VA Disability and Alcoholism What is Alcoholism? Alcohol use disorder, more commonly known as alcoholism, is a pattern of alcohol use that invokes problems controlling drinking, being preoccupied with alcohol, continuing to use alcohol when it causes problem, having to drink more to get the same effect, and having withdrawal symptoms when you stop drinking. […]
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Most Common Disabilities Among Women Veterans
Most Common Disabilities Among Women Veterans U.S Women Veterans in Numbers Women make up approximately 14.5 percent of the active duty military force and 18 percent of the National Guard and Reserves. Women make up the fastest growing population of veterans in the United States, with around 2 million veterans as of 2017. About 80 […]
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The Most Common Types of Sleep Apnea
Many veterans experience sleep disorders that may be attributable to either their military experience or secondary to another condition that maybe service-connectable. The VA offers service-connected compensation for multiple sleep disturbances which can be awarded on a direct, secondary, or presumptive basis. Sleep Apnea Sleep apnea is one of the most common conditions that veterans […]
What you need to know about TDIU
What is TDIU? Total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is a form of compensation provided to veterans who are unable to obtain and hold “substantially gainful employment” due to their service-connected disabilities. If a veteran is deemed eligible for TDIU, the VA provides veterans with 100% total disability compensation even if their total rating […]
Agent Orange: Compensation for Offspring
Agent Orange has been shown to cause serious health conditions including causing certain birth defects in the children of those veterans who were exposed. Children of veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War with an associated birth defect may be eligible for VA compensation and other VA benefits. Spina Bifida Spina […]