I am in desperate need of getting help with my disability claims. I'm in need of a law firm to help me. I need suggestions/reommendations?

I sent you a link to Rep for Vets, they are very professional and extremely helpful and knowledgeable! They have the most complete staff, including legal, medical, investigative and advocacy specialists who will help you complete all the paperwork and submission complete! They helped me get my benefits 100% P&T.

You have to get either a DAV or Legion Veterans' Service Officer (VSO), to assist in the proper processing of your claim. They can help you get your medical records. Find a VSO near you by researching the listings: https://www.dav.org/find-your-local-office/

https://mylegion.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Find-a-Service-Officer

https://www.vfw.org/assistance/va-claims-separation-benefits

Wood and Woods, LLC is the one I contacted.

Good luck I went through the DAV took five years but got it done.

FULL STOP: Get a Service Organization Advocate TODAY. You can use the DAV, American Legion, VFW, et al. All are free. There is an office for advocates at VA medical centers. Look posted on the directory. If nowhere else, in the vicinity of the main entrance or main elevators at the hospital that serves you. The VA IS REQUIRED to obtain (request) your medical records in order to adjudicate your claim. There are at least two major divisions in the VA. Medical care and Benefits. They don't spontaneously communicate. You must authorize the VA claims to obtain your records from the VA Medical side. HIPPA sound familiar? VA 4142 and VA 4142a are the form numbers. You can also request them, although your blue button report has a lot. You can get every document in your file if you ask for it. Don't hold your breath until it shows up. It will take weeks or months. USE THAT ADVOCATE! The advocate can't can't make a case that does not exist, but if you have a valid claim, it is amazing what they can and will do to get your claim approved. YOU must do your part to assist in gathering the records you have and getting them in your advocate's hands and respond instantly when they request for whatever. The system stinks, but it works and the VA medical will turn over all your records so that the benefits can analyze them. Past that help your advocate help you and just do what they tell you to do until such time, if any, that it no longer makes sense. It will take time, but IF approved, you will get back pay from the date you filed. Good Luck!

The Legion has VSO to assist,

The VA has to have your military medical records in order to decide your claim. If your surgeries were after the military then VA gets those records as well. What has to happen if the surgeries were after the military is there has to be evidence the injuries resulting in surgery are related to military service.

If the surgery was in service and corrected the issue then a VA examiner may say there is no longer a disability.

If you no longer have disability or the disability is not due to military service then it won’t be granted.

All of us Veterans need to remember disability is not a right but a privilege

I highly recommend DAV. They were so helpful to me in finally getting my claim resolved.

First, get a copy of your medical record. Second, go to the VA, get registered, do a C&P (compensation and pension evaluation). Advice i received was ride the sick bed. That means tell the Doctor doing the Eval everything hurting on you then let the VA go from there. Once you get a determination from the VA, find the VSO (veterans service officer) at the VA and start the claims process. I could go on for hours how to get things done on claims. I’ve been in the VA system since 1990. I am 100% Permanent and Total. I file most of my own claims now.