Services
Veterans Disability Claims
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For over a decade, BBE Enterprises has been assisting deserving veterans obtain compensation for various service-related disabilities with an 80% success rate.
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U.S. Marine Corps Camp LeJeune Water Contamination Claims - BBE serves as an advocate on the Community Assistance Panel (CAP) with the Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry (component of Centers for Disease Control) to expose environmental toxins discovered in the water located at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. As a CAP representative, BBE traveled around the country educating fellow marines and their families about the health effects from exposure to volatile organic compounds found in the drinking water consumed by family residents from November 1953 - February 1987. Adverse effects included increased risk of cancers (kidney, multiple myeloma, leukemias, etc.) adverse birth outcomes and other chronic illnesses. ”Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.” Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 25 September 2019,
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/lejeune/index.html.
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Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) - BBE is a proponent for disabled veterans who are no longer capable to work resulting from a service-connected impairment. Veterans who survived a service-connected injury that impedes them from obtaining gainful employment qualify for 100% disability.
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In-Service Sexual and Physical Assaults - BBE defends veterans who are victims of sexual assault associated with military circumstances who can provide admissible evidence.
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Gulf War Syndrome - BBE supports veteran survivors of the Gulf War but suffer illnesses because of their service.
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Disability and Death Benefits - BBE defends veterans who bear disability or died caused by negligence of unforeseeable complications of VA medical care. Additional impairments include Severe Back Injury, Severe Head Injury/TBI Neurological Disorders, Severe Heart Disease, Agent Orange Exposure, and Severe Pulmonary Disorders.
Veterans Disability Claims
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BBE offers counseling support by a team of highly qualified, experienced professionals to combat mental illness, drug and alcohol abuse.
Approximately 1.7 million veterans have mental health needs. The rate of depression is five times higher than civilians. The rate of PTSD is 15 times higher. 20% of service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan reported experiencing a probable traumatic brain injury according to a study from the RAND Center for Military Health Policy Research. These veterans can exhibit higher rates of other unhealthy behaviors, higher rates of physical health problems, and high rates of suicide. “For Veterans, Mental Health is the Next Battlefront.” Cigna Newsroom, 2022, www.newsroom.cigna.com/veterans-mental-health
More than 30,000 active duty and veterans of post 9/11 wars have died by suicide over the last 20 years. Thant is more than four times the number of service members killed in war operations during that time. Howard Suitt, III, Thomas. “High Suicide Rates among United States Service Members and Veterans of the Post-9/11 Wars.” Boston University, 21 June 2021,
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”) - BBE represents veterans who experience PTSD due to military conflict.
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Psychiatric Disabilities/Personality Disorders - BBE seeks rehabilitation for veterans undergoing psychiatric disorders arising from military service based on sound medical examination reports.
Food Supply
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In partnership with Grace Community Fellowship Church and along with Vietnam Veterans of America and Sons of Atlanta, BBE formed the Veterans Food Pantry at the Omega Holiness Church in Atlanta, Georgia. This weekly canteen has served over 500 veterans and their families for the past five years. Each food box contains proteins, starches, fruits, and vegetables, and were distributed at the Omega Holiness Church or delivered directly to qualifying participants.
Studies show higher rates of food insecurity among certain sub-groups of veterans, including Black, Latino, and other non-white veterans. In a May 2021 study, 35% of respondents at a major U.S. Army instillation were classified as marginally food insecure in 2019. The main cause of food insecurity among U.S. veterans and military families is low household income. After observing the detrimental effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Military Family Advisory Network (MFAN) observed that 20% of respondents reported not having an adequate food supply. Blue Star Families (BSF) reported that the unemployment rate among military spouses increased from 24% (prior to the COVID-19 pandemic) to 42% after March 2020, largely due to layoffs. “Food Insecurity amount U.S. Veterans and Military Families.” Center For Strategic International Studies, 28 May 2021, csis.org/analysis/food-insecurity-among-us-veterans-and-military-families