Broken Marines Everywhere I just finished making the post about the United States of Al episode about Riley’s VA disability claim, when I started episode #6 of the second season. This episode was about Veteran’s Day, and while I personally do not subscribe to the free food crawl that many veterans do, in this episode… Continue reading Broken Marines Everywhere
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Feeling Bad About Being Disabled
Feeling Bad About Being Disabled While working on a blog post for a new feature, I was watching “The United States of Al” and I was surprised on Episode 13 of the first season. The Marine character, Riley (Parker Young) was having a problem with Tinnitus. His family was suggesting that he go to the… Continue reading Feeling Bad About Being Disabled
Helping a Brother Out
Helping a Brother Out In this case, the brother that I was helping out was my step-father and the helping out was getting his Veterans Affairs Disability account set up. I was in Florida not too long ago visiting family. While I was there I wanted to get my step-father’s online VA account set up… Continue reading Helping a Brother Out
A Look Deep Into The Veterans Affairs Disability Claims
A Look Deep Into The Veterans Affairs Disability Claims If you are curious about how the VA processes disability claims, you can get a little insight by using this little trick that I stumbled upon. Go to Google.com and in the search window type site:https://www.va.gov/vetapp01/ rheumatoid arthritis That will return several hundred results of all… Continue reading A Look Deep Into The Veterans Affairs Disability Claims
VA Disability Claims Pro-Tips #2
VA Disability Claims Pro-Tips #2 Lawyers For those of you who are first starting this process, you need to understand one thing. The Department of Veterans Affairs sadly has a whole team of lawyers who work for them to represent them at these hearings. It also seems that these lawyers have another purpose which is… Continue reading VA Disability Claims Pro-Tips #2
VA Most Commonly Approved Disability Claims
VA Most Commonly Approved Disability Claims The Veterans Administration recently submitted a report to Congress, which outlines the most common claims approved by the VA. Here Are The Top Ten: Tinnitus Hearing Loss Limitation of Flexion, Knee Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Lumbosacral or Cervical Strain (Back Pain) Scars, General Paralysis of the Sciatic Nerve Limitation… Continue reading VA Most Commonly Approved Disability Claims
VA Disability Claims – Pro Tips
VA Disability Claims – Pro Tips ***NOTE*** I’m not a professional at this. These are just some things that I have learned along the way from doing my personal claims and my stepfather’s claims and from doing research for posts on this blog. Be careful of up-front costs. Your initial consultation with a VA disability… Continue reading VA Disability Claims – Pro Tips
Veterans Affairs Disability Claim Uses Fuzzy Math
Veterans Affairs Disability Claim Uses Fuzzy Math “Fuzzy Math”, is more like math with several months of growth, it is well beyond “fuzzy”. When working with a Veterans Affairs Disability rating, you need to first understand it’s a combined rating, NOT an accumulative or added rating. (That’s why 50% + 50% doesn’t equal 100%.) I… Continue reading Veterans Affairs Disability Claim Uses Fuzzy Math
Veterans Affairs Disability Claim Process
Veterans Affairs Disability Claim Process Filing a Veterans Affairs disability claim can be exhausting for some, but knowing how the process works is a big help. This post is just that. Claim Received – I personally, have sent in a claim entirely via the United States Postal Service (snail Mail), and electronically via their website.… Continue reading Veterans Affairs Disability Claim Process
Ton of VA Letters
Ton of VA Letters Talk about wasting money, this is what happens when Veterans Affairs denies a disability claim for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), they sent me 26 individual letters, one for each joint that they denied disability. Each letter was the same, except for one line which was the joint location. The way they do RA… Continue reading Ton of VA Letters