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VIDEO: What is a PTSD Discharge Upgrade?
Service-members get "the boot" from military service for bad conduct in service. Certain types of bad-conduct discharges can be a statutory or regulatory bar to VA Benefits for service-connected disabilities like PTSD. Is there a way to overcome a bad-conduct...
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When was the last time the VA sent you a copy of your VA C&P Exam?
VIDEO: When can the VA Refuse to produce your C-File under the “FOIA”?
The VA C-File is the most important document in any VA Claim or Appeal. One would think, given that the VA has a Duty to Assist the Veteran, that they would get Veterans copies of their claims files as quickly as possible. If one thinks that, one does not know the...
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VIDEO: Can LGBT Veterans get a discharge upgrade?
First and foremost, I must apologize for the use of the phrase "Homosexual tendencies" -- it's an abhorrent phrase from a less than civilized time in our history.I use the phrase only because it was often the reason that LGBT service-members were discharged from...
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VIDEO: What’s the Difference between the VA Ratings Decision and BVA Decision?
The VA Claims process is a paper pusher's utopia. So many forms, decisions, notices, documents, instructions, letters, and more fly back and forth between a veteran and the VA. Most of these are "CYA" forms for the VA, or documents that allow the VA to pretend that...
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14 Questions about the VA Disability Claim.
When a Veteran starts considering whether or not to file a VA Disability Claim, there are a lot of questions that he or she tends to ask. Over the last 10 years, the following are the 14 most common basic questions I am asked about when it comes to filing VA...
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The Pure Raw Power of Lay Evidence in a VA Claim.
Chronic Conditions, the Presumption of Nexus, and Active Duty for Training: the “Darby Queen” of VA Claims and Appeals.
The Presumption of Nexus for Chronic Conditions is the "Darby Queen" of VA Claims. A lot of the time, Veterans filing VA claims want to jump right in and get to the "nexus" part of their claim - and in this post we will talk about a particular presumption of nexus...
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