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I want to show you how to prepare for your BVA Hearing the way I do!
Do you want to know how to prepare for a BVA Hearing the way that I do? Then you are going to want to read my Veterans Law Guidebook "How to Prepare for a BVA Hearing". Listen -- I've heard your feedback in surveys and emails. Veterans have told me they want...
Stay One Step Ahead of the VA at your DRO Hearing!
Put yourself in the shoes of another Veteran - it could very well turn out to be you: you spend the last of your cash to get to a Decision Review Hearing at the VA - a hearing you've waited years to get. When you get there, the VA employee tells you that she's...
Sometimes, you get a Decision Review Officer that acts like a child…
I love the VA DRO process – and almost every Decision Review Officer I’ve met has been pleasant, informed, and professional. And then, there’s the one that acts like a petulant little child…..
Don’t let this happen to you: How to Prepare for the VA Decision Review Officer Hearing!
You've waited 2 years for a DRO Hearing. You know the issues on appeal because you've been studying your case almost every day. You get to the hearing, and hear the dreaded words: "I'm sorry, but your claim for service-connection of X is not listed in VACOLS, so I...
Case Study: When the VA DRO Says Your Issue Isn’t on Appeal.
Accredited VA attorney Chris Attig talks about the release of the Attig Law Firm’s first DRO Case Study.
Why FIX the VA Backlog when you can PROFIT from it?
The VA Claims Backlog is a Cash Cow that nobody at the top wants to get rid of. I've long said that the VA Claims Backlog won't ever get fixed because there is money in it. If the VA wanted to fix the backlog, it could do it. It's not a lack of political will, or a...
Congress shares responsibility for the VA Claims Backlog.
Congress gripes and complains about the VA, too, but they are a BIG part of the problem.
Will the VA recognize a Veteran’s “Common Law Marriage”?
Will the VA Regional Office, BVA and Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) recognize your “Common Law Marriage”? Accredited VA Attorney Chris Attig answers this question.