Simple Guide to VA Retroactive/Back Pay Benefits

One of the first questions you may have about your back pay benefits is what starting date will be assigned to your claim. Are disability claims retroactive? Do they have a starting date only when a ...

Understanding MST Claims: Overcoming Obstacles for Veterans

It does not matter whether a sexually assaulted claimant has tried once or several times to service-connect their PTSD or related psychiatric disability claim. In either case, military sexual trauma ...

Is it too late to file a disability claim?

It is never too late to file a VA disability claim. Claimants are not limited in the number of disability claims they may file. But there are important distinctions to keep in mind. For claims ...

Do I Need to File a “Claim” for Individual Unemployability (TDIU)?

Now that you or your spouse have completed your active military duty and returned to the civilian world, you may feel like you have merely exchanged one set of stresses for another, including ...

Why Might I Need a Buddy Statement for My VA Disability Claim?

Injuries that occur during your service in the military can impact your ability to function for the rest of your life. You may have decided to file an application for veterans disability compensation ...

Veterans Disability Claims: Understanding Your Representation

You faithfully performed your duties for your country and completed your military service. Now the injury that you sustained during your time in the military is keeping you from living a full life. ...

Veterans’ Groups File Suit against VA over New Claim Policy

New Benefits Claims Process Likely to Confuse Older Veterans

Increase in Veterans’ Disability Claims Stress Doctors

Justice Department Could Get Involved in VA Hospital Investigation

The Department Of Veterans Affairs is currently embroiled in a nationwide scandal, in which it appears that employees at several Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country engaged in a long and ...