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The Department of Veterans Affairs has adopted a final rule which establishes secondary service connection for certain diagnosable illnesses associated with service connected traumatic brain injuries. The rule became effective on January 16, 2014, and, although it...
The VA can reduce a veteran's VA disability rating if it determines that the veteran's disability has improved. The VA can reduce a disability rating at any time a medical examination indicates improvement - the veteran does not have to file a new claim or file for an...
Previous decisions of the VA which are final and binding such as decisions of service connection, age, marital status, duration of service, dependency, line of duty, extent of disability, and other issues decided by the VA are accepted as correct in the absence of...
Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU or IU) allows a veteran to receive compensation for 100% disability even if the veteran has less than a 100% schedular rating. TDIU is based on the fact that the service connected disability, though less than...
The United States House of Representatives voted this week to give final approval to a bill giving disabled veterans and veterans' survivors a 1.5 percent cost of living increase. The United States Senate voted on the 1.5 percent COLA increase in October so if, as...
Nearly 80,000 Vietnam veterans were discharged under other than honorable conditions. Being discharged under other than honorable conditions prevents those Vietnam veterans from receiving veteran's disability benefits. How many of those veterans discharges could have...
According to a September 2013 Kiplinger Washington Editors survey of 1,000 veterans between the ages of 50 and 70, 7 out of 10 veterans did not know, or underestimated, the impact of filing for Social Security Disability benefits prior to the age of 70. Currently,...
Effective October 1, 2013, the Federal Government was 'shutdown', but what does the shutdown mean for those with disability claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs? In anticipation of the shutdown, the government provided some insight for those depending on...
The Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) has recently reversed course and awarded benefits to an Air Force veteran that piloted an airplane carrying the toxic defoliant, Agent Orange. The pilot, Paul Bailey, was awarded full benefits for his service during and after...
Veterans that served along the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Korea during the Vietnam War may have an easier time establishing a Veterans Disability Claim. In similar 'Agent Orange' cases, Veterans are presumed to have been exposed to the chemical during certain,...