Veterans Appeals

This does not mean your rating will be reduced without first having a chance to prove your disability has not improved.

When a Veteran makes a claim through the VA to receive benefits, there is no guarantee that the VA will accept it. Sadly, the VA often makes denials. A denial can be based on several

When appealing a VA decision, you must have the necessary evidence. The process of submitting a VA appeal can be long and tedious. Veterans may not even know where to begin when making an appeal.

A recent decision by the Court of Appeals of Veteran Claims (“CAVC”) has been selected to have a precedential effect on other cases moving forward. The Court of Appeals of Veteran Claims is the Federal

Veterans diagnosed with non-combat PTSD but denied service connection frequently express a common frustration: “How can the VA say this never happened to me? I’m not lying!” But rather than accusing Veterans of stretching the

‘Duty to assist’ is a common phrase used by the VA and Veterans advocates related to the VA’s duty to help you in your pursuit of evidence for your VA claim. The VA has a

The Veteran Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 (AMA) redesigned the VA benefit appeals system with the intent to increase the number of choices for Veterans when they disagree with the VA’s decisions regarding the

You've been waiting for months to qualify for VA disability benefits, and then you get the news: the VA has denied your claim. The VA denies around 30% of disability claims each year. It can

During his daily press briefing on 4/2/2020, President Trump announced that he had directed the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer relief to Veterans during the coronavirus pandemic in two significant ways.  The first step

While Sailors find themselves in many different roles all over the world, from the construction-related hazards experienced by Seabees to the cramped quarters endured by the Silent Service, there are common Navy disabilities and injuries