Posted on Sep 13, 2014
Why do the Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Service Officers refuse to assist a Veteran after a lawyer gets involved?
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I have a fellow Veteran who told me that the Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Service Officer stopped assisting with her service connected claim because she asked for help from a friend with a law degree. I would like to know why this would happen.
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What a paradox. So if a vet is a prior military paralegal to a JAG officer, would he or she be denied all help then? Something's not right there or there might be more to the story than we know
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SPC Darin Taylor
Something is definitely not right about this situation. That is why I'm doing my best to investigate.
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SPC Darin Taylor
I spoke with the DAV National Service Officer (NSO) and was informed that the Veteran was still represented by the DAV and that it was a matter of waiting for the appeal to be reviewed. I was told that a lawyer would have to be accredited and trained by the VA in order to represent a Veteran on a claim. When a Veteran hasn't been contacted by their Veteran's Service Officer (VSO) they sometimes get the impression that their claim is no longer being represented. The word "wait" is the worse 4-letter word that any Veteran can hear when dealing with a VA claim.
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I filed a claim back in the 90's and again in 1997 and again in 2003-2004. Now in 2017 wow such a long process.
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