For both physical and mental injuries it’s well worth proving that the injury was proved in combat since there are relaxed standards for in service incurrence of injury when an injury is sustained during combat with the enemy during active service. 38 USC 1154(b). The…
Special monthly compensation is just that, its extra compensation for disabilities that aren’t easily categorized or warrant an extra amount of compensation beyond 100 percent. They are generally based on a severity above the 100% level. Often whether a person has an amputated limb would…
Medical records from during service are an important part of VA disability claims. Often (but not always), a claim can hinge on whether a veteran received treatment during service. In this post, we’ll walk through the types of records available, the VA’s duty to gather…
In this post, we discuss service personnel records – what they are and how to obtain them. What are Service Personnel Records? Typically, once a service member is discharged, their service personnel records are compiled into an Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). This file encompasses…
One problem many veterans run into is that a problem they currently have may have had some presence, in one form or another, before they were in the military. There is some analogy to the medical insurance bar to insurance coverage for a preexisting condition. …
Many veterans may reasonably believe they are entitled to benefits based on an injury or disease incurred during National Guard duty but are quickly denied for not meeting the definition as a “veteran”. While veterans who serve for prolonged periods in the primary branches of…
Under Total Disability Individual Unemployability or TDIU, the VA pays 100% compensation to veterans who are unable to maintain substantially gainful employment either permanently or temporarily because of service-connected disabilities, even if their actual combined rating is less than 100%.
An important feature that most Veterans probably wouldn’t believe is that the VA is actually supposed to assist you whileapplying for VA compensation. This is of course in theory.
Among the most important steps in the VA disability process is the Compensation and Pension (C&P) examination. These exams are administered by the VA to determine both your eligibility for and rating of your disability claims.
Many veterans have claims related to traumatic incidents from the military be it in combat, during physical training, accidents, from terroristic based fear, and even assaults or sexual assaults from fellow soldiers.
