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- 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 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 Team members present at NOVA Spring Conference
- CCK’s Kerry Baker advocates for burn pit veterans at Congressional briefing
- CCK’s Brad Hennings Interviews Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- CCK’s Kerry Baker Featured on PBS News Hour
- CCK’s Scott Kilpatrick and Mason Waring Participate in Rhode Island Litigation Academy
- 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
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- 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
- 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)
- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse visits CCK
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 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 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 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 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 Settles Specially Adapted Housing Case For Army Veteran
- 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 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 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 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 Relies on Saunders to Remand the Board Decision Denying Service Connection for Veteran’s Back Condition
- 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
- 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
ERISA Law
- Bell’s Palsy and Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Cancer Symptoms and How They Can Impact Your Ability to Work
- Cardiovascular Disorders and Long-term Disability Benefits
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and How it Impacts Your Ability to Work
- CCK LIVE: Effective Communication and Long-Term Disability Claims
- Chronic Back Pain Symptoms and How They Can Impact Your Ability to Work
- De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis and How It Impacts Your Ability to Work
- Degenerative Disc Disease and How It Impacts Your Ability to Work
- Digital Neuritis and Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Epilepsy and Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Fibromyalgia Symptoms and How They Can Impact Your Ability to Work
- Genitourinary Disorders and How They Impact Your Ability to Work
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome and How It Impacts Your Ability to Work
- Herniated Disc and How It Impacts Your Ability to Work
- Hypertension and Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Long-Term Disability Policies: Definition of Disability
- Lyme Disease Symptoms and How They Can Impact Your Ability to Work
- Mechanical Back Syndrome and How It Impacts Your Ability to Work
- Meniere’s Disease and How It Impacts Your Ability to Work
- Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms and How They Can Impact Your Ability to Work
- Phlebitis and Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Skin Disorders and Long-term Disability Benefits
- Tendonitis and Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Thoracic Outlet Compression and Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Tips for Completing Your Long-Term Disability Claim and Update Forms
- Understanding The Basics Of Your Short-term Disability And Long-Term Disability Coverage
- Understanding Which Benefit Plans Are Subject To ERISA
- Why ERISA Was Enacted And How It Should Benefit You Today
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
- What Are the Rhode Island Car Seat Laws?
- What To Do If You Are in a Car Accident in Rhode Island
- Will My Car Accident Case Go to Court?
- Worst Times to Drive in Rhode Island
VA News
- “Blue Water” Navy Vietnam Veterans Act Signed Into Law
- “Sufficient” Evidence Linking Hypertension to Agent Orange Exposure: Report
- 4 Ways the Proposed VA Budget Would Affect Disabled Veterans
- 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
- Deadline for Gulf War Veterans With Presumptive Conditions is Extended to 2021
- December 2018 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Update
- GOP may tie debt limit increase to Veterans’ Choice funding
- Healthcare and Caregiver Benefits for Veterans to be expanded under VA MISSION ACT
- House passes overhaul of VA appeals process
- 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?
- IU Benefits Update: VA Secretary Willing to Find Alternative to Cuts
- Kisor v. Wilkie Supreme Court Update
- Lawmakers and Families Meet At First “Potential Effects of Burn Pit Exposure Among Veterans” Congressional Hearing
- Medicaid cuts in Senate health care bill worry veterans
- President Fires VA Secretary Shulkin, Nominates Ronny Jackson to Lead VA
- Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP) UPDATE: More Veterans Opting In
- Secretary Shulkin’s “State of the VA” & Disabled Veterans
- Shulkin calls for systematic review of VA benefits system
- Shulkin Testifies Before Senate Committee on VA 2019 Budget
- Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor & Gorsuch Find Common Ground
- 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
- The Veterans Choice Program & The Future of Community Care
- Top 3 VA Benefits Issues for 2019
- Troops Discharged for Misconduct Suffered From PTSD or TBI, Report Finds
- Trump Nominates 3 Judges for Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- Turmoil at VA Surrounds Secretary Shulkin
- VA Contracted C&P Exams Not Meeting Quality, Timeliness Standards: GAO
- VA Defends Budget Cuts to Benefits for Elderly Veterans
- VA denies over 80% of Gulf War Illness claims, report finds
- VA Family Caregivers Program Resumes Revocations
- VA Inspector General Finds VA Disability Claim Backlog Larger than Officials Reported
- VA intends to treat Agent Orange Thailand claims differently
- 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 to decide on new Agent Orange presumptive diseases
- 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
- 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 Important VA Forms
- 10 Most Common Disabilities for Veterans
- 10% Disability Rating for PTSD
- 100 Percent VA Disability and Working
- 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
- 3 Common Back Conditions Veterans Experience
- 30% PTSD Rating
- 5 reasons the VA doctors’ guide to burn pits is totally inadequate
- 5 Tips For Filing Your Notice of Disagreement
- 5 Veteran-Friendly States
- 50% PTSD Rating
- 50% VA Disability Rating for Migraine Headaches
- 7 Myths About TDIU
- 7 Things Every Veteran Should Know About Agent Orange
- 70% Disability Rating for PTSD
- 8 Tips for your VA Disability Claim or Appeal
- 9 Myths About the VA Appeals Modernization Act
- A new Veterans Home for Rhode Island
- After Service: Seeking Help for Mental Health Issues
- Agent Orange and Hypothyroidism
- Agent Orange and Parkinson’s-Like Symptoms
- Agent Orange Benefits for Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
- Agent Orange Case Gray v. Wilkie Certified to Supreme Court
- Agent Orange Effects on Offspring of Veterans Exposed
- 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 Korea
- Agent Orange Locations: Panama and Kelly Air Force Base
- Agent Orange Presumptives: Locations, Conditions, and Periods of Service
- Agent Orange Registry Health Exam: What To Expect
- Agent Orange Storage and Testing in Guam
- Agent Orange Testing and Storage Locations: U.S. Government Accountability Office Releases Report
- Agent Orange VA Claim Denials
- AL Amyloidosis and Agent Orange Benefits
- 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 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
- Are Vietnam Blue Water Navy Veterans Entitled to Agent Orange Benefits?
- Benefits for Family Members of Veterans Stationed at Camp Lejeune
- Beyond Vietnam: Other Military Areas Where Agent Orange was Used
- Bilateral Disabilities and VA Compensation
- 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 (BVA): less productive this year than in past years?
- Board of Veterans’ Appeals Decisions: Grants, Remands, and Denials
- BREAKING: VA appeals reform legislation awaits President’s signature
- Burial Benefits for Veterans and Eligibility
- Burn Pit Claims
- Burn Pit-Related Medical Conditions
- 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: Compensation and Pension examinations and the role they play in your VA disability case
- Can I Combine Multiple Disabilities Into One VA Claim?
- 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 You Have VA Disability Appeals in Both the Legacy and Appeals Reform Systems?
- Caregiver Program: Veterans risk loss of care due to inability to appeal VHA decisions
- Caregivers Update: VA suspends revocations of benefits for the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC)
- CCK Delivers Oral Argument at CAVC Regarding Jurisdiction Over Veteran’s TDIU Claim
- CCK Helps Have Debt Waived for Army Veteran
- 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 LIVE: The History of Agent Orange
- 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 Settlement for Veteran Exposed to Agent Orange in Puerto Rico
- CCK Uncovers Memo Used By VA To Wrongly Deny Claims Of Thailand Veterans
- CCK’s Kerry Baker Featured on Al Jazeera America
- CCK’s Kerry Baker Presents at Burn Pits Congressional Briefing
- Chloracne and Agent Orange Benefits
- Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer) and Veterans of the Vietnam War
- Chronic B-Cell Leukemia and Agent Orange Benefits
- 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 PTSD
- Conditions Affecting Women Veterans
- 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
- CRDP and CRSC: Concurrent Receipt Explained
- CUE “Claims”: How to challenge a final decision
- DAV CCK Pro Bono Veterans Court Program Featured In DAV Magazine
- Decades of Hidden Hazards: The History of Camp Lejeune’s Water Contamination
- 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
- Denial of increased rating for bipolar disorder lacked adequate reasons or bases
- Dependency and Indemnity Compensation: What Is It, and Do I Qualify?
- Did C-123 Aircraft Spray Agent Orange During the Vietnam War?
- Direct Review at the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- Discharge Upgrades for Veterans with Mental Health Conditions
- Do Non-Combat PTSD Stressors Qualify for VA Disability?
- Dr. Paul Lawrence Hosts Veterans Benefits Administration Progress & Results Webcast
- Effective Dates of Veterans’ VA Disability Claims
- Effects of Chronic Pain on Veterans’ Mental Health
- 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 and Use of Agent Orange in Thailand
- Exposure to Agent Blue at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
- FAQ Friday: Aid and Attendance Benefits (A&A)
- FAQ Friday: How does the VA rate Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)?
- FAQ Friday: Nehmer Claims
- FAQ Friday: Permanent and Total (P&T) Disability
- FAQ Friday: The Appeals Process & The CAVC
- FAQ Friday: When is my effective date?
- FAQ Friday: When the Board remands your appeal, what happens?
- FAQ Friday: Who is eligible for VA disability compensation?
- FAQ Fridays: Costs
- 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
- Federal hiring freeze update: VA announces lifting of hiring restrictions
- Fibromyalgia and Gulf War Veterans
- Fibromyalgia and VA Disability Compensation
- Filing a “Fully Developed Claim” for Veterans Disability
- Filing a Claim for VA Disability Benefits Under Appeals Reform
- Finality of VA Decisions: Legacy Appeals System vs. Appeals Reform
- Flare-Ups: How They Impact Orthopedic Ratings
- Fort McClellan Exposures
- Full Implementation of Appeals Reform: VA Publishes Updates to Adjudications Manual
- Gastrointestinal Diseases and VA Disability Compensation
- Glioblastoma: Potentially Related to Burn Pit and Agent Orange Exposure
- Gulf War Illness and VA Disability
- 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
- Herbicide exposure in Thailand: is service-connection possible?
- 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 Does the VA Rate Bladder Cancer?
- How Does the VA Rate Migraine Headaches?
- 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 Sleep Apnea?
- How Long VA Appeals Process Can Take – Average Appeal Times for Disability Claims
- 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 VA 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 Expedite VA Disability Claims
- How to File a VA Claim (Form 21-526EZ)
- How to File a VA Claim for Secondary Service Connection
- How To File Your Disability Claim With The VA
- 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 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
- How VA Rates Joint Problems
- How VA Rates Mental Health Conditions
- How VA Will Process Blue Water Navy Veterans’ Claims
- Independent Medical Opinions for Veterans Claims: Do They Help?
- Inside the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS)
- Institute of Medicine studies VA’s Burn Pit Registry
- Intervertebral Disc Syndrome (IVDS) and VA Disability
- Investigation Launched into PFAS-Contaminated Drinking Water at Military Bases
- Is TDIU Permanent?
- 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
- 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 Our Team: CCK Partner Mason Waring
- Meet the 3 Recently Confirmed CAVC Judges
- Military discharge status and what it means for your entitlement to VA benefits
- Military Installations with Confirmed PFAS Water Contamination
- Military Retirement – What It Means for Veterans
- Military Separation Pay vs. Severance Pay
- Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Claims
- Military Sexual Trauma (MST): How to get service connection
- Military Toxic Exposure: Burn Pits
- Mishraq State Sulfur Mine Fires in Iraq
- Mood Disorders After Military Service: You May Qualify for Disability
- Multiple Myeloma and Agent Orange Benefits
- Multiple Sclerosis: Veterans with MS and VA Disability Benefits
- 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
- Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Agent Orange Benefits
- Noncompensable 0% VA Ratings – What They Are
- 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
- Persian Gulf War Veterans and Benefits Available
- Plantar Fasciitis and VA Compensation
- Post-9/11 Veterans Report Higher Disability Ratings Than Prior Generations
- Presumption and VA Claims – What They Are
- Prostate Cancer and VA Disability Compensation
- Protected VA Disability Ratings: What They Are and When They Take Effect
- Protected Work Environment for TDIU: What does it actually mean?
- Providence Firm Helps Launch Harvard Legal Clinic for Veterans
- Providing a “Nexus” For Your VA Disability Claim
- Pyramiding: How to avoid stacking your VA ratings
- Radiation Exposure and VA Disability Compensation
- Radiculopathy and VA Disability 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
- Remands from the Board of Veterans’ Appeals Under Appeals Reform
- 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
- Seat Belt Laws and Personal Injury Claims in Rhode Island
- 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 PTSD Veterans (VA) Benefits
- Social Security Disability (SSDI) vs. VA Disability Compensation
- Social Security Disability Insurance and VA Individual Unemployability
- 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)
- Specially Adapted Housing and Automobile Special Adaptive Equipment
- 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
- 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 Effects of Herbicides: Ongoing Studies Research the Effects Of Agent Orange
- The Future of Blue Water Navy Veterans: Oral Argument in Procopio v. Wilkie
- The Most Common Illnesses Associated With Camp Lejeune Water Contamination
- 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)
- The VA’s Duty to Assist
- Top 5 Issues for Veterans Affairs (VA) in 2020
- Top 5 VA Errors on Veterans’ Disability Decisions
- Top Reasons VA Denies Claims
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) claims incorrectly processed by Boston VA Regional Office, alleges the Boston Herald
- Type 2 Diabetes and VA Disability Compensation
- Types of 100% 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 Almost Never Awards Extra-schedular Grants
- VA Amputation and Loss of Use Ratings
- VA Announces Test Of Paperless Claims Processing System
- VA Appeal Deadlines
- VA Appeals Reform Deadlines
- VA Benefits for Agent Orange – What Veterans Can Receive When It Comes to Exposure
- VA Benefits for Combat Veterans
- VA Benefits for Elderly Veterans
- 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 C-File: What is it, and How Do I Obtain a Copy?
- 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 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 Benefits Appeals Reform: the New Claim Stream
- VA Disability Benefits for Back Pain
- VA Disability Benefits for Bronchitis
- 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 Hepatitis C
- VA Disability Benefits for Hernia
- VA Disability Benefits for Knee Pain
- VA Disability Benefits for Renal (Kidney) Cancer
- 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: an overview of the claims and appeals process
- VA Disability for Mefloquine Toxicity
- VA Disability for Pes Planus (Flat Feet)
- VA Disability for Thyroid Conditions
- VA Disability Payment Schedule for 2019
- VA Disability Ratings and How They Work
- VA Disability Ratings for Anxiety
- VA Disability Ratings for Asthma
- VA Disability Ratings for Cancer and its Residuals
- VA Disability Ratings for Cataracts
- VA Disability Ratings for COPD
- VA Disability Ratings for Degenerative Disc Disease
- VA Disability Ratings for Depression
- VA Disability Ratings for Hip Replacement
- VA Disability Ratings for Low Back Pain
- VA Disability Ratings for Neck Pain
- VA Disability Ratings for Shoulder and Arm Conditions
- VA Disability Ratings for Shrapnel Wounds
- VA Disability Ratings for Skin Conditions
- VA Disability Ratings for Sleep Disturbances
- VA Disability Ratings for Surgery
- VA Disability Ratings Higher Than 100 Percent
- VA Disability Ratings of the Genitourinary System
- VA grants CCK’s Rulemaking Petition for Thailand claims
- VA Healthcare Eligibility & Copays
- VA Home Loans and How to Qualify
- 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
- VA Medical Center in Washington D.C. under investigation
- VA Mission Act Goes into Effect
- VA Mission Act of 2018
- VA OIG: VA Gave Thousands of Unnecessary Exams to Disabled Veterans
- VA Pension vs. VA Compensation
- VA Proposes Change To Aid Veterans Exposed To Agent Orange
- VA Publishes Final Regulation To Aid Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
- VA Rating Decision: How to understand what VA is saying
- 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 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 to Female Veterans
- 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 Vision Care and Which Veterans Qualify
- VA Vocational Rehabilitation
- VA’s Benefit of the Doubt Doctrine
- 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
- Veteran (VA) Disability Ratings for Sarcoidosis
- Veterans (VA) Appeals Reform: Higher-Level Review
- Veterans (VA) Appeals Reform: Supplemental Claims
- Veterans (VA) Disability Benefits for Chronic Pain
- Veterans (VA) Disability Benefits for Hemorrhoids
- Veterans (VA) Disability Benefits for Schizophrenia
- 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
- 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 Military Burn Pits?
- 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?
- What Are VA Disability Benefits Questionnaires (DBQs) for C&P Exams?
- What Can I Do to Make the Veterans Disability Process Proceed More Smoothly in My Case?
- What does your VA disability rating mean?
- What Evidence Will the VA Require for My Disability Compensation Claim?
- What Happens After a CAVC Remand?
- What Happens When a VA Appeal is Remanded?
- What Happens When VA Proposes to Reduce My Disability Rating?
- What is a “Veteran” for VA Benefit Purposes?
- What Is a Board Remand?
- What Is a GAF Score and How Does it Affect My VA Disability?
- What is a Prisoner of War (POW)?
- 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 Claims File?
- What Is a VA Overpayment?
- What Is Constrictive Bronchiolitis?
- What Is Deployment-Related Lung Disease?
- What Is EAJA?
- What is Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Why Are So Many Veterans Affected?
- What is the Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) Program?
- 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’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 to Know About Compensation and Pension (C&P) Examinations
- What VA Benefits Are Available to Former Prisoners of War (POWs)?
- What Were Burn Pits Used for During Wartime?
- 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?
- Who Is Eligible for VA’s Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers Program?
- 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
- Why You Should Have An Agent Orange Registry Health Exam
- Women Veterans Healthcare at VA