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Appeal Your Vietnam Disability Claim
Blue Water Agent Orange Compensation Claims
Blue Water Veteran’s Disability Claim
Mass Tort Disability Claim
Thailand Veterans’ Disability Claims
Veteran’s Disability Claim
Introduction – PTSD Guide
Part 1 – What is PTSD?
Part 2 – PTSD Service Connection Flowchart
Part 3 – Compensation and Pension Exams for PTSD
Part 4 – Rating PTSD
Part 5 – Total Disability Based on Individual Unemployability
Part 6 – After the VA Decision
Part 7 – PTSD Resources
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder And Veterans Affairs Compensation
PTSD Veterans Disability Claim
Social Security Disability Insurance and SSI Benefits
Thailand Agent Orange Compensation
VA Changed Appeals System; Is YOUR Claim Ready?
VA Combined Percentage Calculator
VA Unemployability Calculator
Veterans Websites – Best of the Web
Learn About Our Team & Mission
How VA Medical Centers Can Help You
What You Need to Know: Schizoaffective Disorder
Why Your MST Case May Have Been Denied
Store Your Service Medals in a Life Chest for Future Generations: A How-To Guide on Obtaining DD214
Aid and Attendance Benefits – What Veterans Should Know
Veterans with TBI – How to Get Secondary Service Connection for Certain Conditions
Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder and Veteran’s Mental Health Claims
Honoring our Veterans and our American Independence
SSA determined I am eligible for Disability Benefits. Will I be re-evaluated in the future? Will my case be reviewed more than once?
Service Connection Rules for Combat Veterans
VETERANS DAY: A Time for Honoring Our Vets While Gaining Perspective on Their Daily Challenges of Life
Connecting a Disability to Service (Nexus) for VA benefits
Working & Receiving TDIU at The Same Time: Yes, It’s Possible
Is the Continuing Disability Review (CDR) Process Different for Children Receiving SSI Benefits?
Veterans Statistics Regarding PTSD
Hill & Ponton welcomes Vietnam Combat Veteran
What is service connected disability?
TDIU – Back to the Basics (Pt. 2): Proof of Inability to Work
Social Security says I’m no longer disabled. What do I do?
Video Blog – What VA benefits can a survivor get?
Exposure to Lead and VA Benefits (Part I: Lead Paint)
TDIU – Back to the Basics: two things you need for VA unemployability
Veteran’s Guide to Lead Exposure
The VA denied my claim, should I appeal or request “reconsideration”?
What Thailand bases does VA admit were exposed to Agent Orange?
Traumatic Brain Injury – A New Rating System (Part 2: How VA Rates TBI – 38 CFR 4.124a)
Traumatic Brain Injury – A New Rating System (Part 1)
Do my dependents qualify for healthcare through VA?
Is your adult child getting the full social security benefits he is entitled to?
I was granted dependent education benefits, what should I know about them?
I heard about “the fire of 1973 that destroyed records for VA claims”, what should I know?
How does my sleeping pattern affect my mental health?
If my husband and I were never officially married can I still get VA DIC benefits?
Why are “buddy statements” important in developing your VA claim
Renal Cell Carcinoma & Chemical Exposure
Veteran’s Guide to Exposure to Radiation and Magnetic Fields (Part Two)
Suicide, Depression, and the VA: The Sad Truth & Navigating the Disability Process
BAD MEDICINE—VA C&P exams
Veteran’s Guide to Exposure to Radiation and Magnetic Fields (Part One)
Are you entitled to VA survivor’s benefits?
Cancer, Chemical Exposure, and Middle East Veterans (Part One: Oil Well Fires)
Prostate Cancer & Agent Orange
What should I know about VA claiming that I’m incompetent?
Multiple Sclerosis, the mystery disease
Cardiovascular disease secondary to PTSD
Guide to Parkinson’s Service Connection without Agent Orange Exposure
Does the VA provide C&P exams for every case?
Parkinson’s Disease and Chemical Exposure
PTSD and Verifying “Special Operations” Stressors
The Effect of the 4th of July on our Veterans
Sacrificial Lamb: Why Shinseki’s Resignation Ensures Nothing Will Change at the VA
Is Jet Fuel Another Agent Orange? Part One: Exposure
Veteran Caregivers & Special Monthly Compensation
Amputation vs. Loss of Use
Cancer and Agent Orange
War, Memory, and the Self: What Memento and Japanese Pottery Can Tell Us about Trauma Recovery
The United States Department of Veteran Affairs
What is a “Veteran’s Treatment Court?”
Veterans in the News…
In Touch With Hill and Ponton
Service connection by presumption for Gulf War veterans
Personality Disorders and the VA
Camp Lejeune Water Contamination: What Veterans & Their Families Need to Know
How the VA Evaluates Traumatic Brain Injuries for Compensation
Increase in traumatic brain injuries among veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan
Service Connection: Agent Orange In Thailand
The DSM-5 and the VA
Agent Orange [Video]
U.S. Grenada Invasion
Proving Agent Orange Exposure for Veterans Who Served in Thailand
Drug Abuse and Hepatitis C: Is Service Connection Still Possible?
Hepatitis C and VA Benefits: An Update
PART TWO: Back to Basics – How to file new and reopened claims.
PART TWO: Back to Basics – What do I need to do in order to submit a claim for compensation?
PART ONE: Back to Basics – What is service-connected disability compensation?
Part Two: I Have A Favorable Medical Opinion; So Why Is the VA Not Approving My Claim?
PART ONE: Back to Basics. What do I need to do in order to submit a claim for compensation?
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder vs. Other Psychological Disorders
Part One: The Importance of Reviewing the Complete Claims File: Why is the VA Not Approving My Claim?
VA Disability Benefits—What Happens if My Disability Gets Worse?
Am I Entitled To Back Pay For My Disability?
GAF scores and Disability Compensation from SSA and DVA
PTSD & Related Medical Conditions: Obtaining the Proper Compensation
Social Security: Getting More Than One Type of Benefit
Initial VA rating
Medical Expert Testimony at Social Security Disability Hearings
Social Security Disability Claims & Drug and Alcohol Abuse
What Is PTSD and How Can I Find Out If I Have It?
The elements of a VA service connected claim: in service incident and current disability
If you have been denied by an Administrative Law Judge, what are your rights?
VA benefits and Migraines
Why Work History Is Important When Applying for Disability Benefits
Benefits for Survivors of Disabled Veterans
Disability and Addiction: Do Drugs and Alcohol Matter?
Who Qualifies for Survivor Benefits from the VA
From Application to Hearing: The Course of an Average Disability Claim
Special Monthly Compensation – Is it possible to be rated higher than 100%?
The Listing of Impairment
VA Ratings for Mental Disabilities
The Importance of Documenting Impairments
Can a Divorced Spouse or a Surviving Divorced Spouse be entitled to Social Security benefits?
Earlier Effective Date for VA Service Connected Compensation
Direct Exposure to Agent Orange
Proper retroactive rating for Parkinson’s, Ischemic Heart Disease, and Chronic B Cell Leukemias
What is the DRO appeal?
Can SSA revoke my benefits if the Agency determines that I did not pursue all possible medical treatments?
What to Expect at an ALJ Hearing.
5 Important Things to Remember When Filing for Social Security Benefits
Video Blog – New VA Claims Options
Video Blog – Workers Comp Offset Calculation
Video Blog – Workers Comp Settlement
Video Blog – Workers Compensation and Social Security Offset
Video Blog – Providing Workers’ Comp Documentation to SS
Video Blog – Workers Comp and 12 Months Rule
Video Blog – SS Disability and Workers Compensation
Video Blog – Date Last Insured – Earnings Quarters
Video Blog – Date Last Insured (DLI) Alternative Benefits
Video Blog – Date Last Insured and Veterans Benefits
Video Blog – Date Last Insured – Evidence
Video Blog – SS – Proving a Claim Prior to DLI
Video Blog – What Is Your Date Last Insured?
Video Blog – Appeals Council and Federal Court
Video Blog – Unfavorable Decision
SS Video Blog – Partially Favorable Decision
SS Video Blog – Fully Favorable Decision
Video Blog – SS – After the Hearing
Video Blog – SS – Hearing Witness
Video Blog – SS – Hearing Medical Expert
Video Blog – SS – Hearing Vocational Expert
SS Video Blog – What To Expect At Your Hearing
Video Blog – SS – Day of the Hearing
Video Blog – SS Pre-Hearing Preparation
Video Blog – SS Hearing Level – Forms
Video Blog – SS Hearing Level – What To Do
Video Blog – SS Hearing Level – Time Frame
Video Blog – Request for Reconsideration – Part 2
Video Blog – SS Request for Reconsideration – Part 1
Video Blog – Filing an Initial Level Claim
Video Blog – SSDI Benefits – Additional Information
Video Blog – SS Disability and Unemployment
Video Blog – Alleged Onset Date
Video Blog – Disability Insurance Benefits Overview
Video Blog – Veterans and Other SS Benefits
Video Blog – Veterans and Medicare
Video Blog – Special Veteran Accommodations
Video Blog – Can I receive both VA and SS disability?
Video Blog – Filling Out Your Work History Report
Video Blog – A Combination of Impairments
Video Blog – SS Education Level Factors
Video Blog – Sequential Eval Process – Step 5 – Retirement Age
Video Blog – SS Sequential Eval – Step 5 – Approaching Advanced Age
Video Blog – SS Sequential Eval – Step 5 – Younger Individuals
Video Blog – SS Sequential Eval – Step 5
Video Blog – SS Sequential Eval Process – Step 4 – Skill Level
Video Blog – SS Sequential Eval – Step 4 – Past Work – History
Video Blog – SS Sequential Evaluation – Listings
Video Blog – SS Sequential Evaluation – Severity
Video Blog – SS Sequential Evaluation – Blind Exception
Video Blog – SS Sequential Evaluation Working Requirement
Video Blog – Sequential Evaluation Process Overview
VIDEO – VA Is Reducing My Benefits?!
VIDEO – Dealing with Illegal Severance from VA
Find Out How fMRIs Can Help Some Veterans
Video – New IU Unemployability Form
Video – Do You Qualify for These SMC Benefits?
What Is the Veterans Choice Program?
Video – Over 100% Disability | Special Monthly Comp.
Why Mental Health Aid and Attendance May Help You
How to Service Connect Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Learn about Helpless Child Benefits for Veterans
Video – Special Monthly Compensation for Loss of Use
Sciatic Nerve Disability Ratings Explained!
Video Blog – Your Urinary Problem May Be Service Connected
Video Blog – How To File for Kidney Conditions Due to Diabetes
Video Blog – Filing for Depression Secondary to Heart Disease
VA Ratings For Veteran Amputees Explained
Video Blog – Filing for Depression Secondary to Migranes
How Obstructive Sleep Apnea Can Affect You
Secondary Veteran Claims Related to Amputation
Permanent and Total Ratings
Weeds not worth killing with RoundUp?
Did the Anthrax Vaccine Make Troops Ill?
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND VA SERVICE CONNECTION ISSUES
Fire Fighting Foam…Deadly in the End
5 Things You Should Know in Supporting an Addicted Loved One
What if the VA Sends Me a Notice Proposing to Reduce My Disability Rating?
Traumatic Brain Injuries and Recent Veterans: An Overview
The VA Process for Increased Rating
Video Blog – Importance of Buddy Statements
Chronic Pain is a Disability
The VA Caregiver Program: Back in Action
Five Common Mistakes When Filing A VA Disability Claim
Substance Abuse Among Veterans: Is It Secondary to Mental Health?
Depleted Uranium: Meant to Protect, Not Harm
Camp Lejeune Water Contamination: What you need to know
VA Form 9 – Your Ticket to the Big Time
The Reason Your Case Is Taking So Long At The BVA
The Difference between Federal Tort Claims and VA 1151 Claims
Help Your Case with Better Details – Part II – Buddy Statement
Veterans, Don’t Let Sexual Trauma Steal Your Future
Veteran’s Appeals Improvement and Modernization bill: Houston, we have a problem.
VA ASSISTANCE FOR VEHICLE PURCHASE OR MODIFICATION IN CERTAIN INSTANCES
Help Your Case with Better Details – Part I – Statement
MST, PT, and the VA: Changes in the Evidence Requirement
VA Claims Involving Shell Fragment Wounds – Muscle Disabilities
New VA Appeal Process Unveiled
Mental Incompetency Proceedings
Benefits Available for Non-Veterans – Accrued Benefits
How do I Corroborate my Military Sexual Trauma (MST)?
Depression and the VA
Does Obstructive Sleep Apnea Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease?
Sleep Disorders in Veterans
Dependents’ Educational Assistance (DEA) Benefits
What You Need to Know About Effective Dates
Rating Reduction and What To Look For
Exposures and Military Bases in the United States
Homeless Veterans and the VA
What We’d Rather Not Talk About but May Surprise You – MST
What is Blue Button?
America’s Women Veterans Part I
How to Read VA Diagnostic Code
How the Appeals Process Works and Why It Can Take So Long
Sleep Disorders – Are they Service Connectable?
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and the VA
Aid & Attendance: SMC Benefits Beyond 100%
Migraine Headaches and the VA
VA Pension – Am I Eligible?
Common Reasons the VA will Deny Your Claim
Understanding the General Rating Formula for PTSD and other Mental Disorders:
What does a VA Rating Reduction mean?
The VA Said My Condition Preexisted Service, Now What?
Rating Knee Disabilities – Knee Replacements
What is Apportionment of My VA Benefits?
GERD, Barrett’s Esophagus, Throat Cancer, and VA Claims
Responding to Rating Reduction & Proper VA Procedure
Rating Knee Disabilities – The Meniscus
Rating Knee Disabilities – Instability
Concurrent Retirement and VA Disability Pay
Rating Knee Disabilities – Flexion vs. Extension
Dependent Claims – Don’t Forget to Claim These Potential Benefits!
Tinnitus, the Most Claimed Disability in the VA
Jet Fuel Exposure Causes Hearing Loss??
The Little-Known VA Benefit That Helps Pay for Daily Senior Care
The Benefits of an Independent Medical Examination (IME)
Filing a Claim – Are you Eligible for VA Benefits?
Veterans, the VA, and Opioid Painkillers
How to Tackle the VA Appeal Process
Camp Lejeune and the New Presumptive Conditions – Parkinson’s Disease
Service-Connecting GERD: What You Need to Know
Veterans and Service Connected Migraines
Fully Developed Claims (FDC): Do they Speed up the Process?
Filing a Notice of Disagreement: What You Need to Know
VA Benefits and Suicide among Veterans
Don’t Forget to Claim Secondary Disabilities
Camp Lejeune Veterans: Get the Right Rating for Kidney Cancer Claims
Adaptive Housing Grants for Disabled Veterans
VA Benefits for PTSD – Part 1 – Diagnosis
Diabetes Mellitus and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
VA Changes Gulf War Veterans Need to Know
Camp Lejeune Veterans & VA Disability Claims – The Presumptive Conditions are Here!
Establishing Service Connection for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
Veterans are at Higher Risk of Diabetes
Post-Decision: Notice of Disagreement (NOD) and Statement of the Case (SOC)
Cardiovascular Disease Linked to Asbestos
What am I entitled to as a Disabled Veteran?
Eligibility for Dependent and Survivor VA Benefits
VA Disability Claims Involving Nerve Conditions – Part 3
TBI & the VA
Your Claims File: What’s the big deal?
VA Disability Claims for Epilepsy and Seizure Conditions
Did Malaria Medication Cause your Disability?
Neuropathy and What It Means for VA Claims
VA Disability Claims and Nerve Conditions Part 2
What is the Presumption of Soundness?
VA Benefits – Aid and Attendance (Part 2)
Establishing Service Connection and the VA
VA Disability Claims Involving a Nerve Condition (Pt 1)
What happens at a Compensation and Pension (C&P) Exam?
VA Benefits – Aid and Attendance (Part 1)
Hepatitis C and the VA
What is New & Material Evidence, and How Can it Help Your VA Claim?
Common Issues Facing the Elderly Veteran Population
Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC): Do You Qualify? How Do You Apply?
Dependent Benefits: A Look into the Path toward Obtaining Increased Compensation
Veteran’s Guide to Psychiatric Medications
VA Benefits for Non-Veterans – Accrued Benefits
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Secondary to Depression
The VA’s Ratings for Diabetes – Explained
VA Overpayment Overview
Radiation Poisoning – Accidental Exposure and Intentional Cover-Up – Part II
Rating Reduction and Severance of Service Connection
Female Veterans’ Mental Health & Treatment Concerns
Demystifying the VA Presumption
How to: Determine the Correct Effective Date for Your Claim
Disability Compensation for Veterans with Multiple Non-Compensable Service-Connected Disabilities
Getting the Most Out of VA Disability Claims Involving the Spine – Part 1
Common Benefits for Veterans Part 1: Compensation Benefits
How Will Medical Geologist Help Burn Pit Exposure Cases
VA Benefits for Non-Veterans – DIC – Part 2 – Establish Entitlement
What it Means to Get Your Disability Service-Connected?
Am I Entitled to Additional Compensation? An Overview of SMC (k)
VA Benefits for Non-Veterans – DIC – Part 1
Chronic Pain Syndrome & Your VA Disability Claim
VA Benefits Available to Family Members – Parents and Children
Multiple Ratings for Knee Disabilities: Getting the Most Out of Your VA Claim
VA Benefits Available to Family Members – Spouse
Radiation Poisoning – Accidental Exposure and Intentional Cover-Up, Part I
VA Disability – A Review of the DRO Process
Assessment of Level of Cognitive Dysfunction Due to a Cognitive Disorder Other than Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
VA Disability Claims Related to Ionizing Radiation Exposure
The Bilateral Factor & Your VA Disability Rating
A Brief Overview of the Effective Date
Common Effective Date Errors the VA Makes
Issues Facing OEF & OIF Veterans Upon Returning Home
How To: Get the Most out of Buddy Statements
How to Initiate VA Testing for Cognitive Impairment
Arsenic Exposure and Veteran’s Disability
When and How Should I Argue for an Earlier Effective Date?
Veteran’s Guide to Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorders – Part II: Service Connection and Secondary Disabilities
How is Obstructive Sleep Apnea Linked to Asthma
Veteran’s Guide to Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorders – Part I: Introduction
The Fiduciary Process – What Actually Happens
VA Math & How to Calculate Your Combined Disability Rating
Cold Weather Injuries & VA Claims
Protected Ratings – When the VA Can’t Reduce Your Rating
Respiratory Disabilities in Iraq Vets – Toxic Metal Dust?
Dependency Award & What the VA Requires
What Your Doctor Should Write in a Letter to the VA
Military Sexual Trauma (MST) & Your VA Disability Claim
Substance Abuse and Veteran’s Disability
Video Blog – BVA Remands
The VA Says They Overpaid Me, What Does That Overpayment Mean?
The VA & Determining Incompetency
Eligibility for VA Compensation Benefits – Part 2
Video Blog – Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Renal Cancer, Camp Lejeune and the Coming Presumptions
Camp Lejeune Presumptive Conditions: Parkinson’s Care and Additional Benefits
Military Sexual Trauma, the Veterans Affairs, and What They Can Do for You
Appealing a BVA Decision – Clear and Unmistakable Error
Khamisiyah Pit & Gulf War Veterans
Eligibility for VA Compensation Benefits – Part 1
Camp Lejeune Presumptive Conditions: Parkinson’s Overview & VA Ratings
Double Bonus – Military Retirees Can Receive Retirement and VA Pay
VA Benefits – A Basic Understanding of Special Monthly Compensation
Gulf War Veterans – Overview of Particulate Matter
The Inner Works – How Hill & Ponton Prepares IMEs for VA Claims (Part 2)
Presumptions are Coming: VA Publishes a List of Eight Diseases Linked to Toxic Water at Camp Lejeune
The Inner Works – How Hill & Ponton Prepares IMEs for VA Claims (Part 1)
Gulf War Veterans – An Overview of Depleted Uranium
Camp LeJeune Veterans and Cancer Claims
The Appeals Process at a Glance
Traumatic Brain Injury in Operation Enduring Freedom & Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans
Video Blog – Secondary Service Connection – Back and Diabetes
Gulf War Veterans: The Finer Details on Infectious Diseases
Qualifying for Compensation Benefits 101
Navigating the Appeal Process at the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims – Part 2
Aid and Attendance: An Underutilized VA Benefit
VA Benefits for Non-Veterans: Spouses and DIC – Part 3
Navigating the Appeal Process at the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
What is the VA Doing to Reduce Homelessness Among Veterans and What Can Society Do?
Presumption of Service Connection for Chronic Diseases
Being Stationed in Houston Could be Hazardous for Your Health
VA Benefits for Non-Veterans: Spouses – Part 2
Survivor’s Benefits – How to Navigate the Complex VA System after a Veteran’s Death Part 2
Guide to Service Connection for Renal (Kidney) Cancer
VA Disability & the Effects of Chronic Pain on the Brain
VA Benefits for Non-Veterans: Spouses – Part One
The VA’s Definition of Alcohol & Drug Abuse
Diagnosis and Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) – New Frontier
Survivor’s Benefits – How to Navigate the Complex VA System after a Veteran’s Death Part 1
VA Reductions – Continued
Special Effective Date Rules for VA Benefits
The Veteran and The DRO Review/Hearing – Getting a Favorable Outcome
Evidence of a Disease, Injury, or Event in Service for VA Benefits
VA Reductions – What the VA Can & Cannot Do When Reducing a Rating
Combat Veterans – Proving Combat Status & Service Connection
VA Individual Unemployability – Tips to Filling out the VA 21-8940 (PART 1)
ORTHOPEDIC CONDITIONS AND THE NATURAL AGING PROCESS
Much of What we “Know” About Carcinogens may be Wrong
Joe Violante: 20-years Representing Veterans on Capitol Hill
Common VA Acronyms That Veteran’s Should be Familiar With
When All Else Fails – Appealing to the U.S. Court of Veteran’s Appeals
DIC Benefits – the Finer Details
VA Character of Discharge Determination
Are You Qualified to Receive VA Benefits? – Part Two
The VA’s Rule Against “Pyramiding”
Are You a Qualified Veteran for VA Benefits? – Part One
VA Disability: Parkinson’s & Welding Fumes
The “Other Rating Decisions” Issued by the VA
THE VA’S STANCE: Will Women Walk Alone on Their Long Journey Home? (Conclusion)
Reexaminations by the VA
VA Hearings Explained
VA Benefits: Special Monthly Compensation
THE VA’S STANCE: Will Women Walk Alone on Their Long Journey Home? (Part II)
THE VA’S STANCE: Will Women Walk Alone on Their Long Journey Home? (Part I)
How Does the VA Rate Veterans’ Disabilities?
The VA & Sleep Apnea: Is it Linked to Ocular Disorders?
How a Veteran Can Establish Existence of a Current Disability
Newly Obtained Service Records: A Powerful Tool
VA Presumptives & Korean Veterans
Drinking Rocket Fuel? Perchlorates and your VA Disability Claim
VA Benefits & Family Members: A General Overview
VA Survivors’ Pension Explained
Study Finds Suicide Rates Just as High in Non-deployed Veterans
The VA Wants to Reduce My Rating – Now What?
Understanding Your VA Rating Decision
VA Special Monthly Compensation for Veterans with TBI: SMC t
VA Compensation – Asbestos & Mesothelioma
Hepatitis, Jetguns, and Your VA Claim
VA Special Monthly Compensation for Veterans with TBI: Housebound
It’s Simple: Request Your VA Medical Records Through My HealtheVet
VA DIC Benefits for Survivors: Part II (Who is Eligible?)
A Study on VA Benefits: Health Effects of Welding Fumes — Contributing Factors
The VA Caregiver Program — Veteran’s Eligibility Assessment
A Study on VA Benefits: Health Effects of Welding Fumes
Back to the Grind… Employment Challenges for Veterans in an Ever-Changing Economy – [Part II]
The VA Caregiver Program – Eligibility for the Program
The Board of Veterans Appeals
DIC VA Benefits for Survivors: Part I (Spousal Benefit Overview)
The VA and Suicide: Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Act
VA Benefits – Clear and Unmistakable Error: Part 2
Back to the Grind… Employment Challenges in an Ever-Changing Economy – [Part I]
Hazing, Workplace Bullying and your VA Mental Health Claim
VA – Special Effective Date Rules
VA Special Monthly Compensation: Primary Caregiver Benefits
Depression and Occupational Impairment
VA Benefits – Clear and Unmistakable Error: Part 1
Mental Illness: Establishing Direct Service Connection
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Mental Illness
Obesity and your Veteran’s Disability Claim Part III – Orthopedics, Amputations and Mental Illness
RETURNING HOME – A NEW WAR RAGES ON!
COPD and Welding Fumes
The Nexus Letter – Making It Work For You
The Importance of Being Earnest in Gathering And Submitting Evidence to the VA
Obesity and your Veteran’s Disability Claim Part I – Introduction
Plantar Fasciitis – Exotic Plant, Animal, or S/C Condition?
De-Mystifying VA Clothing Allowance
JP-4 Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease in Vietnam Veterans
The VA Uncovered
C-File – A Veteran’s “Claim” To Success
Veteran’s Guide to Lead Exposure – Part Two
Five Questions to Ask Yourself When Proving VA Service Connection for Chemical Exposure
Automobile & Adaptive Allowance – Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 39
Cancer, Chemical Exposure, and Middle East Veterans – Part Two: Burn Pits
Establishing a Proper VA Rating for Asthma
Notice of Disagreement and Statement of the Case
The NOD … the Road Less Traveled
A NEW DAY DAWNING FOR THE VA?
Lesser Known Benefits for Veterans
Special Types of Compensation: CRSC – Part 3
Special Types of Compensation: CRSC – Part 2
VHA vs. VBA
Video Blog – File All Your VA Claims Together
Lead Exposure – Part 3
The MATH of the VA
The VA Rating Decision Can Be Your “Wheel of Fortune”!
Can I Get Disability Compensation for MST?
Video Blog – How does a survivor of a Thailand vet get VA widow’s benefits?
Video Blog – VA Ratings for Migraines
Trichloroethylene and the Military
VA Claims – Three Ways to Expedite Your Claim
Video Blog – VA eBenefits and Service Connected Compensation
Video Blog – VA Disability Compensation and Secondary Service Connected Benefits
Video Blog – VA Disability Appeals Backlog
Suffering from PTSD? Three Facts You Should Know About Your Legal Standing
Category: Additional VA Benefits
How to Receive Assistance for Family Caregivers
VIDEO – Blue Water Navy Bill Passed! | Do You Qualify?
VA Not Planning to Appeal Blue Water Decision
Video Blog – When To Hire A Blue Water Lawyer
Video Blog – Blue Water Veterans: File Now!
Video Blog – Blue Water Vets: What does Procopio Case Mean for YOU?
VA Disability Claims Related to Ft. McClellan Exposure
Soft Tissue Sarcoma due to Agent Orange Exposure
Peripheral Neuropathy: Not always an Agent Orange issue….
VA Disability for Skin Conditions
Diabetes Mellitus Type II due to Agent Orange Exposure
Ischemic Heart Disease and VA Disability Benefits
The VA’s Special Effective Date Rules for Agent Orange Claims
When Not to Pursue a Disability Claim
Fort McClellan and Toxic Exposures – What Veterans Need to Know
Agent Orange: VA Disability Claims for Multiple Myeloma
Not Just Tremors – Disabilities Secondary to Parkinson’s Disease
Video Blog – Kidney Disease and Agent Orange
Service Connection for Herbicide Exposure in Thailand
Video Blog – Agent Orange and Neuropathy
Kidney Disease & Type II Diabetes
Blue Water Veterans – The History
Agent Orange and Non-Malignant Respiratory Disorders: A Discussion
Vietnam Veterans – Other Ways to Get VA Benefits
VA Benefits for Vietnam Veterans – Agent Orange Presumptions Part 2
VA Benefits for Vietnam Veterans – Agent Orange Presumptions Part 1
Close to Home – Herbicide Exposure in the Continental United States
Diabetes and Kidney Disease – What Blue Water Veterans Need to Know
Agent Orange Presumption and Service in Thailand
VA Disability Compensation: Veterans of the Vietnam Era and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Changing VA Law, Nehmer and the Potential Ramifications for Blue Water Veterans
Playback: Agent Orange and Thailand Veterans
Chemical Exposure and Thyroid Disabilities in Veterans
AL Amyloidosis & Agent Orange
Secondary Service Connection and Agent Orange Claims for Blue Water Vets
Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hypoglycemia
I filed for Agent Orange, but I got denied. I don’t understand why.
“Agent Orange” Exposure in Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans?
Surviving Family Members of Blue Water Vets – Don’t Forget about DIC Benefits
Agent Orange Exposure – Diseases Unrecognized by the VA
VA Claims for Parkinson’s Disease related to Agent Orange – What Blue Water Vets Need to Know
Blue Water Veterans – Pay Close Attention to Effective Dates
Respiratory Cancer Secondary to Agent Orange Exposure
Can the “Zumwalt Report” Really help your Agent Orange Claim?
Blurring the Distinction between Brown and Blue
Ships Log: Yes, VA, Navy Veterans Were Exposed to Agent Orange
Blue Water Veterans & Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Parkinson’s Disease in Veterans-Secondary Effects
VA Claims for Prostate Cancer – What Blue Water Vets Need to Know
Benefits for Children of Vietnam Veterans
New Court Ruling Finds Blue Water Veteran’s Regulation: “Irrational”
Ischemic Heart Disease: What Veterans Need to Know, Both Before and After They’ve Been Awarded Service Connection
Blue Water Vets with Diabetes Mellitus – Don’t let the VA Forget about Your Secondary Conditions
VA Compensation on Horizon for Bluewater Vets: Let Others Hear Your Story
Webinar: Blue Water & Agent Orange
VA Grants Presumption of Agent Orange Exposure for Air Force Personnel
Veterans Benefits No longer on Reserve for Reservists
Important Things a Veteran Should Know About Agent Orange
Are Veterans’ Children Under Chemical Warfare?
Agent Orange Exposure and C-123 Aircraft
Will VA Finally Admit that Da Nang Harbor is an Inland Waterway?
Parkinson’s, Agent Orange and VA benefits
Video Blog – VA Disability Benefits, Agent Orange and Heart Claims
Video Blog – Parkinsons and Agent Orange and VA ratings
VA DISABILITY RATINGS FOR HEART DISEASE
Category: Blue Water
Category: C&P exams
Video – What DBQ Forms to Fill Out for C&P Exams
Video – Do You Have To Go to C&P Exams?
Video – Tips for Attending C&P Exams
Video Blog – What To Do During Mental Health C&P Exams
Do You Really NEED that C&P exam?
What You Need to Know to Prepare for a C&P Exam
C&P Exam: Reexamination
Video Blog – Common Mistakes – Attending the C&P Exams
Ongoing Problems with the Disability Benefits Questionnaire (DBQ)
Understanding VA Compensation and Pension Exams
Seven “Do’s and Dont’s” for a Compensation and Pension Exam
Video Blog – Preparing for C&P Exams
The VA and TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) Benefits – Is Your Examiner Qualified?
The VA, Veterans, and the C&P Exam
VA Compensation Benefits and Malingering
Video Blog – IU C&P Exams
Get the Hearing Loss VA Benefits You Deserve
Practical Steps To Take with New VA Appeals Process
Top 3 Things You Need to Know About New Appeals
Video Blog – Unemployability: When Your Disability Keeps You from Work
Video Blog – How To File Complete Secondary VA Claims
Video Blog – What VA Claims to File
Video Blog – Buddy Statements for Service Connection
Video Blog – How to Make Buddy Statements
VA Disability Benefits – Back to Basics
How Can I Get VA Disability Benefits If My Discharge Is Not Honorable?
I Filed a Claim for TDIU – Can I Still Work?
The PTSD Presumption – How this is Important for Your VA Claim
Video Blog – Getting a Proper Rating for PTSD
Video Blog – How do I get a 100% disability rating?
Video Blog – Individual Unemployability – When to File
Video Blog – VA Mental Health Ratings
Video Blog – What does being found incompetent by the VA mean?
Video Blog – Will the VA take away my Guns?
Video Blog – Common Mistakes – Knowing Your Timeframes
Video Blog – Common Mistakes – 100% vs Unemployability
Video Blog – Common Mistakes – Don’t Sit Back During Your Appeal
Frustrated with Your VA Health Care: What are Your Options?
Video Blog – Common Mistakes – Appeal vs Reconsideration
Video Blog – Common Mistakes – Not Filing All Possible Claims
VA Disability Compensation: Answering Questions About TDIU
Video Blog – Common Mistakes – Not Filing
Video Blog – VA Disability for Paratroopers
Video Blog – Understanding BVA Decisions
Is It Possible to Speed Up the VA Appeals Process?
Video Blog – Prostate Cancer Ratings
Video Blog – Nexus Linking Your VA Disability to Service
VA Disability Benefits – Veteran Insomnia
Video Blog – Important VA Paperwork
Video Blog – Filing a Complete VA Claim
Video Blog – Does Hill and Ponton Represent Vets Nationwide?
Video Blog – DIC – Service Connected Death
Video Blog – 100% vs Unemployability
Video Blog – 100% Service Connected and Student Loans
What Veterans with Social Security Disability Benefits Need to Know When Pursuing VA Disability Benefits
Video Blog – Working with 100% Disability
Video Blog – VA Survivor Benefits
VA Benefits: Isn’t the VA Supposed to Give Me the Benefit of the Doubt
Video Blog – VA Claims File
Video Blog – VA and Social Security Disability Benefits
Video Blog – Parkinsons VA Rating Errors
Video Blog – Effective Date VA Claims
Video Blog – Disability Benefits Questionnaire
Video Blog – BVA Decisions
Video Blog – Attorney Fee
Video Blog – A Nationwide Firm
Video Blog – Social Security and VA Disability
VA Unemployability: What to do when VA says your rating isn’t high enough
Video Blog – Migraine Maximum Rating
How Do I Figure Out If My VA Rating Decision is Correct?
Neuropsychology and VA Benefits: Is this the missing link in your Traumatic Brain Injury case?
Video Blog – Individual Unemployability and the Rating You Need
How Can You Use a “CUE Claim” To Get an Earlier Effective Date for Service-Connected VA Disability Benefits?
VA Disability Benefits: What Happens To My Claim If I Am Wrong About My Diagnosis?
VA Compensation for PTSD and Other Mental Disorders
Is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) a new neurodegenerative disease?
Video Blog – Buddy Statements
VA Benefits and Type II Diabetes: What Every Veteran Should Know
VA Benefits: Vocational Experts and Individual Unemployability
VA Benefits for Qualified Survivors – Accrued Benefits and Substitution Basics
What Happens if My Service Connected Condition Causes Other Disabilities?
Video Blog – Military Sexaul Trauma (MST) Markers
Gulf War Syndrome & Presumptive Service-Connection: What Every Veteran Should Know
VA Benefits and Migraines: Did the VA Underrate Your Disability?
Rating Code Sheets – Demystifying VA Ratings and Compensation
Do you have the evidence you need to win your unemployability claim?
Top six reasons VA denied my claim
Can the VA take away my 100% rating based on TDIU?
Agent Orange in Thailand—Proving Your Case
Video Blog – 100 Disability Rating from VA
Migraines and VA Disability
What to do after a grant of service connection from the BVA
Ischemic Heart Disease and Agent Orange
VA Compensation Benefits Rates –“How Much Compensation am I Entitled To?”
Category: Gulf War Syndrome
Gulf War Veterans Face Bigger Challenges With Claims Process
Gulf War Syndrome and How It May Be affecting You Today
VA Benefits for Gulf War Illnesses: Service Connection
Vaccines and Gulf War Illness
VA Benefits for Gulf War Veterans – Part 2
Gulf War Veterans and Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Part Two: When the VA’s Initial Rating Just Isn’t Enough
Gulf War Veterans and Fibromyalgia
Why 80% of Gulf War VA Cases are Denied
Gulf War Veterans & Diabetes Mellitus
Gulf War Veterans: The Finer Details on Undiagnosed Illnesses
VIDEO – PTSD C&P Exam | Don’t Fall For VA Trick
How To Support Your Loved One With PTSD
Did You Know The Link Between PTSD and TMJ?
What To Know for Delayed Onset PTSD VA Claims
How PTSD is Connected to Atrial Fibrillation
A Growing Epidemic: Suicide Among Veterans
How GAF Scores Affect Your VA Disability Claim
Pyramiding: What Is It and How It Affects VA Claims
WHODAS 2.0: What Does It Mean For Your VA Claim?
PTSD Criteria & What the DSM-V Says
How the VA Rates Mental Disorders
How Does VA Determine A Psychiatric Disability Rating?
PTSD: Basic Criteria
Age, PTSD, & Your VA Disability Claim
Understanding how VA looks at PTSD
PTSD and the Military Community
Disability Compensation for Military Sexual Trauma
The Evidence Requirement for a Claim of PTSD
Understanding the Difference between PTSD and other Mental Health Disorders
Delayed Onset PTSD & “LOSS”
Changing an “Other Than Honorable Discharge” due to PTSD related Symptoms
Do sleep apnea and PTSD have overlapping factors?
VA Benefits for PTSD – Fear of Hostile Military Activity
VA Benefits for PTSD – Combat Stressor
VA Benefits for PTSD – Personal Assault
VA Benefits for PTSD – Part 3 – The Link
VA Benefits for PTSD – Part 2 – In-Service Stressor
Coping with re-traumatization when applying for benefits associated with Military Sexual Trauma
How to Build Your PTSD Claim
PTSD in Women Vietnam Veterans
PTSD & Vietnam Veterans Part 2 – Substance Abuse
Changing How the VA Rates Mental Conditions: GAF vs. WHODAS 2.0
MDD versus PTSD – What Vet’s Need to Know
Presenting a Strong PTSD Claim to the VA
3 Steps to Presenting a Strong VA PTSD Claim
“Stunning” New Link Between Brain and Immune System Found
Mental Well-Being; The Veteran and Man’s Best Friend
PTSD, Immune Disorders, and your Veteran’s Disability Claim
Why Some Vets Develop PTSD, and Others Don’t
Studies say: PTSD can Literally Break a Veteran’s Heart
A New Lease on Life for Veterans Suffering From PTSD
Video Blog – PTSD and VA Service Connected Compensation
Category: Unemployability
How Can I Get 100% Service Connected Disability Rating?
The 3 Types of Temporary 100% Disability Ratings
Am I Still Able To Work While on IU | Unemployability?
New Unemployability Verification Process Explained!
Temporary Total VA Rating of 100%
Different Types of VA 100% Ratings
Understanding Individual Unemployability Benefits
Common Errors in VA Decisions Involving TDIU – Part One
How Do I Prove Unemployability?
Five Most Prevalent Primary Service-Connected Disabilities for Women Veterans: 2015
Why Vocational Assessments are Important for Your Case
What is Individual Unemployability?
IU and You: What a Veteran Needs to Know
Temporary 100 Percent VA Disability Ratings
Eligibility for Unemployability While Still Working
Can I combine ratings for TDIU?
Exploring Marginal & Sheltered Employment for TDIU Benefits
Video Blog – When should you file for unemployability with the VA?
VA Benefits – Qualifying for TDIU
Migraines & Your Claim for Individual Unemployability
How Does TDIU Work?
VA Benefits – How the VA Rates Disabilities
TDIU – The VA’s Position on Employment Issues
VA Form 21-8940 – Tips on Filing For Individual Unemployability (PART 2)
Individual Unemployability (IU): Basics a Veteran Needs to Know
Navigating the VA 21-8940
Effective Date for VA Total Disability Based on Individual Unemployability
TDIU – Part III
Video Blog – Individual Unemployability Considerations
Video Blog – VA Individual Unemployability Combo Ratings
Video Blog – Total Disability due to Individual Unemployability (TDIU)
Category: VA Claim Tips
Find Out About Eating Disorders in Veterans
How the VA Rates Urinary Incontinence
Can I Stop VA Rating Reductions On My Disability?
Tips On Proving Your MST Claim
Video – Did You Know About These Links to Parkinson’s?
Video – Connecting Bladder Cancer to Your Asbestos Exposure
How the VA Rates Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Video – Prepare for Diabetes C&P Exam By Following These Tips
Can I Service-Connect Hypertension?
Video – What is a DBQ and Is It Important?
Why Is the VA Reexamining My Disability?
Can I Get VA Disability for Flat Feet?
4 Tips For Non-Military Trauma Mental Health Claims
Category: VA Info & Updates
How To Use New & Relevant Evidence In AMA System
Category: Veteran's FAQs
In Case You Didn’t Know: COLA for 2019
Special Monthly Compensation: Explained
Mental Health Treatment Concerns for Veterans Who Own Firearms
The VA’s Definition of “Veteran” – An In-Depth Look
Credibility: What does this mean to the VA?
Dealing with the VA – Why It’s Worth the Wait
When am I ready to hire an Attorney?
Why should I hire an attorney to represent me in my claim for VA benefits?
Special Types of Compensation: CRSC
What is the C File?
Category: Veterans Videos
Video Blog – Veterans Appeal Process