VA Form 21-8940: It Can Make or Break Your TDIU Claim.
I’ll explain the impact of filing – and not filing – a VA Form 21-8940 in your VA Claim.
The Pure Raw Power of Lay Evidence in a VA Claim.
Lay Evidence in a VA Claim – there is a Pure and Raw Power to it. In this post, I will talk about a few ways to harness that power in your VA Claim or Appeal.
VA Disability for Migraine Headaches: most vets are leaving “runners on base.” (Part 1 of 3 Part Series)
When it comes to get the highest rating for a claim for VA Disability for Migraine Headaches, the game of baseball can prove a helpful metaphor. Baseball fanatics love statistics. We love stats because we can define how good a team or a player is based on a single...
What Drives YOUR VA Sleep Apnea Claim?
If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone say the following statement about a VA Sleep Apnea claim, I might be able to buy a damn nice race car: “The VA denied sleep apnea in my claim…they said it was because I had no sleep study in service,” the veteran says....
Were these YOUR PTSD C&P Exam Results?
The C&P exam is critical to the success of a VA PTSD claim. Here’s what to do you if you get a VA PTSD medical opinion that just doesn’t feel right.
Vets in Biz: VA Home Loan Mortgage Officer Rabih Aboukheir.
In the video below, I would like to tell you about my friend and neighbor, VA Home Loan mortgage officer Rabih Aboukheir. (His name is pronounced “Robby”). Once a week, I try to get out and go on a run with Rabih. He has a positive energy and optimism...
Is Lay Evidence the missing piece in your VA TDIU Claim?
To help you stop putting “garbage” into your VA TDIU Claim or Appeal, the Veterans Law Blog has 5 Tips for improving how you use Lay Evidence in your VA TDIU Claim.
The VA’s Duty to Maximize your benefits
The VA Duty to Maximize is just one of the many legal duties the VA owes to Veterans. Setting aside the fact that the VA’s legal duties are treated more like “if-you-cans” than legal obligations, the Duty to Maximize is often overlooked in the VA...
How important is evidence of snoring in a sleep apnea VA disability claim?
Does evidence of snoring in service – alone – prove your claim to service connect sleep apnea? No, it does not. Unfortunately, though, snoring is what most people think sleep apnea is all about – including BVA judges. Any many veterans think that by...
Blue Water Navy Veterans & Agent Orange exposure claims.
Background of Blue Water Navy Claims (1991 – 2018) In 1991, Congress passed a law, known as the Agent Orange Act, that required the VA presume that veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam were exposed to Dioxin (i.e., Agent Orange.) Two years later the VA...

