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, ...
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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 pers...
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 medic...
https://banlawoffice.com/favorable-va-presumptions-for-preexisting-conditions/
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 “...
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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 ...
https://banlawoffice.com/overview-of-unemployability-tdiu-benefits/
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.
https://banlawoffice.com/duty-to-assist-under-the-veterans-claims-assistance-act/
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 ra...
https://banlawoffice.com/preparing-for-your-va-cp-examinations/
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 ...
https://banlawoffice.com/how-to-file-for-ptsd-and-other-mental-health-claims/
Many veterans have been unable to access to VA benefits for mental health problems simply because they may have been branded as someone with a “personality disorder” (PD) which is considered ...
https://banlawoffice.com/discharged-due-to-personality-disorder/
Agent Orange (AO) generally refers to any herbicide that was used during the Vietnam War, but the main ingredient within these herbicides that causes most medical problems is dioxin.