by Joel Ban | Jan 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Effective August 5, 2021, the VA amended its adjudication regulations, adding three respiratory conditions—chronic asthma, rhinitis, and sinusitis (including rhinosinusitis)—to a list of presumptive conditions. The VA has long known about hazardous particulate matter...
by Joel Ban | Jan 4, 2022 | Uncategorized, Veterans Law, Veterans News
We are providing a number of useful updates from the VA’s Board of Veterans Appeals “metrics” website that we will explain and link to below. The BVA is considered the first substantive appeal step where veterans law judges and staff sometimes will formally hear...
by Joel Ban | Sep 9, 2021 | Uncategorized, Veterans Law
VA dental care is a service that is not provided to the vast majority of veterans including veterans that are of low income. An overview of the VA dental program and different classes of care is here. This is in contrast with conventional VA medical care or mental...
by Joel Ban | Apr 1, 2018 | Social Security Disability
eeSome people who apply for disability may feel that the disability work history report is a straight forward task. Unfortunately, there are a variety of traps that need to be explained. I will attempt to do so in this article so that Social Security understands...
by Joel Ban | Mar 10, 2018 | Veterans Law
Problems with the new VA appeals system are multi faceted, but many have complained about slow processing. A new system, expected to start in February 2019 could address these concerns. It is called the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act. Obviously,...
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