As part of the firm's veterans' assistance pro bono program, Kramer Levin successfully obtained a grant of service-connected disability benefits for a Vietnam combat veteran, including a tax-free lump sum payment of approximately $30,000 and monthly payments of about $850. Associates Mark F. Parise and Dana DeVivo worked on the appeal for more than one and half years. Their work included the filing of multiple legal briefs, a successful FOIA request, and significant correspondence and informal conferences with the VA, all of which resulted in a successful de novo review and overturning of an existing unfavorable VA decision.