How Can A DBQ Be Used To A Claimant’s Advantage?

Disability Benefits Questionnaires or DBQs are the standard VA templates for VA and private examination reports. DBQs set forth an exhaustive list of questions to be addressed by physicians, and ...

What Can A VA Disability Attorney Do That A VSO Cannot?

This is a very good question. After all, experienced VA disability attorneys usually charge a 20% contingent fee, whereas Veterans Service Officers (VSOs) provide representation for free.

How the VA Rates Mental Illnesses

Veterans are eligible to receive disability compensation for both physical and mental health conditions caused by their military service. However, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs rates mental ...

Benefits of Vocational Expert Reports in your TDIU claim

If you have worked with the VA long enough, it probably comes as no surprise to learn that the VA often disagrees about claims of total disability individual unemployability (TDIU). Vocational ...

Blue Water VA Disability Compensation

A federal court ruled earlier this year that the Department of Veterans Affairs is not allowed to deny disability benefits to thousands of Vietnam War veterans who claimed exposure to Agent Orange ...

I Got a Decision but I Think it is Wrong: What are My Options?

How to Find an Independent Medical Examiner for My TDIU Claim Total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is a disability benefit that allows disabled veterans to be compensated at a ...

How Does a Disability Lawyer Get Paid?

Many disabled veterans are in need of Social Security disability benefits, but the process for receiving those benefits can be complex, stressful, and confusing if they try to do it alone. A social ...

How to Prove to the VA that You are Eligible for TDIU

The VA processes enormous volumes of paperwork on veteran disability claims, and because of that, sometimes information gets overlooked and inappropriate denials of benefits are made. You can assist ...

I was Denied for TDIU – is There Something I Can Do?

One of the most challenging things for disabled veterans after their discharge from the military is getting accustomed to life with disabilities, and another is handling the paper-intensive ...

What is Extra Schedular Consideration (38 CFR 4.16(b)) for TDIU?

Applying and getting approved for veteran disability benefits can sometimes seem more daunting than some of the missions you ran while still in the service. It’s frustrating, yes, but the bottom line ...

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