Many veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom are suffering from multi-symptom,
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The VA Wants to Reduce My Rating – Now What?
While it is easy to assume that once a veteran is awarded the correct rating with the correct effective date that the fight with the VA is now over,
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For some veterans, the objective criteria in the disability rating schedule may not accurately reflect their true level of disability. In such cases,
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VA Benefits for Qualified Survivors – Accrued Benefits and Substitution Basics
If a veteran dies while a claim for benefits is pending, his or her surviving spouse may be eligible for those accrued benefits. If there is no
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Today we are going to take a look at an important institution in the realm of VA law: the Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA). The BVA is the second level
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In Part 1, we discussed what types of errors by the BVA constitute clear and unmistakable error (CUE). In this part, we are going to discuss how to
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VA – Special Effective Date Rules
For many veterans, the claim process does not necessarily end after they are awarded service connection for their disability. This is because there is
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Today we are going to talk about one of the avenues a veteran may have to appeal a BVA decision - filing a motion to revise a previous final BVA
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Agent Orange Linked to Renal Cancer
Agent Orange exposure has been linked to a variety of cancers, but veterans who are suffering from, or family members of veterans who died as a result
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Reopening a Claim
One important thing to remember about VA compensation claims is that a final denial is not really “final,” and a claim that was originally denied by
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The presumption of soundness is an important concept to keep in mind when it comes to establishing service connection for a disability that was
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If a veteran has a pre-existing condition that was noted in his or her entrance medical exam, then the presumption of soundness does not apply, but if
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