If you have been fortunate enough to have been granted service connection for PTSD, then you have probably been given a disappointingly low rating. This is a very common situation so you are not alone. The VA regularly underrates PTSD claims. In the information that follows you will be provided with tips to get the […]
Veterans Disability Blog
6 Legal Tips To Prepare For A C&P Exam
Ok, you have filed your VA disability claim and the VA notifies you that they are scheduling you for a Compensation Pension (C&P) Examination. This examination is scheduled so that a medical/mental health expert can evaluate whether you have a disability, the severity of the disability and whether that disability is related to your military […]
How to Win Your PTSD Claim
If you are reading this you have probably already filed a claim for PTSD and been denied. It’s frustrating enough to be denied but what makes it worse is that you have probably heard a number of other veterans at the VFW, American Legion or elsewhere tell you about how they won their PTSD claim. […]
How To Appeal A VA Disability Claim Under The New Appeal System
In 2018 Congress passed the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA). Among other things, this law changed how to appeal a VA disability claim or other benefits claim. The AMA went into effect on February 19, 2019. The AMA requires any Rating Decision issued by the VA on or after February 19, 2019 must use this new […]
Common VA Mistakes In PTSD Claims
Military Service requirements Even with the law change in 2010 eliminating the requirement that veterans prove exposure to stressful events in most combat situations, the VA still frequently requires veterans to produce evidence of being in a combat zone, etc. It also still unfairly places the burden on veterans to prove the stressful events in […]
Air Force Airmen Exposed to Agent Orange from C-123 Aircraft
The VA has acknowledged that if you flew on—or worked with—C-123 aircrafts in Vietnam or other locations, you may have been exposed to Agent Orange. These aircrafts were used to spray Agent Orange in and around Vietnam and elsewhere. Moreover, these planes still had traces of the chemical in them afterward while they were being […]