Amanda Mineer

Bulletin: Making the Most of the Presumption of Soundness

VA Loses (AGAIN) 80,000 Documents Affecting 9,300 Veterans

BULLETIN April 2016 If you are a Veteran or Veteran Service Officer/Representative and submitted documents to the Veterans Administration supporting a claim between August 1, 2015 through December ...

Study to Help Identify Veterans at Risk of Suicide

With suicide rates at near-epidemic levels in the United States military, efforts to help identify cases of suicide in veterans have intensified. The Department Of Veterans Affairs is currently ...

Brain Injury Can Hurt Employment Prospects for Veterans

Veterans who have suffered a traumatic brain injury during combat are much less likely to find a job when they return home, compared to veterans who did not suffer an injury.

Female Veteran Suicide Rates Are Staggeringly High

Bulletin: Challenging Effective Dates

BULLETIN October 2015 Reviewing Cases for Proper Effective Dates More and more we are seeing decisions coming out of the VA in which there is an inappropriate assignment of an effective date for the ...

Bulletin: Painful Motion and Flareups

Bulletin August 2015 In theory, the VA rating schedule is based upon the veteran’s loss of earning capacity caused by a service-connected disability. The VA compensates the veteran due to the loss of ...

Bulletin: Leveraging GAF Scores in Psychiatric Disability Claims

Bulletin: Effects of Medication on VA Disability Claims

MEDICATED AND NON-MEDICATED VETERANS 1. Medicated Service-Connected Disabilities Many veterans suffer severe side-effects from taking medication for their service-connected disabilities.

Texas Veterans Benefit for Tuition Benefits Change

A new measure that was introduced in Texas recently would ensure that some military veterans in that state would not be able to pass on unused state tuition benefits to their children.