Blog Archive

• Federal Circuit Decides in Favor of Blue Water Navy Veterans: Procopio v. Wilkie
• VA Proposes Change To Aid Veterans Exposed To Agent Orange
• VA Announces Test Of Paperless Claims Processing System
• VA Publishes Final Regulation To Aid Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
• Zachary Stolz Of Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick Participating In Panel At Harvard Law School
• Harvard Law School Partners With Chisholm, Chisholm & Kilpatrick To Launch Veterans Legal Clinic
• Providence Firm Helps Launch Harvard Legal Clinic for Veterans
• From Law Week: Report At Time Of Sexual Assault Not Needed For Vet To Get PTSD Benefits
• CCK Wins Precedential Case That Will Help Veteran Sexual Assault Survivors
• CCK’s Zach Stolz Featured In Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly
• CCK Settles Specially Adapted Housing Case For Army Veteran
• CCK Settles Case For Air Force Veteran
• CCK settles case for Air Force veteran
• CCK Wins Precedential Decision in Nohr v. McDonald
• DAV CCK Pro Bono Veterans Court Program Featured In DAV Magazine
• CCK’s Kerry Baker Featured on Al Jazeera America
• CCK Helps Have Debt Waived for Army Veteran
• VA Services Available to Female Veterans
• VA To Establish Presumptive Service Connection For Camp Lejeune Veterans (1953-1987)
• CCK Wins Decision At Cavc Clarifying Board’s Duties In Adjudicating Veterans’ Entitlement To TDIU
• Court Finds Board Erred When It Favored Negative VA Exams Over Positive Private Exams
• CCK Appeals Decision That Denied Veteran Entitlement To Special Monthly Compensation
• CCK’s Zach Stolz And Dav Force Rollback Of Thailand Rule Change
• The Board Erred In Finding 1983 Bva Decision Subsumed A 1953 Rating Decision
• VA Almost Never Awards Extra-schedular Grants
• How To Increase The Chances Of Winning Your VA Disability Case
• CCK’s Zach Stolz Presents NOVA Session On Other Injunctive Relief
• CCK’s Robert Chisholm To Present At NOSSCR Conference
• CCK Uncovers Memo Used By VA To Wrongly Deny Claims Of Thailand Veterans
• VA Must Assist Veteran With Claim Based On Agent Orange Exposure In Thailand
• CCK Court win will help many veterans obtain more compensation
• How To Begin Filing Your Disability Claim With The VA
• The Most Common Illnesses Associated With Camp Lejeune Water Contamination
• Why ERISA Was Enacted And How It Should Benefit You Today
• Understanding Which Benefit Plans Are Subject To ERISA
• Understanding The Basics Of Your Short-term Disability And Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Why Should I Have To Work So Hard To Prove My Disability Is Related To Military Service?
• Why You Should Have An Agent Orange Registry Health Exam
• The Effects of Herbicides: Ongoing Studies Research the Effects Of Agent Orange
• Board erred in denying PGW Vet separate disability ratings
• The Board erred when it denied the Veteran an increased rating for carpal tunnel syndrome and headaches.
• Institute of Medicine studies VA’s Burn Pit Registry
• What Can I Do to Make the Veterans Disability Process Proceed More Smoothly in My Case?
• Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA): less productive this year than in past years?
• What Evidence Will the VA Require for My Disability Compensation Claim?
• Mood Disorders After Military Service: You May Qualify for Disability
• Ringing in the Ears? You May Qualify for Veterans Disability
• In denying service connection for a respiratory disorder, Board erred when it relied on an inadequate medical opinion
• Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms and How They Can Impact Your Ability to Work
• Cancer Symptoms and How They Can Impact Your Ability to Work
• Lyme Disease Symptoms and How They Can Impact Your Ability to Work
• Chronic Back Pain Symptoms and How They Can Impact Your Ability to Work
• Fibromyalgia Symptoms and How They Can Impact Your Ability to Work
• VA Disability Claims based on OIF & OEF Service: burn pit and other hazardous exposures
• The Board erred when it denied the Veteran Unemployability benefits
• Agent Orange Exposure in Vietnam
• Board’s denial of higher rating for PTSD failed to consider all evidence of record
• Caregiver Program: Veterans risk loss of care due to inability to appeal VHA decisions
• Operation Ranch Hand and Why It Is Still a Controversial Subject
• Herbicide exposure in Thailand: is service-connection possible?
• VA Medical Center in Washington D.C. under investigation
• VA Disability Compensation: an overview of the claims and appeals process
• Board failed to ensure adequate medical examination in Veteran’s claim for service connection for fatigue disability
• The VA Denied My Claim for an Increased Rating—What Now?
• VA Disability Ratings for Cancer and its Residuals
• Agent Orange Effects on Offspring of Veterans Exposed
• C&P exams: Compensation and Pension examinations and the role they play in your VA disability case
• Discharge Upgrades for Veterans with Mental Health Conditions
• Filing a “Fully Developed Claim” for Veterans Disability
• After Service: Seeking Help for Mental Health Issues
• Caregivers Update: VA suspends revocations of benefits for the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC)
• Military discharge status and what it means for your entitlement to VA benefits
• Was your TBI claim denied between 2007 and 2015? Don’t miss your chance to get reevaluated
• How to reopen a VA claim with new and material evidence
• Federal hiring freeze update: VA announces lifting of hiring restrictions
• Storage Areas for Agent Orange During and After the Vietnam War
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) claims incorrectly processed by Boston VA Regional Office, alleges the Boston Herald
• CCK Team members present at NOVA Spring Conference
• CCK successfully argues for a precedential decision about protected work environment
• What is Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Why Are So Many Veterans Affected?
• Beyond Vietnam: Other Military Areas Where Agent Orange was Used
• Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims has authority to certify class action, Federal Circuit rules
• Dependency and Indemnity Compensation: What Is It, and Do I Qualify?
• What does your VA disability rating mean?
• Decades of Hidden Hazards: The History of Camp Lejeune’s Water Contamination
• Board Fails to Provide Adequate Evidence for Denial of Disability Service Connection
• FAQ Fridays: Costs
• How to Check the Status of your VA Compensation Claim
• Examiner Must Address Theory of Service Connection
• Should I File My VA Compensation Claim Online?
• Court Orders Reinstatement of Veteran’s Rating after Board Decision
• Board erred in denial of increased rating for PTSD and in finding that TDIU was not raised by record
• CCK Secures Settlement for Veteran Exposed to Agent Orange in Puerto Rico
• CCK Successfully Appeals Rating for Service Connected PTSD
• New and Material Evidence: How To Use It To Your Advantage
• CCK argues Board erred in denying adapted housing benefits
• Board Does Not Fulfill its Duty to Assist in Herbicide Exposure Claim
• Special Monthly Compensation Explained
• FAQ Fridays: Documents
• How Long VA Appeals Process Can Take – Average Appeal Times for Disability Claims
• Board Must Consider Combined Effects of Disabilities on Employability
• CCK Successfully Appeals Board Decision to Deny Reopening Veteran’s Claim for Service Connection for Melanoma
• CCK Successfully Appeals Board Decision to Deny Increased Rating that Uses Inadequate Examination Report
• Troops Discharged for Misconduct Suffered From PTSD or TBI, Report Finds
• CCK Law Secures Earlier Effective Date for Veteran
• What is a Secondary Service-Connected Disability?
• Flexible part-time work may not be substantially gainful employment
• FAQ Friday: The Appeals Process & The CAVC
• Board Fails to Provide Adequate Examination and Discussion of Effects of Veteran’s Bilateral Hearing Loss
• Gastrointestinal Diseases and Disability Compensation
• VA intends to treat Agent Orange Thailand claims differently
• Cardiovascular Disorders and Long-term Disability Benefits
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and How it Impacts Your Ability to Work
• Skin Disorders and Long-term Disability Benefits
• Nehmer Claims: What You Need to Know
• Genitourinary Disorders and How They Impact Your Ability to Work
• CCK Appeals Board Denial for Service Connection for Hypertension Secondary to PTSD
• 4 Ways the Proposed VA Budget Would Affect Disabled Veterans
• CCK Argues Board Must Consider Combined Effect of Veteran’s Service-Connected Disabilities
• Can I Combine Multiple Disabilities Into One VA Claim?
• House passes overhaul of VA appeals process
• CCK Successfully Argues that Board Relies on Inadequate VA Examination to Deny Higher Ratings for Left Knee and Low Back Disability
• Board Did Not Consider Favorable Evidence, Relied on Inadequate Exam in PSTD and TDIU Denial
• VA Defends Budget Cuts to Benefits for Elderly Veterans
• Should I Appeal a Denied Claim or File a New VA Claim?
• Board Commits Error Denying Extraschedular Consideration for Peripheral Neuropathy
• Court finds Board failed to consider Anxiety Disorder symptoms
• 10 Most Common Disabilities for Veterans
• Board Fails to Address Lay Evidence Regarding Severity of Condition in Decision to Deny Veteran Increased Rating for Lumbar Spine Disability
• Secretary Shulkin’s “State of the VA” & Disabled Veterans
• What Evidence Do You Need to Support Your Claim for VA Benefits?
• Denial of low back disability relied on insufficient exam
• Trump Nominates 3 Judges for Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
• Deadline for Gulf War Veterans With Presumptive Conditions is Extended to 2021
• Error in denial of service connection for hypertension
• The Difference Between a VA Benefits Claim and an Appeal
• 5 Tips For Filing Your Notice of Disagreement
• The Veterans Choice Program & The Future of Community Care
• Knee Problems and Your VA Disability Claim
• IU Benefits Update: VA Secretary Willing to Find Alternative to Cuts
• Sciatica and Your VA Disability Claim
• FAQ Friday: When the Board remands your appeal, what happens?
• Why the Board of Veterans’ Appeals Remands a Case
• How VA Rates Arthritis
• Bell’s Palsy and Long-Term Disability Benefits
• VA official ignores Agent Orange facts, blames media “hype” for Thailand “problem”
• Epilepsy and Long-Term Disability Benefits
• Hypertension and Long-Term Disability Benefits
• Phlebitis and Long-Term Disability Benefits
• Tendonitis and Long-Term Disability Benefits
• Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor & Gorsuch find common ground
• Thoracic Outlet Compression and Long-Term Disability Benefits
• Medicaid cuts in Senate health care bill worry veterans
• FAQ Friday: VA Pension vs. VA Compensation
• Stroke and Your Claim for Disability Benefits
• How VA Rates Joint Problems
• How Does VA Rate Bronchitis for Disability Compensation Purposes?
• Rating Reductions: What VA Can and Cannot Do
• Digital Neuritis and Long-Term Disability Benefits
• Mechanical Back Syndrome and How It Impacts Your Ability to Work
• FAQ Friday: Permanent and Total (P&T) Disability
• Degenerative Disc Disease and How It Impacts Your Ability to Work
• Herniated Disc and How It Impacts Your Ability to Work
• Meniere’s Disease and How It Impacts Your Ability to Work
• Diabetes denial contained legal error by the Board
• Protected Work Environment for TDIU: What does it actually mean?
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome and How It Impacts Your Ability to Work
• De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis and How It Impacts Your Ability to Work
• Military Sexual Trauma (MST): How to get service connection
• FAQ Friday: Separation Pay & VA Disability Compensation
• VA denies over 80% of Gulf War Illness claims, report finds
• GOP may tie debt limit increase to Veterans’ Choice funding
• Denial of increased rating for PTSD ignored evidence of record
• Diabetes Denial missed key VA regulation
• Veterans to shop tax-free at online military exchanges
• CCK’s Kerry Baker advocates for burn pit veterans at Congressional briefing
• Board relied on insufficient exam in heart condition denial
• Ankle disability denial failed to consider difficulty with walking & standing
• VA Family Caregivers Program Resumes Revocations
• VA to decide on new Agent Orange presumptive diseases
• CCK Makes Donation to American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial
• TDIU Denial ignored important evidence
• Meet the 3 Recently Confirmed CAVC Judges
• What Happens When a VA Appeal is Remanded?
• BREAKING: VA appeals reform legislation awaits President’s signature
• Bursitis and Your Claim for VA Benefits
• Bilateral knee condition denial ignored possible connection to service
• Low back disability denial relied on inadequate exam
• Agent Orange Registry Health Exam: What To Expect
• What Were Burn Pits Used for During Wartime?
• FAQ Friday: Who is eligible for VA disability compensation?
• Headaches denial didn’t fully evaluate evidence
• Diabetic neuropathy denial used incorrect ratings
• Denial of increased rating for psychiatric disability contained error
• Inaccurate VA examinations used to deny increased rating for PTSD
• INFOGRAPHIC: The “Forever” G.I. Bill Explained
• Board Erred in Improperly Rejecting Veteran’s Lay Statements
• Board erred in denial of increased rating for headaches
• Board erred in denial of total disability rating [TDIU]
• Prostatitis denial contained legal error by the Board
• Traumatic Brain Injury residuals denial lacked adequate reasons or bases
• Board errs in denial of service connection for cause of death
• TDIU denial relied on insufficient and unexplained medical opinions
• FAQ Friday: When is my effective date?
• CCK successfully appeals denial of service connection based on herbicide exposure in Thailand
• Rep. Mike Coffman sends Congressional inquiry to VA Secretary about burn pits
• Court Finds Board Deviated from Manual Guidance in Denial related to Herbicide Exposure in Thailand
• Denial of extraschedular referral for bilateral hearing loss disability rested on provision of inadequate reasons or bases
• Denial of TDIU Failed to Consider Foot Scars
• “Other related factors” must be considered in extraschedular analysis
• Hyperkeratosis increased rating denial contained legal error
• Board denied TDIU, committed legal error
• Thrombosis denial contained legal error by the BVA
• Board erred in left leg disability denial while simultaneously remanding TDIU
• Hearing loss denial contained legal error by Board
• VA grants CCK’s Rulemaking Petition for Thailand claims
• Increased rating for PTSD denial contained legal error
• Denial of unemployability benefits contained legal error, Court finds
• FAQ Friday – What to do when you receive a VCAA Notice
• Board improperly denied unemployability benefits, CAVC finds
• Increased rating for PTSD denial premised on incorrect rating criteria
• The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) Explained
• Denial of service connection for hearing loss disability failed to consider delayed onset
• Peripheral neuropathy denial did not provide adequate explanation
• Board failed to consider Veteran’s vertigo, dizziness in denial of extraschedular consideration
• VA Healthcare Eligibility & Copays
• Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Claims
• FAQ Friday: SSDI and TDIU
• Board was wrong to conclude Unit Morning Reports would not be helpful in verifying Veteran’s stressor
• Court finds Board erred in denying Veteran’s CUE claim
• Court holds the Board must consider applicable VA Fast Letter
• VA Disability Ratings and How They Work
• Evidence of DNA damage found in veterans with Gulf War Illness
• Navy Deck Logs: How to use them to find evidence for your claim
• A new Veterans Home for Rhode Island
• RAMP: Should you participate in VA’s new Rapid Appeals Modernization Program?
• Burn Pit Claims
• Board erred when it denied a higher rating for depression
• Shulkin calls for systematic review of VA benefits system
• Board errs in denial that relied on VA examinations
• FAQ Friday: VA Disability Rating Reductions
• Board erred when it relied on Veteran’s employment to deny extraschedular rating for service-connected ankle disability
• Denial of TDIU rested on inadequate reasons or bases and ignored favorable evidence of PTSD symptoms
• Denial of increased rating for right knee disability contained legal error
• Board misinterpreted and misapplied the law in psychiatric disorder denial
• Meet Our Team: Kerry Baker
• 5 reasons the VA doctors’ guide to burn pits is totally inadequate
• Special Monthly Compensation Series: SMC(k)
• Bilateral Disabilities and VA Compensation
• TDIU: What you need to know
• Special Monthly Compensation Series: SMC(s)
• VA Appeal Deadlines
• CUE “Claims”: How to challenge a final decision
• Special Monthly Compensation Series: SMC(l & l1/2)
• How to submit a FOIA Request
• Multiple Sclerosis: Veterans with MS and VA Disability Benefits
• Social Security Disability (SSDI) vs. VA Disability Compensation
• Everything you need to know about the new Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP)
• FAQ Friday: How does the VA rate Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)?
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Agent Orange
• CRDP and CRSC: Concurrent Receipt Explained
• Board Provided Inadequate Statement of Reasons or Bases for Denying Service Connection for Left Knee Disability
• BVA denial of Right Hand Disability based on inadequate VA exam
• CCK presents oral argument at CAVC for veteran’s severe knee disability
• Board erred when it found the Veteran could perform sedentary work
• PTSD symptoms not fully analyzed by Board, Court finds
• Service Connection Denial for Hip Bursitis & other conditions Used Insufficient Medical Opinions
• BVA Denies Service Connection for Asthma based on Inadequate Medical Examination
• Pes planus denial based on misapplication of the law, Court finds
• FAQ Friday: Dependency and Indemnity (DIC) Benefits
• Court reverses Board’s denial of earlier effective date for herpes progenitalis
• BVA provided inadequate reasons as to how Veteran’s conditions were contemplated by IBS rating
• CAVC reverses BVA’s denial of specially adapted housing benefit
• Published: Robert Chisholm’s article about hazardous military exposures affecting Vietnam-era, OIF and OEF veterans
• Board Erred When it Failed to Compare Veteran’s Asthma Symptoms to Rating Schedule
• Board erred when it ignored the Veteran’s competent lay statement
• BVA denies Veteran major depressive disorder based on inadequate medical rationale
• Board applies wrong standard for SMC based on loss of use
• BVA denial of increased rating for costochondritis and TDIU relied on inadequate reasons or bases
• BVA denial of an increased rating for rhinitis relied on inadequate reasons or bases
• BVA Denial of service connection for prostate cancer relied on insufficient efforts to verify herbicide exposure
• What to Know About Compensation and Pension (C&P) Examinations
• Denials of service connection for bilateral hip arthritis, bilateral knee arthritis relied on inadequate reasons or bases
• Board erred in denying a compensable rating for hemorrhoid condition
• How to Win Your VA Claim
• New VA treatment records could provide nexus opinion, reopen Veteran’s claim
• Board erred when it denied total disability based on individual unemployability
• BVA erroneously denies extraschedular consideration of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus
• BVA overlooked impaired impulse control in denial of PTSD claim
• BVA errs in denying earlier effective date for TDIU, extraschedular referral for adjustment disorder
• Temporary and Total VA Disability
• Denial of TDIU for neck disability and other conditions relied on inadequate reasoning
• Board erred in relying on an inadequate medical opinion to deny service connection for sarcoidosis
• BVA ignores competent statements, errs in denying a higher rating for migraine headaches, bilateral ankle disability
• BVA used inadequate VA exam to deny higher rating for cervical spine disability
• BVA failed to comply with remand order, wrongly denied service connection for bilateral knee disabilities
• BVA relied on an inadequate VA exam to determine the Veteran capable of sedentary employment
• Ruling on Burn Pits Could Impact Veterans
• FAQ Friday: Aid and Attendance Benefits (A&A)
• BVA fails to consider TDIU despite being raised in an increased rating claim for Veteran’s lower back condition
• Denial of increased rating for bipolar disorder lacked adequate reasons or bases
• 10 Important VA Forms
• BVA erred in its denial of Veteran’s increased rating claim for headache condition
• How Does the VA Rate Migraine Headaches?
• BVA erroneously determines Veteran is capable of sedentary duties, denies TDIU
• When Do VA Ratings Become Permanent?
• CCK Live: Revisiting the Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP)
• Board prematurely denied entitlement to extraschedular referral for the Veteran’s bilateral hearing disability
• Board relied on inadequate examinations in denying service-connection for thoracolumbar degenerative disc disease
• Senator Sheldon Whitehouse visits CCK
• Fibromyalgia and VA Disability Compensation
• Board denies a higher rating for upper extremity condition, fails to provide reasons for choice of diagnostic code
• BVA errs in denial of service connection for a bilateral knee condition
• How Does the VA Rate Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
• Board erroneously focused on Veteran’s non-service-connected disabilities in TDIU denial
• BVA errs in denial of higher rating for PTSD, earlier effective date for TDIU
• CCK Live: Legislative Proposals in 2019 VA Budget
• Can I Still Work If I Receive VA Disability?
• Board erred in denial of service connection for Veteran’s peripheral vascular disease
• Board erred when it denied extraschedular referral for Veteran’s shoulder condition
• VA Cost-Of-Living Adjustment (COLA) and 2018 Compensation Rates
• Denial of individual unemployability relied on inadequate reasons or bases
• BVA wrongly denies service connection for pseudogout due to reliance on inadequate VA medical exam
• Permanent and Total Disability Ratings
• Board wrongly denies Veteran service connection for hip condition
• BVA wrongly denies Veteran service connection for leg paralysis pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151
• FAQ Friday: Nehmer Claims
• What Is a GAF Score and How Does it Affect My VA Disability?
• BVA relied on insufficient exam, wrongly denies claim for Diabetes and Hypertension
• BVA errs in denial, Court finds VA examiner failed to opine on aggravation
• What Is the Veterans Benefits Administration?
• Board wrongly denied referral for extraschedular TDIU, higher rating for sensorineural hearing loss
• BVA wrongly denied service connection for high blood pressure, definitive proof not required in VA benefits cases
• What Is Constrictive Bronchiolitis?
• CCK Appealed Board Denial of Low Back Claim Based on Inadequate Consideration of Functional Loss
• VA Vocational Rehabilitation
• How Does the VA Rate Bladder Cancer?
• BVA relied on unsubstantiated medical opinion to wrongly deny increased rating for epiphysitis of the lumbar spine
• BVA errs in denying service connection for pancreatic cancer as due to herbicide exposure
• CCK’s Scott Kilpatrick and Mason Waring Participate in Rhode Island Litigation Academy
• Prostate Cancer and VA Disability Compensation
• How Does VA Rate Sleep Apnea?
• How to Watch us on Facebook LIVE
• Board erred when it denied service connection for sleep apnea and increased rating for gastroparesis
• Inspector General Report Shows Widespread Problems at DC VAMC
• Type 2 Diabetes and VA Disability Compensation
• Turmoil at VA Surrounds Secretary Shulkin
• What Are Staged Ratings?
• Clear and Unmistakable Errors (CUEs)
• Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for Diabetes as Due to Agent Orange Exposure
• How Does VA Disability Back Pay Work?
• The Board erred when it denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability
• Burn Pit-Related Medical Conditions
• TDIU Claims: The Complete Picture
• Denial of increased rating for Veteran’s foot disability was premature
• Denial of service connection for cause of death resulted from failure to consider exposure to herbicides
• What Should I Do If My Military Service Records Were Destroyed?
• Denial of service connection resulted from reliance on inadequate medical opinion
• What are Military Burn Pits?
• Board failed to provide adequate reasons and bases for extraschedular denial
• What is the Choice Act?
• Denial of individual unemployability relied on Board’s conjecture instead of evidence
• What Is a Board Remand?
• Board erred in denial for a higher rating for PTSD, remanded entitlement to TDIU
• Board of Veterans’ Appeals Decisions: Grants, Remands, and Denials
• Board Lane will open to RAMP participants in October
• CCK Partners, Staff Present at 2018 Veteran Advocate Conference
• Denial of sinusitis disability lacked adequate reasons or bases
• Is TDIU Permanent?
• Anna Durham wins the Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick Child of a Disabled Veteran Scholarship
• Board erred in relying on inadequate medical opinion for shoulder disability
• Shulkin Testifies Before Senate Committee on VA 2019 Budget
• VA’s Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP) Open to All Veterans on April 1, 2018
• Board erred in denying examination for left knee disability
• Board denial of TDIU relied on inadequate reasons or bases
• President Fires VA Secretary Shulkin, Nominates Ronny Jackson to Lead VA
• What is the Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) Program?
• Benefits for Family Members of Veterans Stationed at Camp Lejeune
• What Is EAJA?
• The VA Appeals Backlog is Still Growing: Here’s Why
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Claims at the VA
• Denial of increased ratings rested on inadequate VA examination, improper treatment of lay evidence
• CCK Sponsors Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall
• CCK Live: Effective Dates
• Exposure to Agent Blue at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
• Did C-123 Aircraft Spray Agent Orange During the Vietnam War?
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and VA Disability Compensation
• Board denial of service connection for GERD, right knee failed to address VA examination
• Robert Chisholm Interviews Military Exposures Expert Dr. Victoria Cassano
• Federal Circuit Court Rules Veterans Can Get Disability Benefits for Pain
• Board failed to determine if Veteran entitled to combat presumption for tinnitus, hearing loss
• Denial of separate ratings for knee disabilities, instability was improper
• What Is VA Survivors Pension?
• Board failed to provide Veteran with adequate hearing
• Military Toxic Exposure: Burn Pits
• What Is a VA Claims File?
• What is a Prisoner of War (POW)?
• Court reverses Board’s finding that the Veteran did not perfect his appeal
• What VA Benefits Are Available to Former Prisoners of War (POWs)?
• CCK Argues Against Board Denial for Increased Rating for PTSD
• VA Dependents: Who Qualifies, How to Add Them, and Benefits Available
• What Are the Requirements for TDIU?
• Was I Exposed to Agent Orange While Working on C-123 Aircraft?
• Hearings with the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
• What Is VA Apportionment?
• What Is the VA’s Burn Pit Registry?
• What Happens After a CAVC Remand?
• Can I Receive VA Disability Benefits for Pain? A Second Look at Saunders v. Wilkie
• What Is Deployment-Related Lung Disease?
• Finality of VA Decisions: Legacy Appeals System vs. Appeals Reform
• Board Failed To Adjudicate Entitlement To Extraschedular Referral For Headaches
• Board Failed to Consider Exceptional Symptoms for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
• What Happens When VA Proposes to Reduce My Disability Rating?
• CCK LIVE: Orthopedic Ratings and VA Disability
• Denial of initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD was erroneous
• Court rules veteran may be entitled to presumptive services connection due to herbicide exposure
• How Are Gulf War Illness and Burn Pit Claims Different?
• Specially Adapted Housing and Automobile Special Adaptive Equipment
• What Is a VA Overpayment?
• Board Failed to Fully Account for Veteran’s Work History in TDIU Denial
• Meet Our Team: Brad Hennings
• Pyramiding: How to avoid stacking your VA ratings
• The VA’s Duty to Assist
• Congress to Vote on Blue Water Veterans, Agent Orange Benefits
• CCK LIVE: Special Monthly Compensation (SMC)
• Top Reasons VA Denies Claims
• VA Disability Ratings for Asthma
• 3 Common Back Conditions Veterans Experience
• The Future of Blue Water Navy Veterans: Oral Argument in Procopio v. Wilkie
• Providing a “Nexus” For Your VA Disability Claim
• Understanding VA Claims for “Undiagnosed Illnesses”
• CCK LIVE: VA Mail Fail – Why VA Fails to Send Decisions to Veterans and Advocates
• Understanding Medically Unexplained Chronic Multisymptom Illnesses (MUCMI)
• VA Disability Ratings for COPD
• CCK LIVE: Blue Water Navy Veterans
• Blue Water Navy Update: Federal Circuit Order in Procopio v. Wilkie
• Meet Our Team: CCK Partner Mason Waring
• Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP) UPDATE: More Veterans Opting In
• VA Benefits Immediately After Military Discharge
• CCK LIVE: Effective Communication and Long-Term Disability Claims
• Published: Robert Chisholm’s Article on VA’s Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP)
• Board of Veterans’ Appeals Releases New Template for Decisions
• VA Disability Benefits for GERD
• CCK succeeds at Court representing Veteran’s widow appealing for service connection for Cause of Death
• Schedular vs. Extraschedular VA Disability Rating
• Will My Car Accident Case Go to Court?
• Healthcare and Caregiver Benefits for Veterans to be expanded under VA MISSION ACT
• Board Errs In Denying Service Connection for Hiatal Hernia Secondary to Duodenal Ulcer Disability
• Do I Need a Lawyer If I Got Catastrophic Injuries In a Car Accident?
• CCK LIVE: All About VA Claim Evidence
• Rhode Island Speeding Law Violations
• 5 Most Common Car Accident Injuries
• RAMP Decisions: What They Include and What To Expect
• Seat Belt Laws and Personal Injury Claims in Rhode Island
• How Is Car Accident Fault Determined in Rhode Island?
• Providence’s Mayor Jorge Elorza Visits CCK
• Lawmakers and Families Meet At First “Potential Effects of Burn Pit Exposure Among Veterans” Congressional Hearing
• Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick LTD Named One of Rhode Island’s Best Places to Work 2018 By Providence Business News
• CCK Partner Robert Chisholm Participates as Judge in Moot Court Competition
• Car Accidents and Rhode Island Cell Phone Laws
• Motorcycle Helmet Laws in Rhode Island
• What Are the Rhode Island Car Seat Laws?
• What to do if You Are in a Car Accident in Rhode Island
• Worst Times to Drive in Rhode Island
• CCK LIVE: Recent Federal Circuit Rulings and Their Impact on Veterans
• Board Commits Legal Error in Denying Service Connection for Psychiatric Condition
• National Academy of Sciences Finds Gaps in Army’s Study of Long-Term Health Effects on Test Subjects
• After the Car Accident: What to do
• Noncompensable VA Ratings – What They Are
• Obesity and VA Disability Compensation
• What A VA Incompetency Proposal Means – And How to Fight It
• Analogous Ratings – What They Are
• How to Expedite VA Disability Claims
• IRS Owes Veterans Refunds for Overpayments from Disability Severance Pay
• Plantar Fasciitis and VA Compensation
• Burial Benefits for Veterans and Eligibility
• Women Veterans Healthcare at VA
• VA Dental Benefits for Veterans
• Scars and VA Disability Compensation
• VA Benefits for Agent Orange – What Veterans Can Receive When It Comes to Exposure
• VA OIG: VA Gave Thousands of Unnecessary Exams to Disabled Veterans
• Agent Orange in Thailand
• VA Released Report on National Suicide Data
• CCK’s Kerry Baker Featured on PBS News Hour
• VA Benefits for Combat Veterans
• CCK’s Brad Hennings Interviews Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
• CCK LIVE: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Claims
• 7 Key Takeaways from the House Committee on Veterans Affairs Hearing on Current Status of Appeals Reform Implementation
• VA Disability for Thyroid Conditions
• CCK Recognized for Donations to American Veterans Disabled For Life Memorial
• VA Benefits for National Guard and Reserve Members
• The Basics of eBenefits
• VA Home Loans and How to Qualify
• When and If VA Can Stop a Veteran’s Benefits
• Radiculopathy and VA Disability Benefits
• Peripheral Neuropathy and VA Disability Benefits
• CCK LIVE: The “Non-Adversarial” Nature of the VA Claims Process
• Veterans Affairs Facilities and Their Functions
• Pedestrian Fatalities on the Rise
• Common Secondary Service-Connected Conditions among Veterans
• VA Resources for Homeless Veterans
• CCK Successfully Substituted Sister-in-Law into Case Before Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
• VA Benefits for Elderly Veterans
• 1151 Claims – What They Are and How to File
• Radiation Exposure and VA Disability Compensation
• Substance Use Disorder Among Veterans
• CCK LIVE: Gulf War Illness and VA Disability
• What is a “Veteran” for VA Benefit Purposes?
• Blue Water Navy Update: Federal Circuit to Go En Banc, Orders New Briefs and Oral Argument in Procopio
• The Southwest Asia Theater of Operations and Benefits for These Veterans
• CCK LIVE: The History of Agent Orange
• What Veterans Should Know about VA’s Proposed Appeals Reform Regulations
• VA Mishandled Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Claims, VA OIG Reports
• Superfund Sites and How They Impact Veterans
• Persian Gulf War Veterans and Benefits Available
• Substitution and VA Benefits: How to Substitute and Who Qualifies
• VA’s Standard of Proof: “At Least as Likely as Not”
• VA’s Benefit of the Doubt Doctrine
• Presumption and VA Claims – What They Are
• VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities
• How to Use VA’s Combined Ratings Table for VA Disability
• CCK Wins for Veteran after VA Files for Reconsideration
• Military Retirement – What It Means for Veterans
• Board Erred in Denying Gulf War Vet Service Connection for Insomnia Disorder Based on Pyramiding
• Intervertebral Disc Syndrome (IVDS) and VA Disability
• Tips for Completing Your Long-Term Disability Claim and Update Forms
• Board Failed to Explain Treatment of Conflicting Evidence in PTSD Denial
• VA Disability – What Qualifies as a Disability for VA Benefits
• CCK Successfully Argues that Board Erred in Denial of Service Connection for Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• The Presumption of Soundness
• CCK LIVE: Claims at the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
• The Structure and Function of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
• CCK LIVE: Evidence for Your VA Individual Unemployability Claim
• VA Disability for Pes Planus (Flat Feet)
• Veterans of the Global War on Terror and Benefits Available
• Unites States Code (USC) vs. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
• Military Separation Pay vs. Severance Pay
• VA Inspector General Finds VA Disability Claim Backlog Larger than Officials Reported
• CCK Argues that Board Denied Sleep Apnea Based on Inadequate Exam
• Special Monthly Compensation Series: SMC (t)
• The “Forever” GI Bill Explained
• Decision Issued on Herbicide Exposure at Fort Drum
• Report Outlines Health Effects of Harmful Substances Used on Military Bases
• Board Erred in Determination of No New and Material Evidence for Inguinal Hernia Claim
• PARURESIS DENIAL CONTAINED LEGAL ERROR BY THE BOARD
• Long-Term Disability Policies: Definition of Disability
• 10 Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Cases All Veterans Should Know: Part 1
• The Agent Orange Act of 1991
• TDIU Denial Contained Legal Error by the Board
• “Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Act” Signed Into Law
• 5 Veteran-Friendly States
• VA Clothing Allowance Benefit for Veterans
• 2018-2019 VA Disability Pay Charts
• VA Reimbursement for Emergency Medical Care
• Flare-Ups: How They Impact Orthopedic Ratings
• 30% PTSD Rating
• 50% PTSD Rating
• Agent Orange Storage and Testing Outside of Vietnam
• TDIU Cases & Sedentary Work: CCK Wins Precedential Case
• Asthma Denial Contained Legal Error by the Board, Court Finds
• Board Erred in Relying on Inadequate Exam for Gout
• Precedential Decision: Increased Rating on an Extraschedular Basis
• RAMP and Appeals Reform Updates
• 10% Disability Rating for PTSD
• 70% Disability Rating for PTSD
• Fort McClellan Exposures
• How to Get a 100% Disability Rating for PTSD
• VA Disability Ratings for Shrapnel Wounds
• 10 CAVC Cases All Veterans Should Know: Part 2
• Statement in Support of Claim for VA Benefits
• VA Math and Disability Ratings
• The Do’s and Don’ts of C&P Examinations
• Anthrax Vaccine Causes Controversy
• Service Dogs for Veterans
• What is a VA Accredited Attorney or Representative?
• Agent Orange Case Gray v. Wilkie Certified to Supreme Court
• VA Disability Ratings for Sleep Disturbances
• CCK argues that Board overlooked evidence in denial of multiple Persian Gulf War issues
• Denial of Service Connection for Hypertension Secondary to Agent Orange Exposure Contained Legal Error
• Mishraq State Sulfur Mine Fires in Iraq
• Khamisiyah, Iraq: Chemical Storage Demolition
• Board Lacks Adequate Reasons and Bases in Denying SMC A&A Based on PTSD Alone
• Bladder Cancer & Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy due to Agent Orange Exposure Denial Contained Error
• 8 Tips for your VA Disability Claim or Appeal
• Oil Well Fires in Kuwait
• Agent Orange Testing and Storage Locations: U.S. Government Accountability Office Releases Report
• “Gulf War and Health: Depleted Uranium, Pyridostigmine Bromide, Sarin, and Vaccines” (2009)
• VA Benefits for Surviving Spouses, Children, and Parents
• The 3 Essential Elements of Service Connection
• VA Contracted C&P Exams Not Meeting Quality, Timeliness Standards: GAO
• VA Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) and 2019 Compensation Rates
• VA Award Letter: What are they and what do they mean?
• “Sufficient” Evidence Linking Hypertension to Agent Orange Exposure: Report
• VA Rating Decision: How to understand what VA is saying
• VA Statement of the Case: How to understand what VA is saying
• Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for Ischemic Heart Disease Due to Agent Orange Exposure in Korea
• Board Erred in Denying an Initial Increased Rating for Peripheral Neuropathy of the Bilateral Lower Extremities
• CCK Wins Precedential Decision: Increased Rating for Right Knee Condition
• CCK Wins Oral Argument After Board Denies Increased Rating for Diabetes on Extraschedular Basis
• Appeals to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
• VA Releases November 2018 Report on its Comprehensive Plan for Appeals Reform
• Precedential Decision: Separate Evaluation for Left Knee Disability
• Board Erred in Denying Referral for Extraschedular Consideration, CCK Argues at Court
• Precedential Decision: Protected Work Environment, CCK Delivers Oral Argument at CAVC
• “Gulf War and Health: Generational Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War” (2018)
• TDIU Cases & Sedentary Work: CCK Wins Precedential Case
• Skin Cancer Denial Contained Legal Error
• Board Fails to Provide 90 Days After Court’s Decision, CCK Presents Oral Argument
• Board Erred in Denying Widow Service Connection for Veteran’s Cause of Death
• New VA Appeals Process
• Filing a Claim for VA Disability Benefits Under Appeals Reform
• Veterans (VA) Appeals Reform: Supplemental Claims
• Supreme Court to hear veteran’s case challenging VA’s power to interpret its own rules
• Veterans (VA) Appeals Reform: Higher-Level Review
• What to Do When You Get a Board Decision Under Appeals Reform
• VA Disability Benefits Appeals Reform: the New Claim Stream
• How to Use Lay Evidence for VA Disability Claims
• Decoding Decisions from the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
• Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for Orthopedic Conditions as Secondary to PTSD
• Is VA Ready for Full Implementation of Appeals Reform?
• December 2018 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Update
• Evidence Submission at the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
• Hearings at the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
• Direct Review at the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
• CCK’s Oral Argument Leads to Precedential Decision for Gulf War Veterans
• Board Erred in Denying Service Connection for TBI Residuals and Psychiatric Condition
• CCK Successfully Argues for Reversal of the Board’s Presumption of Soundness Determination
• Court Agrees with CCK: Board Denial of Increased Rating for Bipolar Disorder and TDIU Contained Legal Error
• CCK Wins Precedential Decision Regarding PTSD and TDIU
• Switching Lanes Under Appeals Reform
• Opting into Appeals Reform from the Legacy Appeals System
• Appeals Reform Notice of Disagreement vs. Legacy Appeals System Notice of Disagreement
• Can You Have VA Disability Appeals in Both the Legacy and Appeals Reform Systems?
• Decoding the Notice of Appellate Rights for RAMP Board Decisions
• CCK Delivers Oral Argument at Federal Circuit Regarding Herbicide Exposure in Thailand
• Board Erred in Determining Veteran Lacks New and Material Evidence to Re-Open Vertigo Claim
• Board Provided Inadequate Reasons and Bases when Denying TDIU on an Extraschedular Basis
• Board Denial of Increased Rating for Headaches Contained Legal Error
• The Backlog of VA Claims and Appeals 2018 Update
• Appealing a Board Denial to the CAVC Under Appeals Reform
• VA Appeals Reform Deadlines
• Appeals Reform: How Implementation Will Affect Pending Claims and Appeals
• VA Seeks Contractor Support in Developing IT Software for Appeals Reform
• CCK Partner Zachary Stolz Delivers En Banc Oral Argument in Case Regarding Extraschedular Referral
• Top 3 VA Benefits Issues for 2019
• How VA Rates Mental Health Conditions
• Board Erred in Denying Secondary Service Connection for Orthopedic Conditions, Court Finds
• Board Erred in Denying SMC Based on Need for Aid and Attendance
• Why Reform the Appeals System
• VA Secretary Robert Wilkie Speaks on the State of VA at Community Town Hall
• Appeals Reform: Board of Veterans’ Appeals Board 2.0 – Every Decision Matters
• Appeals Reform: An Adjudicator’s Role in Processing Appeals Under the New System
• CCK Live: Court Wins – Agent Orange & Gulf War Illness
• Remands from the Board of Veterans’ Appeals Under Appeals Reform
• Multiple Myeloma and Agent Orange Benefits
• Chronic B-Cell Leukemia and Agent Orange Benefits
• Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Agent Orange Benefits
• Chloracne and Agent Orange Benefits
• Agent Orange Benefits for Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
• Agent Orange Exposure and Respiratory Cancers
• AL Amyloidosis and Agent Orange Benefits
• The Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP): In Review
• CCK Partners with Harvard Law School in a Class Action Case at the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
• Dr. Paul Lawrence Hosts Veterans Benefits Administration Progress & Results Webcast
• Full Implementation of Appeals Reform: VA Publishes Updates to Adjudications Manual