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CCK News
- 2021 Child of an American Veteran Scholarship Winner: Joannea Parten
- 2021 Law School Scholarship for Veterans: Winner Christianna Golden
- 2022 CCK Law School Scholarship for Veterans: Winner Chandler Cole
- 2022 Child of An American Scholarship Winner: Zachary McComas
- 2023 CCK Child of an American Veteran Scholarship Winner: Isaiah Chavez
- A Day in the Life of a Paralegal (Claims Advocate) at CCK
- Anna Durham wins the Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick Child of a Disabled Veteran Scholarship
- CCK Makes Donation to American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial
- CCK Named one of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Law Firms” for 2020
- CCK Names Brad Hennings as Partner
- CCK Partners, Staff Present at 2018 Veteran Advocate Conference
- CCK Presents at the National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates (NOVA) 2019 Spring Conference
- CCK Presents at Veterans Law Continuing Legal Education Conference in Montana
- CCK Recognized for Donations to American Veterans Disabled For Life Memorial
- CCK Sponsors Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall
- CCK’s 2020 Law School Scholarship for Veterans Winner: Michael Burten
- CCK’s Brad Hennings Interviews Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- CCK’s Kerry Baker Featured on PBS News Hour
- Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick (CCK) Celebrates 20 Years
- Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick LTD Donates to Rhode Island Community Food Bank
- Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick LTD Named One of Rhode Island’s Best Places to Work 2018 By Providence Business News
- How to Prepare for a Remote Position
- Learning to Be a Claims Advocate at CCK
- Meet Ally Niven, 2018 Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick Child of an American Veteran Scholarship Winner
- Meet Chris Moon, winner of 2018 Law School Scholarship for Veterans
- Meet Ian Hutter, 2019 Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick Law School Scholarship for Veterans Recipient
- Natasha Cowling, 2020 Child of an American Veteran Scholarship Winner
- Providence’s Mayor Jorge Elorza Visits CCK
- Published: Robert Chisholm’s article about hazardous military exposures affecting Vietnam-era, OIF and OEF veterans
- Published: Robert Chisholm’s Article on VA’s Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP)
- Reflections on Giving Tuesday & Community Service in 2020
- Tips for Applying for a Legal Position
- What Is Veterans Law?
Court Wins
- “Other Related Factors” Must Be Considered in Extraschedular Analysis
- Ankle Disability Denial Failed to Consider Difficulty With Walking & Standing
- Asthma Denial Contained Legal Error by the Board, Court Finds
- Bilateral Knee Condition Denial Ignored Possible Connection to Service
- Board applies wrong standard for SMC based on loss of use
- Board Commits Error Denying Extraschedular Consideration for Peripheral Neuropathy
- Board Commits Legal Error in Denying Service Connection for Psychiatric Condition
- Board Committed Multiple Legal Errors When Denying Service Connection for Numbness of the Hands and Fingers
- Board Decision Denying Service Connection for Vertigo and Increased Rating for PTSD Relied on Inadequate Examinations
- Board Denial of Claims Related to Chemical Exposure Contained Legal Error
- Board Denial of Increased Rating for Headaches Contained Legal Error
- Board Denial of Service Connection for Cause of Death Contained Legal Error
- Board denial of service connection for GERD, right knee failed to address VA examination
- Board Denial of Service Connection for Pes Planus Failed to Consider Theory of Aggravation
- Board Denial of TDIU Relied on Inadequate Reasons or Bases
- Board Denied Increased Ratings for Headache and Cervical Spine Conditions, CCK Successfully Appealed
- Board denied TDIU, committed legal error
- Board denies a higher rating for upper extremity condition, fails to provide reasons for choice of diagnostic code
- Board Denies Service Connection for Ischemic Heart Disease and TDIU, CCK Secures Remand at Court
- Board Did Not Consider Favorable Evidence, Relied on Inadequate Exam in PSTD and TDIU Denial
- Board Does Not Fulfill its Duty to Assist in Herbicide Exposure Claim
- Board erred in denial for a higher rating for PTSD, remanded entitlement to TDIU
- Board erred in denial of increased rating for headaches
- Board erred in denial of increased rating for PTSD and in finding that TDIU was not raised by record
- Board Erred in Denial of Service Connection for Hepatitis C, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Diabetes
- Board erred in denial of service connection for Veteran’s peripheral vascular disease
- Board erred in denial of total disability rating [TDIU]
- Board erred in denying a compensable rating for hemorrhoid condition
- Board Erred in Denying an Increased Rating for the Veteran’s Eye Conditions, Court Finds
- Board Erred in Denying an Initial Increased Rating for Peripheral Neuropathy of the Bilateral Lower Extremities
- Board Erred in Denying Examination for Left Knee Disability
- Board Erred in Denying Gulf War Vet Service Connection for Insomnia Disorder Based on Pyramiding
- Board Erred in Denying Higher Initial Rating for Veteran’s Headache Condition
- Board Erred in Denying PGW Vet Separate Disability Ratings
- Board Erred in Denying Secondary Service Connection for Orthopedic Conditions, Court Finds
- Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for Diabetes as Due to Agent Orange Exposure
- Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for Ischemic Heart Disease and PTSD, CCK Secures Remand
- Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for Ischemic Heart Disease Due to Agent Orange Exposure in Korea
- Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for Orthopedic Conditions as Secondary to PTSD
- Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for Recurring Joint Pain Related to Veteran’s Gulf War Service
- Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for TBI Residuals and Psychiatric Condition
- Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for Veteran’s Paget’s Disease & Low Back Condition
- Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for Veteran’s Psychiatric Condition and Seizure Disorder
- Board Erred in Denying SMC Based on Need for Aid and Attendance
- Board Erred in Denying Widow Service Connection for Veteran’s Cause of Death
- Board Erred in Determination of No New and Material Evidence for Inguinal Hernia Claim
- Board Erred in Determining Veteran Lacks New and Material Evidence to Re-Open Vertigo Claim
- Board Erred in Improperly Rejecting Veteran’s Lay Statements
- Board Erred in Left Leg Disability Denial While Simultaneously Remanding TDIU
- Board erred in relying on an inadequate medical opinion to deny service connection for sarcoidosis
- Board Erred in Relying on Inadequate Exam for Gout
- Board Erred in Relying on Inadequate Medical Opinion for Shoulder Disability
- Board Erred When It Denied a Higher Rating for Depression
- Board Erred When It Denied an Increased Rating for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Found it Lacked Jurisdiction Over TDIU Claim
- Board erred when it denied extraschedular referral for Veteran’s shoulder condition
- Board erred when it denied service connection for sleep apnea and increased rating for gastroparesis
- Board erred when it denied total disability based on individual unemployability
- Board Erred When it Failed to Compare Veteran’s Asthma Symptoms to Rating Schedule
- Board Erred When It Found the Veteran Could Perform Sedentary Work
- Board Erred When It Ignored the Veteran’s Competent Lay Statement
- Board Erred When It Relied on Veteran’s Employment to Deny Extraschedular Rating for Service-Connected Ankle Disability
- Board erroneously focused on Veteran’s non-service-connected disabilities in TDIU denial
- Board Errs in Denial of Service Connection for Cause of Death
- Board errs in denial that relied on VA examinations
- Board Errs In Denying Service Connection for Hiatal Hernia Secondary to Duodenal Ulcer Disability
- Board Failed To Adjudicate Entitlement To Extraschedular Referral For Headaches
- Board Failed to Consider Exceptional Symptoms for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
- Board Failed to Consider Veteran’s Vertigo, Dizziness in Denial of Extraschedular Consideration
- Board failed to determine if Veteran entitled to combat presumption for tinnitus, hearing loss
- Board Failed to Ensure Adequate Medical Examination in Veteran’s Claim for Service Connection for Fatigue Disability
- Board Failed to Explain Treatment of Conflicting Evidence in PTSD Denial
- Board Failed to Fully Account for Veteran’s Work History in TDIU Denial
- Board failed to provide adequate reasons and bases for extraschedular denial
- Board Failed to Provide Veteran With Adequate Hearing
- Board Fails to Address Lay Evidence Regarding Severity of Condition in Decision to Deny Veteran Increased Rating for Lumbar Spine Disability
- Board Fails to Discuss Prior Diagnoses of Psychiatric Condition in Denying Service Connection
- Board Fails to Discuss the Issue of Aggravation in Denying Service Connection for Lung Disorder
- Board Fails to Provide Adequate Evidence for Denial of Disability Service Connection
- Board Fails to Provide Adequate Examination and Discussion of Effects of Veteran’s Bilateral Hearing Loss
- Board Improperly Denied Service Connection for Prostate Cancer Based on Camp Lejeune Contaminated Water Exposure
- Board Improperly Denied Unemployability Benefits, CAVC Finds
- Board Incorrectly Applied Presumption of Soundness When Denying Service Connection for Respiratory Disability Other Than Pneumonia
- Board Incorrectly Denied an Earlier Effective Date for Service Connection for Veteran’s Cause of Death
- Board Misapplied the Law Regarding Presumption of Soundness When Denying Veteran’s CUE Claim
- Board Misinterpreted and Misapplied the Law in Psychiatric Disorder Denial
- Board Misinterprets Applicable Laws in Denying an Increased Rating and Temporary Total for GERD
- Board Must Consider Combined Effects of Disabilities on Employability
- Board prematurely denied entitlement to extraschedular referral for the Veteran’s bilateral hearing disability
- Board Provided Inadequate Reasons and Bases when Denying TDIU on an Extraschedular Basis
- Board Provided Inadequate Statement of Reasons or Bases for Denying Service Connection for Left Knee Disability
- Board relied on inadequate examinations in denying service-connection for thoracolumbar degenerative disc disease
- Board Relied on Inadequate VA Examinations to Deny Veteran’s Claims, Court Finds
- Board Relied on Insufficient Exam in Heart Condition Denial
- Board Relies on Inadequate Reasons and Bases to Deny Increased Rating and SMC for Radiculopathy
- Board Relies on Inadequate Reasons to Deny Hypertension Secondary to Diabetes, Herbicide Exposure
- Board Was Wrong to Conclude Unit Morning Reports Would Not Be Helpful in Verifying Veteran’s Stressor
- Board wrongly denied referral for extraschedular TDIU, higher rating for sensorineural hearing loss
- Board wrongly denies Veteran service connection for hip condition
- Board’s Double Denial of Veteran’s Heart Condition Claims Contained Legal Error
- Board’s Denial of Higher Rating for PTSD Failed to Consider All Evidence of Record
- BVA denial of an increased rating for rhinitis relied on inadequate reasons or bases
- BVA denial of increased rating for costochondritis and TDIU relied on inadequate reasons or bases
- BVA Denial of Right Hand Disability Based on Inadequate VA exam
- BVA Denial of service connection for prostate cancer relied on insufficient efforts to verify herbicide exposure
- BVA Denies Service Connection for Asthma based on Inadequate Medical Examination
- BVA erred in its denial of Veteran’s increased rating claim for headache condition
- BVA erroneously denies extraschedular consideration of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus
- BVA erroneously determines Veteran is capable of sedentary duties, denies TDIU
- BVA errs in denial of higher rating for PTSD, earlier effective date for TDIU
- BVA errs in denial of service connection for a bilateral knee condition
- BVA errs in denial, Court finds VA examiner failed to opine on aggravation
- BVA errs in denying earlier effective date for TDIU, extraschedular referral for adjustment disorder
- BVA errs in denying service connection for pancreatic cancer as due to herbicide exposure
- BVA failed to comply with remand order, wrongly denied service connection for bilateral knee disabilities
- BVA fails to consider TDIU despite being raised in an increased rating claim for Veteran’s lower back condition
- BVA ignores competent statements, errs in denying a higher rating for migraine headaches, bilateral ankle disability
- BVA Overlooked Impaired Impulse Control in Denial of PTSD Claim
- BVA provided inadequate reasons as to how Veteran’s conditions were contemplated by IBS rating
- BVA relied on an inadequate VA exam to determine the Veteran capable of sedentary employment
- BVA relied on insufficient exam, wrongly denies claim for Diabetes and Hypertension
- BVA relied on unsubstantiated medical opinion to wrongly deny increased rating for epiphysitis of the lumbar spine
- BVA used inadequate VA exam to deny higher rating for cervical spine disability
- BVA wrongly denied service connection for high blood pressure, definitive proof not required in VA benefits cases
- BVA wrongly denies service connection for pseudogout due to reliance on inadequate VA medical exam
- BVA wrongly denies Veteran service connection for leg paralysis pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151
- CAVC Remands Veteran’s Claim for Service Connection for Diabetes Based on Exposure
- CAVC Reverses BVA’s Denial of Specially Adapted Housing Benefit
- CCK Aids Widow of Vietnam Veteran After Long Fought Battle for Special Monthly Compensation
- CCK Appealed Board Denial of Low Back Claim Based on Inadequate Consideration of Functional Loss
- CCK Appeals Board Denial for Service Connection for Hypertension Secondary to PTSD
- CCK Appeals Decision That Denied Veteran Entitlement To Special Monthly Compensation
- CCK Argues Against Board Denial for Increased Rating for PTSD
- CCK Argues Against Board Denial of TDIU Prior to December 2012, Court Agrees and Remands
- CCK Argues Against Board for Earlier Effective Date for Blindness
- CCK Argues Board Erred in Denying Adapted Housing Benefits
- CCK Argues Board Must Consider Combined Effect of Veteran’s Service-Connected Disabilities
- CCK Argues for Remand from Court Following Board Denial of Service Connection for Cause of Death
- CCK Argues Service Connection for Cause of Death Related to Multiple Sclerosis
- CCK Argues Service Connection for World War II Veteran’s Cause of Death
- CCK Argues that Board Denied Sleep Apnea Based on Inadequate Exam
- CCK argues that Board overlooked evidence in denial of multiple Persian Gulf War issues
- CCK Argues the Board Erred in Determining the Presumption of Soundness was Rebutted
- CCK Assists Thailand Veteran in Securing VA Compensation for Coronary Artery Disease
- CCK Court Win Will Help Many Veterans Obtain More Compensation
- CCK Helps Air Force Veteran Secure Increased Rating and SMC Benefits
- CCK Helps Blue Water Navy Veteran Win Benefits for Myelodysplastic Syndrome
- CCK Helps Fort McClellan Veteran Establish Service Connection After Duty to Assist Error
- CCK Helps Gulf War Veteran Secure Increased Rating for Migraines
- CCK Helps Iraq Veteran Increase VA Rating for Asthma
- CCK Helps Johnston Atoll Veteran Secure Increased Disability Rating
- CCK Helps Marine Corps Veteran Appeal Denial of Service Connection for Knee Disabilities
- CCK Helps Navy Veteran Win Disability Benefits for Heart Disease
- CCK Helps Surviving Spouse of Vietnam Veteran Win Accrued Benefits
- CCK Helps Thailand Veteran Establish Presumptive Service Connection for Ischemic Heart Disease
- CCK Helps Thailand Veteran Secure Years of Retroactive Benefits in CUE Case
- CCK Helps Thailand Veteran Win TDIU Based on Herbicide Exposure
- CCK Helps Veteran Secure Increased Rating for Respiratory Condition
- CCK Helps Veteran Secure Retroactive TDIU Based on Peripheral Neuropathy
- CCK Helps Veteran Secure TDIU Benefits Based on Stomach Ulcer
- CCK Helps Veteran Secure TDIU Following Multiple VA Errors
- CCK Helps Veteran Win Dependency Benefits for Child Over 18
- CCK Helps Veteran Win Extraschedular TDIU for Aggravated Foot Condition
- CCK Helps Veteran Win Retroactive TDIU for Heart Condition
- CCK Helps Veteran Win Years of Backpay for Prostate Cancer Residuals
- CCK Helps Vietnam Era Veteran Exposed to Agent Orange Win Compensation
- CCK Helps Vietnam Veteran Suffering from Gunshot Wound Residuals and Parkinson’s Disease
- CCK Helps Vietnam Veteran Win TDIU for Bilateral Hearing Loss
- CCK Helps Vietnam War Era Veteran Secure Benefits for Prostate Cancer After VA Error
- CCK Helps Vietnam War Era Veteran Win Special Monthly Compensation Benefits
- CCK Helps Vietnam War Veteran Win SMC After Decades Long Battle for Benefits
- CCK Helps Widow of WWII Veteran Secure Dependency and Indemnity Compensation
- CCK Law Secures Earlier Effective Date for Veteran
- CCK Precedential Court Win for Gulf War Veterans with Unexplained Illness
- CCK Presents Oral Argument at CAVC for Veteran’s Severe Knee Disability
- CCK Secures 30 Years of Retroactive Benefits for Vietnam Veteran
- CCK Secures DIC Benefits for Surviving Spouse of Vietnam Veteran
- CCK Secures Disability Benefits for Navy Veteran After Multiple Denials
- CCK Secures Remand for Surviving Spouse of Thailand Veteran
- CCK Secures Service Connection for Retinitis Pigmentosa in CUE Claim Dating Back to 1981
- CCK succeeds at Court representing Veteran’s widow appealing for service connection for Cause of Death
- CCK Successfully Appealed BVA’s Denial of Veteran’s Request to Reopen Claim for Hypertension
- CCK Successfully Appeals Board Decision to Deny Increased Rating that Uses Inadequate Examination Report
- CCK Successfully Appeals Board Decision to Deny Reopening Veteran’s Claim for Service Connection for Melanoma
- CCK Successfully Appeals Denial of Service Connection Based on Herbicide Exposure in Thailand
- CCK Successfully Appeals Denial of Service Connection to Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- CCK Successfully Appeals Rating for Service Connected PTSD
- CCK Successfully Argued for Earlier Effective Date for TDIU
- CCK Successfully Argued for Remand from Court in Case Involving Gulf War Illness
- CCK Successfully Argues Against Board Decision Denying Compensable Rating for Costochondritis
- CCK Successfully Argues Against Board Denial of Increased Rating for IVDS
- CCK Successfully Argues Against Board Denial of VA Benefits for Parkinson’s Disease
- CCK Successfully Argues Board Error in Chronic Bronchitis Case
- CCK Successfully Argues Board Error in Sleep Apnea (OSA) Case
- CCK Successfully Argues for a Precedential Decision About Protected Work Environment
- CCK Successfully Argues for Reversal of the Board’s Presumption of Soundness Determination
- CCK Successfully Argues for Service Connection for Cause of Death
- CCK Successfully Argues for TDIU for Vietnam War Era Veteran
- CCK Successfully Argues on Behalf of Appellant Seeking Service Connection for Late Veteran’s Ischemic Heart Disease
- CCK Successfully Argues that Board Erred in Denial of Service Connection for Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- CCK Successfully Argues that Board Relies on Inadequate VA Examination to Deny Higher Ratings for Left Knee and Low Back Disability
- CCK Successfully Substituted Sister-in-Law into Case Before Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- CCK Wins Benefits for Surviving Spouse of Camp Lejeune Veteran
- CCK Wins Case on Behalf of Army Veteran in Court Reconsideration
- CCK Wins Cause of Death Appeal for Spouse of Vietnam Veteran
- CCK Wins Decision At Cavc Clarifying Board’s Duties In Adjudicating Veterans’ Entitlement To TDIU
- CCK Wins for Veteran after VA Files for Reconsideration
- CCK Wins Precedential Case Regarding TDIU: Court Interprets Meaning of Substantially Gainful Employment
- CCK Wins Precedential Case That Will Help Veteran Sexual Assault Survivors
- CCK Wins Precedential Decision in Nohr v. McDonald
- CCK Wins Precedential Decision: Increased Rating for Right Knee Condition
- CCK’s Zach Stolz And Dav Force Rollback Of Thailand Rule Change
- Court Agrees with CCK: Board Denial of Increased Rating for Bipolar Disorder and TDIU Contained Legal Error
- Court Agrees with CCK: Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for Hypertension as Due to Herbicide Exposure
- Court Determines Ankylosis Is an Objective Finding in Precedential Decision
- Court Finds Board Deviated from Manual Guidance in Denial related to Herbicide Exposure in Thailand
- Court Finds Board Erred When It Favored Negative VA Exams Over Positive Private Exams
- Court finds Board failed to consider Anxiety Disorder symptoms
- Court Finds Legal Error in Board’s Decision Denying Increased Ratings for Veteran’s Radiculopathy of the Bilateral Lower Extremities
- Court Holds the Board Must Consider Applicable VA Fast Letter
- Court Issues Precedential Decision Regarding Board Jurisdiction and Wrong Appeals Forms
- Court Orders Reinstatement of Veteran’s Rating after Board Decision
- Court Overturns Board Denial of Herbicide Exposure at Fort McClellan
- Court Overturns Board Denial of Service Connection for Diabetes due to Herbicide Exposure in Thailand
- Court Relies on Saunders to Remand the Board Decision Denying Service Connection for Veteran’s Back Condition
- Court Remands Board Decision Based on Duty to Assist Error
- Court Remands Board Decision Based on Failure to Maximize Benefits
- Court Remands Board Decision to Deny Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Benefits
- Court reverses Board’s denial of earlier effective date for herpes progenitalis
- Court reverses Board’s finding that the Veteran did not perfect his appeal
- Court Rules Veteran May Be Entitled to Presumptive Services Connection Due to Herbicide Exposure
- Decorated Veteran Awarded TDIU Back to 1969
- Denial of Extraschedular Referral for Bilateral Hearing Loss Disability Rested on Provision of Inadequate Reasons or Bases
- Denial of Increased Rating for Psychiatric Disability Contained Error
- Denial of Increased Rating for PTSD Ignored Evidence of Record
- Denial of Increased Rating for Right Knee Disability Contained Legal Error
- Denial of increased rating for Veteran’s foot disability was premature
- Denial of increased ratings rested on inadequate VA examination, improper treatment of lay evidence
- Denial of individual unemployability relied on Board’s conjecture instead of evidence
- Denial of individual unemployability relied on inadequate reasons or bases
- Denial of initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD was erroneous
- Denial of Low Back Disability Relied on Insufficient Exam
- Denial of separate ratings for knee disabilities, instability was improper
- Denial of service connection for cause of death resulted from failure to consider exposure to herbicides
- Denial of Service Connection for Hearing Loss Disability Failed to Consider Delayed Onset
- Denial of Service Connection for Hypertension Secondary to Agent Orange Exposure Contained Legal Error
- Denial of service connection resulted from reliance on inadequate medical opinion
- Denial of Sinusitis Disability Lacked Adequate Reasons or Bases
- Denial of TDIU Failed to Consider Foot Scars
- Denial of TDIU for neck disability and other conditions relied on inadequate reasoning
- Denial of TDIU Rested on Inadequate Reasons or Bases and Ignored Favorable Evidence of PTSD Symptoms
- Denial of Unemployability Benefits Contained Legal Error, Court Finds
- Denials of service connection for bilateral hip arthritis, bilateral knee arthritis relied on inadequate reasons or bases
- Diabetes denial contained legal error by the Board
- Diabetes Denial Missed Key VA Regulation
- Diabetic neuropathy denial used incorrect ratings
- Error in denial of service connection for hypertension
- Examiner Must Address Theory of Service Connection
- Flexible Part-Time Work May Not Be Substantially Gainful Employment
- Gulf War Era Veteran Wins VA Benefits for Conditions Related to Military Asbestos Exposure
- Headaches denial didn’t fully evaluate evidence
- Hearing loss denial contained legal error by Board
- Hyperkeratosis increased rating denial contained legal error
- In Denying Service Connection for a Respiratory Disorder, Board Erred When It Relied on an Inadequate Medical Opinion
- Inaccurate VA Examinations Used to Deny Increased Rating for PTSD
- Increased rating for PTSD denial contained legal error
- Increased Rating for PTSD Denial Premised on Incorrect Rating Criteria
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Denial Fails to Explain Meaning of Rating Criteria
- Korean DMZ Veteran Wrongly Denied Presumptive Service Connection
- Low back disability denial relied on inadequate exam
- Multiple Sclerosis Denial by BVA Contained Legal Error
- New VA treatment records could provide nexus opinion, reopen Veteran’s claim
- PARURESIS DENIAL CONTAINED LEGAL ERROR BY THE BOARD
- Peripheral Neuropathy Denial Did Not Provide Adequate Explanation
- Pes planus denial based on misapplication of the law, Court finds
- Precedential Decision: Increased Rating on an Extraschedular Basis
- Prostatitis denial contained legal error by the Board
- PTSD Symptoms Not Fully Analyzed by Board, Court Finds
- Secondary Service Connection for Hepatic Steatosis Reasonably Raised by the Record: CCK Successfully Argues
- Service Connection Denial for Hip Bursitis & other conditions Used Insufficient Medical Opinions
- Skin Cancer Denial Contained Legal Error
- TDIU Denial Contained Legal Error by the Board
- TDIU Denial ignored important evidence
- TDIU Denial Relied on Insufficient and Unexplained Medical Opinions
- Thailand Air Force Veteran Wins Benefits for Prostate Cancer
- Thailand Veteran Exposed to Herbicides Wins VA Benefits After Years of Appeals
- The Board Erred In Finding 1983 Bva Decision Subsumed A 1953 Rating Decision
- The Board erred when it denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability
- The Board Erred When It Denied the Veteran an Increased Rating for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Headaches
- Thrombosis denial contained legal error by the BVA
- Traumatic Brain Injury Residuals Denial Lacked Adequate Reasons or Bases
- VA Must Assist Veteran With Claim Based On Agent Orange Exposure In Thailand
- Veteran Wins TDIU for Radiculopathy with Help of CCK
- Vietnam Veteran Denied Service Connection Based on Herbicide Exposure
- Vietnam Veteran Wrongly Denied Service Connection in Herbicide Exposure Case
- Vietnam War Era Veteran Wins TDIU Following Board Denial
Disability Rates
- 2022 VA Disability Pay Chart and Compensation Rates: Cost-of-Living Adjustment
- 50% VA Disability Rating, Benefits, and Pay
- 60% Disability Rating, Benefits, and Pay
- 70% VA Disability Rating, Benefits, and Pay
- 80% Disability Rating, Benefits, and Pay
- Bell’s Palsy VA Rating
- How Do I Find Out My VA Disability Rating?
- Urinary Frequency VA Disability Ratings
- VA Disability Ratings for Astigmatism
- VA Disability Ratings for Bone Spurs
- VA Disability Ratings for Diverticulitis
- VA Disability Ratings for Dysthymia
- VA Disability Ratings for Pleuritis
- VA Disability Ratings for Pulmonary Fibrosis
- VA Disability Ratings for Respiratory Cancers
- VA Ratings for TBI with Migraines
ERISA Law
- 7 Common Long-Term Disability Claim Mistakes
- Attending Physician Statements and Long-Term Disability Claims
- Can I Work While on Long-Term Disability?
- Can Your Benefits Be Terminated While on Long-Term Disability?
- Chronic Back Pain Symptoms and How They Can Impact Your Ability to Work
- Do I Have to Pay Back My Long-Term Disability?
- Effective Communication and Long-Term Disability Claims
- Filing Deadlines for ERISA-Governed Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims
- Getting Long-Term Disability (LTD) Benefits for Alzheimer’s Disease
- Getting Long-Term Disability (LTD) Benefits for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Going from Short-Term Disability to Long-Term Disability
- How Does Long-Term Disability Work With Social Security Disability?
- How Long Can You Stay on Long-Term Disability (LTD)?
- How Much Does Long-Term Disability (LTD) Pay?
- How to Apply for Long-Term Disability (LTD) Benefits
- How to Get Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Independent Medical Exams (IME) for Long-Term Disability Claims
- Is Long-Term Disability Taxable?
- Litigation and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) After Age 65
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Benefits for Cardiovascular Disease
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Benefits for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Benefits for Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Accountants
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Anesthesiologists
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Brain Surgeons
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Consultants
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Dentists
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Engineers
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Financial Managers
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Heart Surgeons
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Lawyers
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Nurses
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Office Managers
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Pediatricians
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Pharmacists
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Physicians
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Psychiatrists
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Psychologists
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Claims for Traveling Sales Consultants
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance Company Deadlines: ERISA
- Long-Term Disability Claims for Finance and Banking Professionals
- Long-Term Disability Insurance: What Is It, and Is It Worth Getting?
- Long-Term Disability Lump-Sum Settlement Offers: What to Know
- Long-Term Disability Offsets Explained
- Long-Term Disability Policies: Definition of Disability
- Long-Term Disability Requirements Explained
- Long-Term Disability Waiting Period: What to Expect
- Navigating Your Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance Claim Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Own Occupation vs. Any Occupation Long-Term Disability Insurance Policies
- Six Reasons You Need a Long-Term Disability Lawyer
- Surveillance Tactics in Long-Term Disability Claims
- The Value of Vocational Evidence in Long-Term Disability Claims
- Tips for Completing Your Long-Term Disability Claim and Update Forms
- Understanding Which Benefit Plans Are Subject To ERISA
- What Happens to Long-Term Disability (LTD) Benefits If I Lose My Job?
- What Is ERISA Litigation?
- What To Do if Your Long-Term Disability Claim Is Denied
- What to Expect with the Long-Term Disability Claims and Appeals Process
- When Does Long-Term Disability Start?
- Why Do Insurers Deny Long-Term Disability Claims?
- Why ERISA Was Enacted And How It Should Benefit You Today
- Why Long-Term Disability Benefits May Be Terminated After Initial Approval
Featured Client Successes
- After Precedential Win at Court, CCK Wins TDIU Case for Veteran
- CCK Secures TDIU and Earlier Effective Date for Vietnam Veteran
- Decorated Veteran Awarded TDIU Back to 1969
Oral Arguments
- Board Erred in Denying Referral for Extraschedular Consideration, CCK Argues at Court
- Board Fails to Provide 90 Days After Court’s Decision, CCK Presents Oral Argument
- CCK Delivers Oral Argument at Federal Circuit Regarding Herbicide Exposure in Thailand
- CCK Partner Zachary Stolz Delivers En Banc Oral Argument in Case Regarding Extraschedular Referral
- CCK Wins Oral Argument After Board Denies Increased Rating for Diabetes on Extraschedular Basis
- CCK Wins Precedential Case Regarding TDIU: Court Interprets Meaning of Substantially Gainful Employment
- CCK Wins Precedential Decision Regarding PTSD and TDIU
- CCK’s Oral Argument Leads to Precedential Decision for Gulf War Veterans
- Precedential Decision: Protected Work Environment, CCK Delivers Oral Argument at CAVC
- Precedential Decision: Separate Evaluation for Left Knee Disability
- TDIU Cases & Sedentary Work: CCK Wins Precedential Case
Personal Injury
- 5 Most Common Car Accident Injuries
- After the Car Accident: What To Do
- Car Accidents and Rhode Island Cell Phone Laws
- Do I Need a Lawyer If I Got Catastrophic Injuries In a Car Accident?
- How Is Car Accident Fault Determined in Rhode Island?
- Motorcycle Helmet Laws in Rhode Island
- Pedestrian Fatalities on the Rise
- Rhode Island Speeding Law Violations
- Seat Belt Laws and Personal Injury Claims in Rhode Island
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VA News
- “Blue Water” Navy Vietnam Veterans Act Signed Into Law
- “Sufficient” Evidence Linking Hypertension to Agent Orange Exposure: Report
- 7 Key Takeaways from the House Committee on Veterans Affairs Hearing on Current Status of Appeals Reform Implementation
- Appeals Reform: How Implementation Will Affect Pending Claims and Appeals
- Blue Water Navy Update: Federal Circuit Order in Procopio v. Wilkie
- Blue Water Navy Update: Federal Circuit to Go En Banc, Orders New Briefs and Oral Argument in Procopio
- Board of Veterans’ Appeals Releases New Template for Decisions
- CCK Live: Legislative Proposals in 2019 VA Budget
- Congress to Vote on Blue Water Veterans, Agent Orange Benefits
- December 2018 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Update
- GOP May Tie Debt Limit Increase to Veterans’ Choice Funding
- Inspector General Report Shows Widespread Problems at DC VAMC
- IRS Owes Veterans Refunds for Overpayments from Disability Severance Pay
- Is VA Ready for Full Implementation of Appeals Reform?
- Kisor v. Wilkie Supreme Court Update
- Medicaid cuts in Senate health care bill worry veterans
- New Conditions Added to Agent Orange Presumptive List
- New Laws for Veterans and Service Members in 2020: NDAA
- Newly Proposed Legislation to Aid Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits
- President Announces Nominee for Chair of Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP) UPDATE: More Veterans Opting In
- Supreme Court to hear veteran’s case challenging VA’s power to interpret its own rules
- The VA Appeals Backlog is Still Growing: Here’s Why
- Top 3 VA Benefits Issues for 2019
- Troops Discharged for Misconduct Suffered From PTSD or TBI, Report Finds
- VA and the 2021 Benefits Backlog: What is the Holdup?
- VA Announces New Presumptive Respiratory Conditions Related to Particulate Matter
- VA Appeal Forms Wrongly Rejected by Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- VA Contracted C&P Exams Not Meeting Quality, Timeliness Standards: GAO
- VA Denies Over 80% Of Gulf War Illness Claims, Report Finds
- VA Extends Response Period Due to Mailing Delays
- VA Inspector General Finds VA Disability Claim Backlog Larger than Officials Reported
- VA Issued Thousands of Improper Deferrals on Veterans’ Disability Claims: OIG Report
- VA Mishandled Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Claims, VA OIG Reports
- VA Official Ignores Agent Orange Facts, Blames Media “Hype” for Thailand “Problem”
- VA Released Report on National Suicide Data
- VA Releases 2014-2018 Burn Pit Registry Data
- VA Tests New Automated Program to Speed Up Claims Decisions
- VA’s 2021 Budget and Legislative Proposals
- VA’s Implementation Plan for Blue Water Veterans’ Claims: What We Know So Far
- VA’s Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP) Open to All Veterans on April 1, 2018
- Veterans Affairs (VA) Introduces New Automated Forms Replacing Statement in Support of Claim
- What is the Choice Act?
- What is VA Doing to Help the Veterans Suicide Epidemic?
Veterans Law
- “Evaluation of the Disability Determination Process for Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans” (2019)
- “Gulf War and Health: Depleted Uranium, Pyridostigmine Bromide, Sarin, and Vaccines” (2009)
- “Gulf War and Health: Generational Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War” (2018)
- “Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Act” Signed Into Law
- “Rates of Chronic Medical Conditions in 1991 Gulf War Veterans Compared to the General Population” (2019)
- 10 CAVC Cases All Veterans Should Know: Part 2
- 10 Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Cases All Veterans Should Know: Part 1
- 10 Most Common Disabilities for Veterans and How They’re Rated
- 10% Disability Rating for PTSD
- 100 Percent VA Disability and Working
- 100% Permanent and Total (P&T) VA Disability Ratings
- 1151 Claims – What They Are and How to File
- 2018-2019 VA Disability Rate Pay Charts
- 2020 VA Disability Payment Schedule
- 2020 VA Disability Rate Pay Chart
- 2021 VA Disability Pay Chart
- 2022 VA Disability Pay Chart and Compensation Rates: Cost-of-Living Adjustment
- 2022 VA Proposed Updates: Mental Health, Sleep Apnea, and Tinnitus
- 2022 VA Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) Rates
- 2023 VA Disability Pay Rates and Cost of Living Adjustment
- 2023 VA Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) Rates
- 3 Common Back Conditions Veterans Experience
- 30% PTSD Rating
- 30% VA Disability Rating for Migraine Headaches
- 4 Best Ways to Reach a 100% VA Disability Rating
- 5 Tips For Filing Your Notice of Disagreement
- 5 Veteran-Friendly States
- 5 Ways to Establish VA Service Connection
- 50% PTSD Rating
- 50% VA Disability Rating for Migraine Headaches
- 50% VA Disability Rating, Benefits, and Pay
- 60% Disability Rating, Benefits, and Pay
- 60% VA Disability to 100% Unemployability (TDIU)
- 7 Most Common Disabilities Among Women Veterans
- 7 Most Important VA Forms and How to Use Them
- 7 Myths About TDIU
- 7 Things Every Veteran Should Know About Agent Orange
- 70% Disability Rating for PTSD
- 70% VA Disability Rating, Benefits, and Pay
- 8 Tips for your VA Disability Claim or Appeal
- 80% Disability Rating, Benefits, and Pay
- 9 Myths About the VA Appeals Modernization Act
- Acid Reflux VA Disability Rating
- Additional Benefits for 100% Disabled Veterans
- AFGE Letter Addresses Hiring Practices at Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- Agent Orange and Dementia Risk in Veterans Exposed
- Agent Orange and Hypothyroidism
- Agent Orange and Kidney Disease
- Agent Orange and Liver Cirrhosis: VA Disability Benefits
- Agent Orange and Parkinson’s-Like Symptoms
- Agent Orange Benefits for Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
- Agent Orange Benefits for Surviving Spouses and Dependents
- Agent Orange Case Gray v. Wilkie Certified to Supreme Court
- Agent Orange Disability Benefits for Kidney Disease
- Agent Orange Exposure and Diabetes Mellitus Type II
- Agent Orange Exposure and Respiratory Cancers
- Agent Orange Exposure During the Vietnam War
- Agent Orange Exposure in Guam and VA Disability Benefits
- Agent Orange Exposure in Korea
- Agent Orange in Cambodia: VA Disability Benefits
- Agent Orange in Johnston Atoll: VA Disability Benefits
- Agent Orange in Laos: New Benefits for Veterans and Surviving Dependents
- Agent Orange Locations: Panama and Kelly Air Force Base
- Agent Orange VA Claim Denials
- AL Amyloidosis and Agent Orange Benefits
- ALS Highly Prevalent Among Young Post-9/11 Veterans
- Am I Eligible for VA Individual Unemployability Based on My PTSD?
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and VA Disability Compensation
- Analogous Ratings – What They Are
- Anthrax Vaccine Causes Controversy
- Appealing a Board Denial to the CAVC Under Appeals Reform
- Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) Results and Data for Veterans
- Appeals Reform Notice of Disagreement vs. Legacy Appeals System Notice of Disagreement
- Appeals Reform: An Adjudicator’s Role in Processing Appeals Under the New System
- Appeals Reform: Board of Veterans’ Appeals Board 2.0 – Every Decision Matters
- Appeals Reform: How Implementation Will Affect Pending Claims and Appeals
- Appeals to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- Applying for VA Benefits Years after Service
- Applying for VA’s Caregiver Program, Requirements, and Benefits Offered
- Are Vietnam Blue Water Navy Veterans Entitled to Agent Orange Benefits?
- Atrial Fibrillation (AFIB) VA Disability Ratings
- Automatic 50% PTSD Rating
- Back Range of Motion for VA Benefits Explained
- Bell’s Palsy VA Rating
- Benefits for Family Members of Veterans Stationed at Camp Lejeune
- Beyond Vietnam: Other Military Areas Where Agent Orange was Used
- Bills in Congress to Aid Veterans Suffering from Toxic Exposure
- Bladder Cancer & Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy due to Agent Orange Exposure Denial Contained Error
- Bladder Cancer and Agent Orange
- Blast Exposure May Increase Risk of Alzheimer’s in Veterans
- Blue Water Navy Update: Federal Circuit Order in Procopio v. Wilkie
- Blue Water Navy Veterans Timeline
- Blue Water Navy Veterans: What Conditions Qualify for VA Disability Benefits?
- Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea as Secondary to Asthma
- Board Improperly Denied Compensable Rating for Veteran’s Right Leg Fracture Residuals
- Board Lacks Adequate Reasons and Bases in Denying SMC A&A Based on PTSD Alone
- Board Lane Will Open to RAMP Participants in October
- Board of Veterans’ Appeals Decisions: Grants, Remands, and Denials
- Board of Veterans’ Appeals Docket Delays and Backlog
- Board of Veterans’ Appeals Docket Update
- Burial Benefits for Veterans and Eligibility
- Burn Pits: The Agent Orange for Post-9/11 Veterans
- Bursitis and Your Claim for VA Benefits
- BVA denies Veteran major depressive disorder based on inadequate medical rationale
- C&P Exams for TDIU VA Claims Explained
- C&P Exams: Compensation and Pension Examinations and the Role They Play in Your VA Disability Case
- Camp Lejeune Lawsuit: Offsets and Effect on VA Benefits
- Can I Combine Multiple Disabilities Into One VA Claim?
- Can I Get a VA Rating Without a C&P Exam?
- Can I Get VA Disability Benefits if Injured in Boot Camp?
- Can I Receive VA Disability Benefits for Pain? A Second Look at Saunders v. Wilkie
- Can I Still Work If I Receive VA Disability?
- Can the VA Reduce My PTSD Rating?
- Can VA Disability Benefits Be Garnished?
- Can You Have VA Disability Appeals in Both the Legacy and Appeals Reform Systems?
- Can You Receive VA Disability and Military Retirement Pay?
- Caregivers Update: VA Suspends Revocations of Benefits for the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC)
- CAVC Decisions Explained
- CAVC Docket Explained
- CCK Delivers Oral Argument at CAVC Regarding Jurisdiction Over Veteran’s TDIU Claim
- CCK LIVE: Blue Water Navy Veterans
- CCK LIVE: Claims at the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- CCK Live: Court Wins – Agent Orange & Gulf War Illness
- CCK LIVE: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Claims
- CCK LIVE: Recent Federal Circuit Rulings and Their Impact on Veterans
- CCK Live: Revisiting the Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP)
- CCK LIVE: The “Non-Adversarial” Nature of the VA Claims Process
- CCK Partner Robert Chisholm Participates as Judge in Moot Court Competition
- CCK Partners with Harvard Law School in a Class Action Case at the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- CCK Precedential Court Win for Gulf War Veterans with Unexplained Illness
- CCK Presents at 2019 National Association of Veterans Advocates (NOVA) Fall Conference
- CCK Presents at the National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates (NOVA) 2019 Spring Conference
- CCK Presents at Veterans Law Continuing Legal Education Conference in Montana
- CCK Secures Service Connection for Retinitis Pigmentosa in CUE Claim Dating Back to 1981
- CCK Secures TDIU and Earlier Effective Date for Vietnam Veteran
- CCK Successfully Argues for Service Connection for Cause of Death
- CCK Takes Legal Action Against the Department of Veterans Affairs
- CCK Uncovers Memo Used By VA To Wrongly Deny Claims Of Thailand Veterans
- CCK’s Kerry Baker Presents at Burn Pits Congressional Briefing
- CHAMPVA Insurance Explained
- Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick Proudly Announces Two New Partners
- Chloracne and Agent Orange Benefits
- Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer) and Veterans of the Vietnam War
- Chronic B-Cell Leukemia and Agent Orange Benefits
- Clasificación de discapacidad del VA por depresión y ansiedad
- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Holds Investigative Hearing on the Practices of Unaccredited Claims Consultants
- Common Mistakes Veterans Make on TDIU VA Claims
- Common Mistakes Veterans Make When Filing for VA Benefits
- Common Secondary Service-Connected Conditions among Veterans
- Common VA Disabilities For Post-9/11 (OEF & OIF) Veterans
- Compensation and Pension (C&P) Exams for Depression
- Compensation and Pension (C&P) Exams for PTSD
- Compensation and Pension (C&P) Exams for Sleep Apnea
- Conditions Affecting Women Veterans
- Conjunctivitis VA Disability Ratings Explained
- Continuity of Symptomatology: VA Service Connection
- Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Introduced to Increase Veterans’ Benefits
- Court finds Board erred in denying Veteran’s CUE claim
- Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Has Authority to Certify Class Action, Federal Circuit Rules
- Court Overturns Board Denial of Service Connection for Heart Condition
- CRDP and CRSC: Concurrent Receipt Explained
- CUE “Claims”: How to challenge a final decision
- DBQ Changes and C&P Exams Amid COVID-19
- Decision Issued on Herbicide Exposure at Fort Drum
- Decoding Decisions from the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- Decoding the Notice of Appellate Rights for RAMP Board Decisions
- Delayed Onset PTSD and VA Disability Benefits
- Denial of increased rating for bipolar disorder lacked adequate reasons or bases
- Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Rates for 2023
- Dependency and Indemnity Compensation: What Is It, and Do I Qualify?
- Depression and Women Veterans
- Did C-123 Aircraft Spray Agent Orange During the Vietnam War?
- Direct Review at the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- Disability Benefits Questionnaires (DBQs) Potentially Suitable for Telehealth
- Disability Benefits Questionnaires (DBQs): Evidence for Your VA Disability Claim
- Disability Claims and Appeals Process Timeline
- Discharge Upgrades for Veterans with Mental Health Conditions
- Do Non-Combat PTSD Stressors Qualify for VA Disability?
- Do VA Disability Attorneys Delay Your VA Claim?
- Do You Really NEED that Board of Veterans’ Appeal (BVA) Hearing?
- Does VA Disability Count as Income?
- Dr. Paul Lawrence Hosts Veterans Benefits Administration Progress & Results Webcast
- Effects of Chronic Pain on Veterans’ Mental Health
- Elbow Tendonitis (Tennis Elbow) and VA Disability Benefits
- Entry Level Separation and VA Benefits
- Everything you need to know about the new Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP)
- Evidence for Your VA Individual Unemployability Claim
- Evidence of DNA Damage Found in Veterans With Gulf War Illness
- Evidence Submission at the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- Exposure to Agent Blue at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
- FAQ Friday: Who Is Eligible for VA Disability Compensation?
- FAQ Fridays: Documents
- Fatty Liver Disease and VA Disability Ratings
- Federal Circuit Court Rules Veterans Can Get Disability Benefits for Pain
- Federal Circuit Decides in Favor of Blue Water Navy Veterans: Procopio v. Wilkie
- Fibromyalgia and Gulf War Veterans
- Fibromyalgia and VA Disability Compensation
- Filing a Claim for VA Disability Benefits Under Appeals Reform
- Filing Fully Developed Claims (FDC) for VA Disability Benefits
- Finality of VA Decisions: Legacy Appeals System vs. Appeals Reform
- Firefighting Foam Health Effects and VA Disability Benefits
- Flare-Ups: How They Impact Orthopedic Ratings
- Fort McClellan Toxic Exposure: What Veterans Need to Know
- Full Implementation of Appeals Reform: VA Publishes Updates to Adjudications Manual
- Gastrointestinal Diseases and VA Disability Compensation
- Glaucoma VA Disability Ratings and Benefits
- Gulf War Illness and VA Disability
- Gulf War Syndrome Claims Wrongly Denied
- Gulf War Veterans Remain at Risk of Gulf War Illness Years Later
- Harvard Law School Partners With Chisholm, Chisholm & Kilpatrick To Launch Veterans Legal Clinic
- Health Effects of PFAS Water Contamination Exposure
- Hearings with the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- Hiatal Hernia VA Disability Ratings
- HISA Grants for Disabled Veterans Explained and How to Qualify
- House Committee on Veterans Affairs Holds Hearing: “VA 2030: A Vision for the Future of VA”
- How Are Gulf War Illness and Burn Pit Claims Different?
- How Do I Find Out My VA Disability Rating?
- How Do I Know if My C&P Exam Went Well?
- How Does the VA Rate Bladder Cancer?
- How Does the VA Rate Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)?
- How Does VA Calculate My VA Disability Rating?
- How Does VA Disability Back Pay Work?
- How Does VA Rate Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)?
- How Does VA Rate Migraine Headaches?
- How Does VA Rate Sleep Apnea?
- How Long After a Board (BVA) Hearing Will I Get a Decision?
- How Long VA Appeals Process Can Take – Average Appeal Times for Disability Claims
- How Much Can a VA Disability Lawyer or Agent Charge?
- How Much Weight Does a C&P Exam Have?
- How Often Does VA Reevaluate Disability Ratings?
- How to Add College-Aged Dependents to My VA Benefits
- How to Add or Remove Dependents to VA Benefits: VA Form 21-686c
- How to Appeal Your Denied VA Disability Claim
- How to Apply for VA Disability Benefits
- How to Apply for VA Survivors Benefits (Form 21P-534EZ)
- How to Challenge an Unfavorable VA C&P Exam
- How to Check the Status of your VA Compensation Claim
- How to Choose the Right Representative for Your VA Disability Claim
- How to Complete VA Form 21-4138: Statement in Support of Claim
- How to Expedite VA Disability Claims
- How to File a Motion for Advancement on the Docket
- How to File a VA Claim (Form 21-526EZ)
- How to File a VA Claim for PTSD
- How to File a VA Claim for Secondary Service Connection
- How to File a VA Supplemental Claim
- How to File VA Form 20-0996: Higher Level Review
- How to File VA Form 21-686c
- How to Get a 100% Disability Rating for PTSD
- How to Get a 100% VA Disability Rating?
- How to Get a Copy of VA C&P Exam Results
- How to Get a Copy of Your VA Award Letter
- How to Get a Permanent and Total Disability Rating from VA
- How to Get VA Medical Records
- How to Increase VA Disability Rating for PTSD
- How to Increase VA Disability Rating from 70% to 100%
- How to Increase VA Disability Rating from 80% to 100%
- How to Increase VA Disability Ratings from 90% to 100%
- How to Increase Your PTSD VA Rating From 50% to 70%
- How to Increase Your PTSD VA Rating From 70% to 100%
- How to Prove 60% and 100% Heart VA Disability Ratings
- How to Prove PTSD to VA
- How to reopen a VA claim with new and material evidence
- How to submit a FOIA Request
- How to Use Lay Evidence for VA Disability Claims
- How to Use VA’s Combined Ratings Table for VA Disability
- How to Win Your TDIU Claim
- How to Win Your VA Claim
- How to Write a Strong Statement in Support of Claim for VA Benefits
- How VA Rates Arthritis for Disability Benefits
- How VA Rates Joint Problems
- How VA Rates Mental Health Conditions
- How VA Will Process Blue Water Navy Veterans’ Claims
- How Will COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Affect VA Disability Claims?
- Human Body Organ Systems and Their Function
- IBS Secondary to PTSD VA Disability Ratings
- Immune Disorders and Camp Lejeune Water Contamination
- Important Veterans Benefits You May Not Know
- Incarcerated Veterans and Effect on VA Disability Benefits
- Independent Private Medical Opinion for Veterans Claims: Do They Help?
- Individual Unemployability (TDIU) Myths vs. Facts
- Inside the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS)
- Instructions for VA Form 21-4142: Authorization to Disclose Information to VA
- Intervertebral Disc Syndrome (IVDS) and VA Disability
- Investigation Launched into PFAS-Contaminated Drinking Water at Military Bases
- Is TDIU Permanent?
- Is VA’s New AMA Appeals System Better for Veterans? It Depends.
- Ischemic Heart Disease and VA Disability Compensation
- Khamisiyah, Iraq: Chemical Storage Demolition
- Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes: Secondary Service Connection
- Knee Problems and Your VA Disability Claim
- Legacy & AMA Appeals: Update from the Veterans Benefits Administration
- Legal Separation and VA Disability Benefits
- List of Benefits for All Disabled Veterans: What Do You Qualify For?
- List of Benefits for Veterans 90 Percent Disabled
- List of Blue Water Navy Ships Exposed to Agent Orange
- Malaria Pill Mefloquine May Cause Disability Among Veterans
- Managing Veterans Benefits Administration Performance & Results Webcast: Quarter 2 of Fiscal Year 2019
- Medical Records to Support Your VA Disability Claim
- Meet the 3 Recently Confirmed CAVC Judges
- Meniere’s Disease VA Disability Ratings
- Mental Health Compensation and Pension (C&P) Exams
- Migraines Secondary to Anxiety VA Claim
- Migraines Secondary to PTSD VA Disability Benefits
- Military Discharge Status and What It Means for Your Entitlement to VA Benefits
- Military Installations with Confirmed PFAS Water Contamination
- Military Medical Disability Examinations (MDE) for VA Disability
- Military Retirement – What It Means for Veterans
- Military Separation Pay vs. Severance Pay
- Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Statistics
- Military Sexual Trauma (MST) VA Disability Claims Explained
- Mishraq State Sulfur Mine Fires in Iraq
- Mood Disorders and VA Disability Benefits
- Most Common Back Conditions Veterans Experience & Their Ratings
- Most Popular Veteran Benefits by State
- Multiple Myeloma and Agent Orange Benefits
- Multiple Sclerosis: Veterans with MS and VA Disability Benefits
- Musculoskeletal Conditions Among Women Veterans
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Agent Orange
- National Academy of Sciences Finds Gaps in Army’s Study of Long-Term Health Effects on Test Subjects
- Navy Deck Logs: How to Use Them to Find Evidence for Your Claim
- Nehmer Claims: What You Need to Know
- Neurobehavioral Effects of Camp Lejeune Contaminated Water Exposure
- New and Material Evidence: How To Use It To Your Advantage
- New Conditions Added to Agent Orange Presumptive List
- New Laws for Veterans and Service Members in 2020: NDAA
- New Laws for Veterans and Servicemembers in 2021: NDAA
- New Laws for Veterans and Servicemembers in 2022: NDAA
- New VA Debt Collection Regulations
- Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Agent Orange Benefits
- Noncompensable 0% VA Ratings – What They Are
- NPRC Records Backlog Hinders Veterans Seeking VA Benefits
- Obesity and VA Disability Compensation
- Oil Well Fires in Kuwait
- Opting into Appeals Reform from the Legacy Appeals System
- Orthopedic Ratings and VA Disability
- Osteoporosis VA Disability Benefits
- PACT Act Toxic Exposure VA Benefits Bill Explained
- Peripheral Neuropathy and VA Disability Benefits
- Permanent and Total (P&T) VA Disability Ratings for PTSD
- Persian Gulf War Veterans and Benefits Available
- Photophobia VA Disability Ratings
- Picking the Right VA Disability Lawyer for Your CAVC Appeal
- Plantar Fasciitis and Pes Planus VA Rating
- Plantar Fasciitis and VA Compensation
- Post-9/11 Veterans Report Higher Disability Ratings Than Prior Generations
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Women Veterans
- Preparing for an Interview
- President Announces Nominee for Chair of Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- Presumption and VA Claims – What They Are
- Prostate Cancer VA Disability Rating and Compensation
- Protected VA Disability Ratings: What They Are and When They Take Effect
- Protected Work Environment for TDIU: What Does It Actually Mean?
- Providing a “Nexus” For Your VA Disability Claim
- Proving VA Disability Without Service Treatment Records
- Pseudofolliculitis Barbae VA Rating
- Psoriasis VA Disability Ratings and Benefits Explained
- PTSD and the Vietnam War’s Lasting Impacts
- PTSD Secondary Conditions and VA Ratings
- Pyramiding: How to avoid stacking your VA ratings
- Radiation Exposure and VA Disability Compensation
- Radiculopathy VA Disability Ratings and Benefits
- RAMP and Appeals Reform Updates
- RAMP Decisions: What They Include and What To Expect
- RAMP: Should you participate in VA’s new Rapid Appeals Modernization Program?
- Rating Reductions: What VA Can and Cannot Do
- Reading The 2018-2019 VA Disability Rate Pay Charts
- Report Outlines Health Effects of Harmful Substances Used on Military Bases
- Representation at the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC)
- Robert Chisholm Interviews Military Exposures Expert Dr. Victoria Cassano
- Ruling on Burn Pits Could Impact Veterans
- Scars and VA Disability Compensation
- Schedular vs. Extraschedular VA Disability Rating
- Sciatica and Your VA Disability Claim
- SCOTUS Hears VA Benefits Case on CUE Claims
- Secondary Conditions to Flat Feet (Pes Planus) for VA Disability
- Secondary Conditions to Hysterectomy
- Secondary Conditions to Tinnitus for VA Disability Benefits
- Secondary Service Connection for Agent Orange VA Claims
- Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Holds Hearing Regarding Fiscal Year 2020 Budget for Veteran’s Programs
- Separation Pay & VA Disability Compensation
- Service Dogs for Veterans
- Sharp, Metal-Laden Iraqi Dust May Cause Respiratory Ailments: Study
- Should I Appeal a Denied Claim or File a New VA Claim?
- Should I File My VA Compensation Claim Online?
- Sleep Apnea and Depression Secondary VA Disability Benefits
- Sleep Apnea Secondary to Asthma VA Disability Benefits
- Sleep Apnea Secondary to PTSD Veterans (VA) Benefits
- Social Security Disability (SSDI) vs. VA Disability Compensation
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and VA Individual Unemployability (TDIU)
- Special Monthly Compensation Explained
- Special Monthly Compensation Series: SMC (t)
- Special Monthly Compensation Series: SMC(k)
- Special Monthly Compensation Series: SMC(l & l1/2)
- Special Monthly Compensation Series: SMC(s)
- Statement in Support of Claim for VA Benefits
- Substance Use Disorder Among Veterans
- Substitution and VA Benefits: How to Substitute and Who Qualifies
- Superfund Sites and How They Impact Veterans
- Supreme Court to hear veteran’s case challenging VA’s power to interpret its own rules
- Switching Lanes Under Appeals Reform
- Tarifa de pago por discapacidad y ajuste por costo de vida de Asuntos de los Veteranos (VA) 2023
- Temporary and Total VA Disability
- Tendonitis VA Rating
- Testicular Cancer VA Disability Claims and Ratings
- The “Forever” GI Bill Explained
- The 3 Essential Elements of Service Connection
- The Agent Orange Act of 1991
- The Backlog of VA Claims and Appeals 2018 Update
- The Basics of eBenefits
- The Board Erred When It Denied the Veteran Unemployability Benefits
- The Difference Between a VA Benefits Claim and an Appeal
- The Do’s and Don’ts of C&P Examinations
- The Future of Blue Water Navy Veterans: Oral Argument in Procopio v. Wilkie
- The History of Agent Orange
- The Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) Process and Timeline
- The Most Common Illnesses Associated With Camp Lejeune Water Contamination
- The Post-9/11 GI Bill Explained
- The Presumption of Soundness
- The Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP): In Review
- The Southwest Asia Theater of Operations and Benefits for These Veterans
- The Structure and Function of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
- Tips for Writing a VA Buddy Letter With Examples
- Top 15 States for 100% Disabled Veteran Benefits
- Top 20 VA Disability Claims and Their Ratings
- Top 5 Issues for Veterans Affairs (VA) in 2020
- Top 5 VA Errors on Veterans’ Disability Decisions
- Top 7 Reasons Why VA Denies Claims
- Top Tips for C&P Exams
- Trichloroethylene (TCE) Exposure and VA Disability Benefits
- Troops at Uzbek Base (K2) Exposed to Multiple Hazards
- Type 2 Diabetes and VA Disability Compensation
- Types of 100% VA Disability Ratings
- Ulcerative Colitis VA Disability Ratings
- Unaccredited VA Representatives: How to Spot Them and What to Do
- Understanding Medically Unexplained Chronic Multisymptom Illnesses (MUCMI)
- Understanding Pulmonary Function Tests for VA Disability Benefits
- Understanding The 2019 VA Disability Payment Schedule
- Understanding the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES)
- Understanding VA Claims for “Undiagnosed Illnesses”
- Understanding Your VA Disability Compensation Award Letter
- Unites States Code (USC) vs. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
- Urinary Frequency VA Disability Ratings
- Using Nexus Letters to Support Your VA Disability Claim
- VA 2020 Compensation Rates and Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
- VA Aid and Attendance Benefits (A&A): Who Qualifies?
- VA Aims to Reduce Compensation & Pension Exam Backlog
- VA Amputation and Loss of Use Ratings
- VA Appeal Deadlines
- VA Appeals Reform Deadlines
- VA Automobile Allowance and Adaptive Equipment Explained
- VA Benefits for Agent Orange – What Veterans Can Receive When It Comes to Exposure
- VA Benefits for Children of Veterans
- VA Benefits for Combat Veterans
- VA Benefits for Dependents of Disabled Veterans
- VA Benefits for Elderly Veterans
- VA Benefits for Exposure to Jet Fuel
- VA Benefits for National Guard and Reserve Members
- VA Benefits for Spouses of Disabled Veterans
- VA Benefits for Surviving Spouses, Children, and Parents
- VA Benefits Immediately After Military Discharge
- VA Benefits Scammers, Illegal Fees, and the Guard Act
- VA Bilateral Factor and How it Impacts Your Disability Rating
- VA C-File: What is it, and How Do I Get It?
- VA Claim Deferred: What This Means and What to Do
- VA Claim Process Explained
- VA Claims and Appeals Backlog Update 2021
- VA Claims for Hip Pain Secondary to Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
- VA Claims for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- VA Clothing Allowance Benefit for Veterans
- VA Compensation for TBI and PTSD
- VA Conditions Secondary to Ankle Disabilities
- VA Cost-Of-Living Adjustment (COLA) and 2018 Compensation Rates
- VA Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) and 2019 Compensation Rates
- VA Dental Benefits for Veterans
- VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Rates for 2020
- VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Rates for 2021
- VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Rates for 2022
- VA Dependents: Who Qualifies, How to Add Them, and Benefits Available
- VA Diagnostic Codes: What They Are and How They Work
- VA Disability – What Qualifies as a Disability for VA Benefits
- VA Disability 10-Year Rule
- VA Disability 100% Rule
- VA Disability and Alcoholism
- VA Disability and Drug Use
- VA Disability Benefits Appeals Reform: the New Claim Stream
- VA Disability Benefits for Arthritis in the Ankle
- VA Disability Benefits for Back Pain
- VA Disability Benefits for Bilateral Hearing Loss
- VA Disability Benefits for Bronchitis
- VA Disability Benefits for Bulging Disc
- VA Disability Benefits for Carpal Tunnel
- VA Disability Benefits for Colon Cancer and Agent Orange
- VA Disability Benefits for Drinking Water Contaminated with PFAS
- VA Disability Benefits for Epilepsy and Seizure Conditions
- VA Disability Benefits for Eye Conditions
- VA Disability Benefits for Female Sexual Arousal Disorder (FSAD)
- VA Disability Benefits for Foot Conditions
- VA Disability Benefits for GERD
- VA Disability Benefits for GERD Secondary to PTSD
- VA Disability Benefits for Gout
- VA Disability Benefits for Granulomatous Disease (CGD)
- VA Disability Benefits for Gynecological Conditions
- VA Disability Benefits for Hepatitis C
- VA Disability Benefits for Hernia
- VA Disability Benefits for Hip Pain Secondary to Knee Pain
- VA Disability Benefits for Hypertension Secondary to PTSD
- VA Disability Benefits for Hysterectomy
- VA Disability Benefits for IBS and GERD
- VA Disability Benefits for Knee Pain
- VA Disability Benefits for Male Infertility
- VA Disability Benefits for Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance
- VA Disability Benefits for Panic Disorder
- VA Disability Benefits for Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia
- VA Disability Benefits for PTSD and Depression
- VA Disability Benefits for Renal (Kidney) Cancer
- VA Disability Benefits for Secondary Conditions to Depression
- VA Disability Benefits for Sleep Disorders Secondary to Depression
- VA Disability Benefits for Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- VA Disability Benefits for Spondylosis
- VA Disability Benefits for Stroke
- VA Disability Benefits for Urinary Incontinence
- VA Disability Benefits, Divorce, and Child Support
- VA Disability Claims and Appeals Process Timeline
- VA Disability Claims based on OIF & OEF Service: burn pit and other hazardous exposures
- VA Disability Claims List: What Conditions Can Veterans Claim?
- VA Disability Compensation for Torn Meniscus
- VA Disability Compensation: An Overview of the Legacy Claims and Appeals Process
- VA Disability for Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety
- VA Disability for Ankle Tendonitis
- VA Disability for Arthritis in the Hands
- VA Disability for Bilateral Pes Planus with Plantar Fasciitis
- VA Disability for Brain Cancer
- VA Disability for Chronic Lymphocytic Lymphoma: Burn Pit Exposure
- VA Disability for Cold Weather Injury and Residuals
- VA Disability for Conditions Secondary to Migraines
- VA Disability for Constrictive Bronchiolitis
- VA Disability for Ear Conditions
- VA Disability for Eczema
- VA Disability for Essential Tremor
- VA Disability for Female Infertility
- VA Disability for Gastrointestinal Cancers
- VA Disability for Hashimoto’s Disease: Burn Pit Exposure
- VA Disability for Head and Neck Cancers
- VA Disability for Medication Side Effects
- VA Disability for Mefloquine Toxicity
- VA Disability for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
- VA Disability for Pulmonary Embolism
- VA Disability for Raynaud’s Disease
- VA Disability for Reproductive Cancers
- VA Disability for Secondary Conditions to Allergic Rhinitis
- VA Disability for Sleep Apnea Secondary to Sinusitis
- VA Disability for Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJ)
- VA Disability for Uterine Fibroids
- VA Disability Payment Schedule for 2019
- VA Disability Payment Schedule for 2021
- VA Disability Payment Schedule for 2022
- VA Disability Payment Schedule for 2023
- VA Disability Rates for 2021 and Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
- VA Disability Rating for Adjustment Disorder
- VA Disability Rating for Ankle Instability
- VA Disability Rating for Depression and Anxiety
- VA Disability Rating for Hip Pain
- VA Disability Rating for Lymphoma and Toxic Exposures
- VA Disability Rating for PTSD Related to MST
- VA Disability Rating for PTSD: The PTSD Rating Scale Guide
- VA Disability Rating for Shoulder Rotator Cuff Tear
- VA Disability Rating for Spinal Fusion
- VA Disability Rating Reexaminations and Reevaluations
- VA Disability Ratings and Benefits for Foot Drop
- VA Disability Ratings and Benefits for Insomnia
- VA Disability Ratings and Benefits for Psoriatic Arthritis
- VA Disability Ratings and Benefits for Respiratory Conditions
- VA Disability Ratings and Benefits for Trachea Cancer
- VA Disability Ratings and How They Work
- VA Disability Ratings for Allergic Rhinitis
- VA Disability Ratings for Anemia
- VA Disability Ratings for Anxiety
- VA Disability Ratings for Arthritis of the Back
- VA Disability Ratings for Asthma
- VA Disability Ratings for Astigmatism
- VA Disability Ratings for Basal Cell Carcinoma
- VA Disability Ratings for Bipolar Disorder
- VA Disability Ratings for Bone Spurs
- VA Disability Ratings for Cancer and its Residuals
- VA Disability Ratings for Cataracts
- VA Disability Ratings for COPD
- VA Disability Ratings for Costochondritis
- VA Disability Ratings for Cysts Explained
- VA Disability Ratings for Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
- VA Disability Ratings for Depression
- VA Disability Ratings for Diabetic Retinopathy
- VA Disability Ratings for Diverticulitis
- VA Disability Ratings for Dysthymia
- VA Disability Ratings for Eating Disorders
- VA Disability Ratings for Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- VA Disability Ratings for Gallbladder Conditions
- VA Disability Ratings for Hallux Valgus (Bunions)
- VA Disability Ratings for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- VA Disability Ratings for Hip Replacement
- VA Disability Ratings for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
- VA Disability Ratings for Hypertension and Sleep Apnea
- VA Disability Ratings for Kidney Disease
- VA Disability Ratings for Knee Tendonitis
- VA Disability Ratings for Lower Back Pain
- VA Disability Ratings for Lumbosacral Strain
- VA Disability Ratings for Lupus
- VA Disability Ratings for Multiple Myeloma
- VA Disability Ratings for Narcolepsy
- VA Disability Ratings for Neck Pain Explained
- VA Disability Ratings for Nerve Damage
- VA Disability Ratings for Pancreatic Cancer
- VA Disability Ratings for Pes Planus (Flat Feet)
- VA Disability Ratings for Pleuritis
- VA Disability Ratings for Pulmonary Fibrosis
- VA Disability Ratings for Reactive Airway Disease
- VA Disability Ratings for Respiratory Cancers
- VA Disability Ratings for Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)
- VA Disability Ratings for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- VA Disability Ratings for Schizoaffective Disorder
- VA Disability Ratings for Scoliosis
- VA Disability Ratings for Shin Splints
- VA Disability Ratings for Shoulder and Arm Conditions
- VA Disability Ratings for Shrapnel Wounds
- VA Disability Ratings for Sinusitis
- VA Disability Ratings for Skin Conditions
- VA Disability Ratings for Sleep Disturbances
- VA Disability Ratings for Small Cell Carcinoma
- VA Disability Ratings for Spinal Stenosis
- VA Disability Ratings for Surgery
- VA Disability Ratings for Thyroid Conditions
- VA Disability Ratings for Vertigo
- VA Disability Ratings for Wrist Conditions
- VA Disability Ratings Higher Than 100 Percent
- VA Disability Ratings of the Genitourinary System
- VA Extends Gulf War Presumption Deadline to 2026
- VA Extends Response Period Due to Mailing Delays
- VA Fiduciary Process and How It Works
- VA Form 21-0781 Instructions: Statement in Support of Claim for PTSD
- VA General Rating Formula for Mental Health Disorders Explained
- VA grants CCK’s Rulemaking Petition for Thailand claims
- VA Health Care Eligibility, Priority Groups, & Copays
- VA Home Loans and How to Qualify
- VA Housebound Benefits
- VA Housing Grants: SAH, SHA, HISA, TRA Explained
- VA Improperly Processed Over 30,000 Veterans Claims Involving the Spine
- VA Individual Unemployability Form 21-8940 Explained
- VA Mail Fail – Why VA Fails to Send Decisions to Veterans and Advocates
- VA Math and Disability Ratings Explained
- VA Mission Act Goes into Effect
- VA Mission Act of 2018
- VA Non-Service-Connected Pension
- VA OIG: VA Gave Thousands of Unnecessary Exams to Disabled Veterans
- VA Operations During COVID-19: Interview with Director of VA Regional Office
- VA Overpayments and How to Repay Them
- VA Pension vs. VA Compensation
- VA Proposes Presumption for Rare Respiratory Cancers Related to Burn Pits
- VA Proposes Regulations to Limit Attorney Access to the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS)
- VA Rating Decision Letter: How to Understand What VA is Saying
- VA Ratings for Migraines Secondary to Depression
- VA Ratings for Somatic Symptom Disorder
- VA Ratings for TBI with Migraines
- VA Reimbursement for Emergency Medical Care
- VA Releases New Findings on the Connection Between TBI and Dementia
- VA Releases November 2018 Report on its Comprehensive Plan for Appeals Reform
- VA Releases the Mission Act’s Community Access Standards
- VA Resources for Homeless Veterans
- VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities
- VA Secondary Conditions Related to Knee Pain
- VA Secondary Conditions to Back Pain
- VA Secondary Conditions to Diabetes Mellitus Type II
- VA Secondary Conditions to Fibromyalgia
- VA Secondary Conditions to GERD and VA Ratings
- VA Secondary Conditions to Hypertension
- VA Secondary Conditions to Sleep Apnea
- VA Secretary Robert Wilkie Speaks on the State of VA at Community Town Hall
- VA Seeks Contractor Support in Developing IT Software for Appeals Reform
- VA Service Connection Based on Aggravation
- VA Services Available for Female Veterans
- VA Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) Rates for 2020
- VA Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) Rates for 2021
- VA Statement of the Case: How to understand what VA is saying
- VA Survivors Benefits: VA Benefits for Deceased Veterans’ Dependents
- VA Tests New Automated Program to Speed Up Claims Decisions
- VA Unemployability (TDIU) During COVID-19
- VA Unemployability Income Limits
- VA Vision Care and Which Veterans Qualify
- VA Vocational Rehabilitation
- VA’s Benefit of the Doubt Doctrine
- VA’s Gulf War Presumptions for VA Disability Benefits
- VA’s Duty to Assist
- VA’s New Forms Explained: How to File Appeals
- VA’s Standard of Proof: “At Least as Likely as Not”
- Varicose Veins and VA Disability Benefits
- Verifying PTSD Stressors for VA Disability Benefits
- Veteran (VA) Disability Ratings for Sarcoidosis
- Veteran PTSD Statistics
- Veteran Secures Increased PTSD Rating with CCK’s Help
- Veterans (VA) Appeals Reform: Higher-Level Review
- Veterans (VA) Disability Benefits for Chronic Pain
- Veterans (VA) Disability Benefits for Hemorrhoids
- Veterans (VA) Disability Benefits for Schizophrenia
- Veterans Affairs (VA) Introduces New Automated Forms Replacing Statement in Support of Claim
- Veterans Affairs Facilities and Their Functions
- Veterans and Lead Exposure During Military Service
- Veterans Exposed to Depleted Uranium and VA Benefits
- Veterans Exposed to Waste Incinerator Contaminants in Atsugi, Japan
- Veterans More Likely to Develop Breast, Prostate Cancer Than Civilians: Study
- Veterans of the Global War on Terror and Benefits Available
- Veterans to shop tax-free at online military exchanges
- Veterans with Mental Health Conditions at Higher Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke
- Veterans with PTSD Nearly Twice as Likely to Develop Dementia
- Veterans Working in Healthcare and Increased COVID-19 Risk
- Veterans, Suicide, Depression, and VA Disability Benefits
- Veterans’ Caregivers May Appeal for VA Financial Aid
- Voiding Dysfunction VA Rating
- Was Agent Orange Used on Okinawa?
- Was Your TBI Claim Denied Between 2007 and 2015? Don’t Miss Your Chance to Get Reevaluated
- What A VA Incompetency Proposal Means – And How to Fight It
- What are PFAS and Why Are So Many Military Installations Affected?
- What Are Staged Ratings?
- What Are the Requirements for TDIU?
- What Are the Symptoms of Contaminated Water at Camp Lejeune?
- What Are VA Accrued Benefits and How to Apply?
- What Are VA Disability Benefits Questionnaires (DBQs) for C&P Exams?
- What Benefits Are You Eligible for as a Disabled Veteran?
- What Conditions Do Not Qualify for VA Disability Benefits?
- What does your VA disability rating mean?
- What Evidence Will VA Require for My Disability Compensation Claim?
- What Happens After a CAVC Remand?
- What Happens When VA Proposes to Reduce My Disability Rating?
- What is a Board of Veterans’ Appeals Docket Number?
- What is a Board Remand?
- What Is a GAF Score and How Does it Affect My VA Disability?
- What is a Request for VA Reconsideration and How Does it Work?
- What is a Secondary Service-Connected Disability?
- What is a VA Accredited Attorney or Representative?
- What Is a VA Sworn Declaration Form and How Is it Used?
- What is Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC)?
- What Is Deployment-Related Lung Disease?
- What Is EAJA?
- What is Extraschedular Individual Unemployability (TDIU) from VA?
- What is the Definition of a “Veteran” for VA Benefit Purposes?
- What is the Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) Program?
- What is the Maximum VA Rating for Hearing Loss?
- What is the Process at the Board of Veterans’ Appeals Under the New VA Appeals System?
- What is the Process in a Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) or Veterans Court Appeal?
- What Is the VA Disability 5-Year Rule?
- What is the VA Disability Appeals Success Rate for Veterans?
- What is the VA Evidence Intake Center (EIC)?
- What Is the VA’s Burn Pit Registry?
- What Is the Veterans Benefits Administration?
- What Is VA Apportionment?
- What Is VA Survivors Pension?
- What Should I Do If My Military Service Records Were Destroyed?
- What to Do When You Get a Board Decision Under Appeals Reform
- What to do when you receive a VCAA Notice
- What VA Benefits Are Available to Former Prisoners of War (POWs)?
- When and If VA Can Stop a Veteran’s Benefits
- When Do VA Ratings Become Permanent?
- When Will I Get My VA Disability Back Pay?
- Which Conditions Qualify for VA Disability Benefits
- Who Can Help Me File a Claim for VA Disability?
- Who is Eligible for Blue Water Navy Agent Orange Benefits?
- Why DoD Still Uses Military Burn Pits in 2019
- Why Reform the Appeals System
- Why the Blue Water Navy Court Win Matters
- Why Veterans May Develop PTSD Symptoms Later in Life
- Will VA Doctors Write Nexus Letters?