When the Board of Veterans’ Appeals issues a denial on a claim, all is not lost—the veteran may still appeal the decision to the Court of Appeals for
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VA Disability Law is complex and hard to navigate alone. In this section we generally cover the complexities of VA disability law such as the Veterans Benefits Management System, the Board of Veterans' Appeals, Military Discharges, the Forever GI Bill, Expediting Claims, What is Service Connection, the New VA Appeals System, and much more. If you're looking for more information on VA Disability Benefits, click here!
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- How To Expedite Your VA Disability Claim
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- Special Effective Date Rules for VA Benefits
- The VA’s Rule Against “Pyramiding”
Honoring our Veterans and our American Independence
Since earlier this year, we as Americans have celebrated (or will soon be celebrating) holidays that, although may not be recognized on the national
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The following information will address the final issues/recommendations reported in the DAV study I have been summarizing/discussing in my recent
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According to a report conducted by the DAV there are twenty-seven areas of concern and initiatives on the table that are specific to women veterans in
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Both men and women have historically been involved in supporting our country [both in service or other roles] and its resulting freedoms. As the years
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There are five ways to establish service connection for a disability: Direct service connection Service connection through aggravation
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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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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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You probably already know that veterans can receive disability compensation from the VA if they have a current disability which either began during
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“A national embarrassment” is what the media stated back in 2013; months before the debacles of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), specifically
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“A national embarrassment” is what the media stated back in 2013; months before the debacles of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), specifically
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