB CLAIM ACKNOWLEDGMENTIn January, the Navy JAG Claims Unit acknowledged a unique group of CLJA claimants under a single claim filed by Veterans Recovery Network pursuant to Section 804 of the PACT Act of 2022 (Elective Option), relative to over 400,000 military veterans, who what the Internal Revenue Service currently knows as the VRN Member Club CLJA Settlement Trust, classifying each veteran member as a beneficiary.UNCLE SAM'S PACT ACT GUARANTEEIn 2023, Department of Navy, then supported by the U.S. Department of Justice to mitigate claim processing, affirmed that the CLJA claim settlement option (EO) assures anyone with a valid claim filed before the August ‘24 deadline with disease or cancer to which the ATSDR has linked possible evidence of causation, including multiple myeloma, Parkinson's disease, kidney disease, renal disease, systemic sclerosis/systemic scleroderma, would receive a settlement payment of $400,000, $250,000, or $100,000, depending on whether the claimant was exposed to Camp Lejeune water ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

CLJA Veterans: Is Uncle Sam’s Marker Still Good on PACT Act EO Claims

President Trump’s decision to pardon hundreds of protesters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — including many accused of assaulting police officers — is dividing House Republicans, with some lawmakers touting the day-one decree and others criticizing it as ill-advised. Trump’s blanket pardon for roughly 1,500 rioters in the hours after he was [...]

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is signaling potential support for another pivotal Phase III clinical trial of psychedelic therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As Politico reported, Dr. Shereef Elnahal, the undersecretary for health at the VA, revealed that the agency is open to aiding Lykos Therapeutics with funding for a new study after the FDA rejected the company's initial application."That is definitely a possibility," Elnahal said during a roundtable with reporters on Tuesday, addressing the agency's willingness to assist Lykos with the financial burden of a new trial.FDA Rejection And Lykos' StrugglesThis development comes on the heels of a significant setback for Lykos Therapeutics. In August, the FDA rejected the company's application to use MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, in combination with talk therapy for PTSD treatment. Despite the initial promise of this approach, FDA advisers concluded that the studies conducted by Lykos failed to demonstrate ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

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