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I so love it when businesses do everything so well that I'm able to write the glowing reviews. This business has the right stuff because its business strategy is to advertise services and to actually provide them, unlike so many businesses I've recently dealt with. *
I contacted this business, Friends of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, via their website. Their website is a very user-friendly website and has a lot of useful information. They have their address and telephone number on their website. They responded to me the next business day via telephone. They scheduled a donation pickup, gave me the specifics as to how they want the donations boxed up, they showed up on the scheduled day, and they took all the donations.
Friends of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society supports the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is dedicated to eradicating MS and providing resources on living with MS during its research into ending MS.
Long separations from family, friends and pets, frequent moves through-out the world, training, late nights in military Service to America, exposure to toxins, and the toll of high, sustained mental and physical demands on an Active-Duty Service member can and does all quickly add up over time.
For Veterans, multiple sclerosis "MS" is a presumptive condition, which means that it is presumed that the disability is caused by military Service if diagnosed within a certain time frame. What is the prevalence of multiple sclerosis among Veterans? It has increased in recent years. A 2019 report revealed that the rate of MS among Veterans using the VA Health Care System (VHA) increased from 141 per 100,000 Veterans in 1999 to 262 per 100,000 Veterans which is 0.26% in 2014. Only about 40% of Veterans receive their health care within the VA Health Care System (VHA) so the number of Veterans overall with MS is probably far higher. Either way, 0.036% of the overall population has MS and Veterans with MS are way above that. https://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/ms-fitness-challenge/burden-ms-our-military/
Service-connection is given Veterans for disabilities that were not diagnosed on Active Duty, but "presumed" to have begun in (or exacerbated by) Service. For certain select disabilities, if they manifest to a compensable degree (warrants at least a 10% rating) within one year of leaving Active Duty, a Veteran can get Service-connection for them. The one-year presumptive conditions include hypertension, arthritis and diabetes, among several others, all listed in Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 38, 3.309. There are also a few disabilities with longer presumptive periods such as MS, which is seven years of leaving Active Duty, which US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awards to the Veteran a 30% rating.
* For example of a business that advertise services and does NOT actually provide them, read Yelp review at https://www.yelp.com/biz/katie-grace-foundation-reno