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- “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 denial of higher rating for PTSD failed to consider all evidence of record
- Board’s Double Denial of Veteran’s Heart Condition Claims Contained Legal Error
- BVA relied on insufficient exam, wrongly denies claim for Diabetes and Hypertension
- 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 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 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 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 Court win will help many veterans obtain more compensation
- CCK Helps Marine Corps Veteran Appeal Denial of Service Connection for Knee Disabilities
- CCK Helps Vietnam Veteran Win TDIU for Bilateral Hearing Loss
- 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 Remand for Surviving Spouse of Thailand Veteran
- CCK Secures Service Connection for Retinitis Pigmentosa in CUE Claim Dating Back to 1981
- CCK Secures Settlement for Veteran Exposed to Agent Orange in Puerto Rico
- 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 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 Case on Behalf of Army Veteran in Court Reconsideration
- 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 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 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Vietnam Veteran Denied Service Connection Based on Herbicide Exposure
- Vietnam Veteran Wrongly Denied Service Connection in Herbicide Exposure Case
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- 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 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 Secondary Service Connection
- How to File a VA Supplemental Claim
- 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 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 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 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
- 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)
- 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 Ian Hutter, 2019 Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick Law School Scholarship for Veterans Recipient
- Meet the 3 Recently Confirmed CAVC Judges
- Meniere’s Disease VA Disability Ratings
- 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 Claims
- Military Sexual Trauma (MST): How to get service connection
- Mishraq State Sulfur Mine Fires in Iraq
- Mood Disorders and VA Disability Benefits
- 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
- 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
- Operation Ranch Hand and Why It Is Still a Controversial Subject
- Opting into Appeals Reform from the Legacy Appeals System
- Orthopedic Ratings and VA Disability
- Peripheral Neuropathy and VA Disability Benefits
- Permanent and Total Disability Ratings
- Permanent and Total VA Disability Ratings for PTSD
- Persian Gulf War Veterans and Benefits Available
- Plantar Fasciitis and VA Compensation
- Post-9/11 Veterans Report Higher Disability Ratings Than Prior Generations
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Women Veterans
- 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
- Psoriasis VA Disability Ratings and Benefits Explained
- 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)
- Ringing in the Ears? You May Qualify for Veterans Disability
- 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
- Secondary Conditions to Flat Feet (Pes Planus) for VA Disability
- 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
- TDIU Claims: The Complete Picture
- TDIU: What you need to know
- Temporary and Total VA Disability
- 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 Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) Explained
- 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 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 5 Issues for Veterans Affairs (VA) in 2020
- Top 5 VA Errors on Veterans’ Disability Decisions
- Top 7 Reasons Why VA Denies Claims
- 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
- Understanding Medically Unexplained Chronic Multisymptom Illnesses (MUCMI)
- Understanding The 2019 VA Disability Payment Schedule
- Understanding VA Claims for “Undiagnosed Illnesses”
- Understanding Your VA Disability Compensation Award Letter
- Unites States Code (USC) vs. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
- 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 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 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 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 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 Bronchitis
- VA Disability Benefits for Bulging Disc
- VA Disability Benefits for Carpal Tunnel
- 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 Gout
- VA Disability Benefits for Gynecological Conditions
- VA Disability Benefits for Hepatitis C
- VA Disability Benefits for Hernia
- VA Disability Benefits for Hysterectomy
- VA Disability Benefits for Knee Pain
- VA Disability Benefits for Male Infertility
- VA Disability Benefits for Panic Disorder
- 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 Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- 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 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 Chronic Lymphocytic Lymphoma: Burn Pit Exposure
- VA Disability for Cold Weather Injury and Residuals
- VA Disability for Conditions Secondary to Migraines
- VA Disability for Ear Conditions
- VA Disability for Essential Tremor
- VA Disability for Female Infertility
- VA Disability for Hashimoto’s Disease: Burn Pit Exposure
- 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 Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJ)
- VA Disability Payment Schedule for 2019
- VA Disability Payment Schedule for 2021
- 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: 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 Basal Cell Carcinoma
- VA Disability Ratings for Bipolar Disorder
- 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 Eating Disorders
- 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 Reactive Airway Disease
- VA Disability Ratings for Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)
- VA Disability Ratings for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- 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 Fiduciary Process and How It Works
- VA General Rating Formula for Mental Health Disorders Explained
- VA grants CCK’s Rulemaking Petition for Thailand claims
- VA Healthcare Eligibility, Priority Groups, & Copays
- VA Home Loans and How to Qualify
- 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 Change To Aid Veterans Exposed To Agent Orange
- VA Proposes Regulations to Limit Attorney Access to the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS)
- VA Publishes Final Regulation To Aid Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
- 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 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 GERD and VA Ratings
- 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 To Establish Presumptive Service Connection For Camp Lejeune Veterans (1953-1987)
- VA Unemployability (TDIU) During COVID-19
- 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
- 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’ Caregivers May Appeal for VA Financial Aid
- Was Agent Orange Used on Okinawa?
- Was I Exposed to Agent Orange While Working on C-123 Aircraft?
- 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 VA Accrued Benefits and How to Apply?
- What Are VA Disability Benefits Questionnaires (DBQs) for C&P Exams?
- 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 Constrictive Bronchiolitis?
- 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 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 is Eligible for Blue Water Navy Agent Orange Benefits?
- Why DoD Still Uses Military Burn Pits in 2019
- Why Reform the Appeals System
- Why Should I Have To Work So Hard To Prove My Disability Is Related To Military Service?
- Why the Blue Water Navy Court Win Matters
- Why the Board of Veterans’ Appeals Remands a Case
- Why Veterans May Develop PTSD Symptoms Later in Life
- Will VA Doctors Write Nexus Letters?
