H&P Blog
Video Blog – Individual Unemployability – When to File
Matthew Hill: Hello and welcome to another Hill and Ponton video blog. I’m Matthew Hill. Carol Ponton: I’m Carol Ponton. Matthew Hill: Today we want to talk to you about individual unemployability and a big mistake we see, and that is the timing of the filing of the paperwork for that. A lot of times […]
Proving Service Connection Without Service Treatment Records
Many veterans have illnesses or injuries that occurred while they were active duty but there are no records of the illness or injury. There can be many reasons; records get lost, the veteran was treated at civilian medical installation and the records have been destroyed; the veteran didn’t get treatment because they were worried they […]
Video Blog – Filing an Initial Level Claim
Natalia Jofre: Welcome to the Hill and Ponton Social Security Disability blog. I’m Natalia Jofre I’m our social security director. Shelly Mark: My name Shelly Mark I am the senior social security attorney. Natalia Jofre: We’re going to talk to you today about the initial level. The initial level is basically when you file a […]
Mental Health and Substance Abuse in Veterans
Many service members have gone through some very hard and traumatic experiences while in service. This can leave not only physical scars but also psychological scars. Substance abuse may be an attempt to self-medicate these scars. It is very common for veterans dealing with mental health illness to experience other health issues and symptoms that […]
Video Blog – SSDI Benefits – Additional Information
Natalia Jofre: Hi and welcome to the Hill and Ponton Social Security Disability blog. I’m Natalia Jofre, I’m the director for our social security section. Shelly Mark: I’m Shelly Mark, I am the senior social security attorney. Natalia Jofre: We just wanted to give you a little bit of additional information. We previously talked about […]
C&P Exam: Reexamination
Almost every veteran who is eventually awarded service connection from the VA undergoes at least one Compensation and Pension (C&P) examination. Even after being awarded service connection, many veterans will participate in additional C&P examinations if they file a claim for an increased rating or when the VA requests a reexamination of a service connected […]
