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Another Form Bites the Dust – RIP VA Form 21-526b

Learn how to hire the right attorney for you and your claim here.So you're getting ready to file a claim, and you go to look for a copy of VA Form 21-526. You click the link in google, and are taken to this message on the VA website: Did you do something wrong? Where...

Are you eligible for Dependency Indemnity Compensation Benefits?

by Chris Attig

Here are the 3 Categories of Survivors who may be eligible for monthly Dependency Indemnity Compensation when a Veteran passes away. read more

Follow the Veterans Law Blog Formula in Your VA Claim & Never Feel Lost Again.

by Chris Attig

The story I am going to tell you blows my mind. Not because it shows you how one Veteran used the knowledge on the Veterans Law Blog to change his life and his VA Claim - dramatically - in under 6 months. It blew my mind because I’m hearing this story from several Veterans every week. read more

How does the VA define “Substantially Gainful Activity” in a TDIU Claim? They don’t.

by Chris Attig

If you are a Veteran trying to prove entitlement to schedular TDIU (also known to some Veterans as IU) then you will need a good understanding of what it means to be unable to perform "substantially gainful activity". Why do Veterans need to understand the concept of...

Favorable lay evidence: it can save your VA claim from the BVA trash heap.

by Chris Attig

When the BVA ignores favorable lay evidence in a Veteran's claim, the CAVC is going to chunk that decision into the trash can. Accredited VA attorney Chris Attig talks more about the Pure Raw Power of Lay Evidence in a VA Claim. read more

Facebook Live: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans WIN!!! Agent Orange Update (January 2019)

by Chris Attig

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans WIN the Agent Orange Exposure Presumption! There will be a lot more to follow in the coming days/weeks while I unpack all the great information in this opinion. But, Bottom Line Up Front: if you are a Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veteran,...

How, when and why to service connect a veterans drug and alcohol abuse.

by Chris Attig

If a VSO tells you that you cannot service connect veterans drug and alcohol abuse, they are perpetuating a big myth about VA Disability Compensation. read more

Quick Guide: 5 Ways to Prove VA Service Connection.

by Chris Attig

Most Veterans do not know that they can - and probably should - use more than 1 of the 5 Paths to Service Connect their military injuries. Do You? read more