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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 disability...
How important is evidence of snoring in a sleep apnea VA disability claim?
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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...
The VAs Best-Kept Secret: Vietnam veteran survivor benefits claims never end.
Spoiler alert: Vietnam veteran survivor benefits do not die with the veteran if the claims are related to Agent Orange or herbicide exposure. To many of you that will come as a shock. To others, it will feel like a betrayal, as millions and millions of Vietnam veteran...
When might you use the VA Higher Level Review Process?
What is the VA Higher Level Review Process? The VA Higher Level Review process is part of the new Modernized Appeal process (AMA). Under the AMA, veterans and survivors must choose between 3 paths if (after February 19, 2019) they receive a VA Ratings Decision they do...
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Over the past month, I've been surveying veterans who follow Veterans Law Blog. I want to learn what the VLB does well, I want to learn what the VLB is not doing well. I wanted to learn how the VLB could be better and get you more information and knowledge. In this...
How to Continuously Pursue a VA Claim under the AMA (Modernized Appeal) Process.
One of the critical concepts of the AMA is the idea of the continuously pursued claim. If you continuously pursue a VA Claim, you can keep your original claim effective date. So what does it mean to continuously pursue a VA claim, and how do you do it? Essentially,...
