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Claim Status: The Average Wait for Veterans’ Disability Claims Decisions
After you’ve filled out the claim form, made the phone call or visited your local VA regional office, all you can do is wait for the...
Take Care of Yourself and Contact the VA to Discuss Your Potential VA Disability Compensation
I recently came across an informational paper from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) concerning the number of disabled veterans in the...
Real Steps For Veterans To Challenge & Report Bad VA Disability C&P Exams & Exam
When veterans apply for VA compensation, VA will almost always send them to one of its own examiners. These examinations are called Compensation and Pension examinations, or C&P exams, and they are critical to determining whether the veteran will be awarded VA disability benefits. Because of the VA’s backlog, a lot of these examinations are now handled by private contractors, such as QTC or LHI, instead of being conducted by VA. One of the primary reasons that claims are deni
VA recognizes asthma, rhinitis, and sinusitis as diseases presumed to be connected to burn pits
Veterans Will Now Have Presumptive Conditions for Burn Pit Exposure Veterans Will Now Have Presumptive Conditions for Burn Pit Exposure...
VA Math: If the VA increased my disability rating, why didn’t my overall rating change?
Veterans who have multiple disabilities are often confused by how the VA obtains their overall disability rating. While it may seem that a condition with a 60% disability rating and a condition with a 50% rating would make you totally disabled, this is not the case. How VA Math Works The VA recognizes that it’s impossible to be more than 100% disabled, regardless of how many disabilities you have. As such, combining a 60% disability and a 50% disability will not earn you a
How to Check the Status of Your VA Disability Claim
If you’ve applied for VA disability benefits or have filed an appeal, it’s understandable to feel impatient. The VA is known to be slow...
When Can I File for VA Disability?
Most veterans are allowed to begin their claim between 180-90 days before separation from military service through the Benefits Delivery...
3 Things to Look for in Your VA Disability C File(Claims File)
Errors Missing information Documents and facts to help your claim Your C File, also known as your Claims File, is a file compiled by the...
Can You Make Too Much Money to Get VA Disability Benefits?
We all owe a debt of gratitude to United States veterans. When many of us were at home, making a living and enjoying daily tasks, these...
Clear and Unmistakable Error: VA Disability Claim CUE Process and Timeline
Process and Timeline The Veteran Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 (AMA) was created to streamline the process for...
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