Posted on Jul 23, 2016
3 Things You Need To Nail Your VA Disability Claim
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There are three elements that must be included in every VA disability claims file. Make sure you have them.
When you transition out the military, it’s important that you identify any injuries or illnesses acquired while in service and file a claim with the Department of Veterans Affairs. However, before you file, you need to make sure you have the right information in your disability claim. If you don’t, it could be rejected, and you’ll have to go through the appeals process, which turn into a long and tedious undertaking.
To make sure your VA disability claim is approved, there are three things you must include in your claim, according to accredited veterans benefits attorney, Chris Attig. An Army veteran himself, Attig is a lawyer out of Dallas, Texas, who has been representing veterans and their claims since 2007. His firm specializes in VA disability benefits and compensation for veterans and their survivors.
Attig says that for a service-connection VA claim, you must make sure you have three elements clearly represented:
•An injury, illness, or event acquired while you were serving in the military.
•A current diagnosis or disability, or recurring or persistent symptoms of a disability.
•Competent and credible evidence that shows the injury is related to the current diagnosis.
Attig further says that before sending in your claims file, go through and tag each of the three elements with different-colored sticky notes and ask someone if they can easily see the relationship between the injury and the diagnosis or disability through the provided evidence.
If you don’t have a claims file, there are multiple resources and veterans service organizations that can help you start a claim for free.
When you transition out the military, it’s important that you identify any injuries or illnesses acquired while in service and file a claim with the Department of Veterans Affairs. However, before you file, you need to make sure you have the right information in your disability claim. If you don’t, it could be rejected, and you’ll have to go through the appeals process, which turn into a long and tedious undertaking.
To make sure your VA disability claim is approved, there are three things you must include in your claim, according to accredited veterans benefits attorney, Chris Attig. An Army veteran himself, Attig is a lawyer out of Dallas, Texas, who has been representing veterans and their claims since 2007. His firm specializes in VA disability benefits and compensation for veterans and their survivors.
Attig says that for a service-connection VA claim, you must make sure you have three elements clearly represented:
•An injury, illness, or event acquired while you were serving in the military.
•A current diagnosis or disability, or recurring or persistent symptoms of a disability.
•Competent and credible evidence that shows the injury is related to the current diagnosis.
Attig further says that before sending in your claims file, go through and tag each of the three elements with different-colored sticky notes and ask someone if they can easily see the relationship between the injury and the diagnosis or disability through the provided evidence.
If you don’t have a claims file, there are multiple resources and veterans service organizations that can help you start a claim for free.
3 Things You Need To Nail Your VA Disability Claim
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Thanks for sharing the three elements which need to be "clearly represented" for a claim SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL:
1) An injury, illness, or event acquired while you were serving in the military.
2) A current diagnosis or disability, or recurring or persistent symptoms of a disability.
3) Competent and credible evidence that shows the injury is related to the current diagnosis.
You also need patience because it may take years to have the VBA act on your claim and update your disabilities and rating. I have been treated by the VA since 2013 and all of my treatment and increases in disability have been documented by the treatment side. This has not helped much yet.
In God's timing I know the VA will rule in my favor. Patience is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
As long as I am connected to Christ, God is producing fruit in my life.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs COL Jean (John) F. B. LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Capt Seid Waddell SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT 1stSgt Eugene Harless MSG Brad Sand SFC William Farrell SSG Leo Bell SSgt Robert Marx SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SrA Christopher Wright SGT Robert George SPC (Join to see) Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM PO2 Ed C.
1) An injury, illness, or event acquired while you were serving in the military.
2) A current diagnosis or disability, or recurring or persistent symptoms of a disability.
3) Competent and credible evidence that shows the injury is related to the current diagnosis.
You also need patience because it may take years to have the VBA act on your claim and update your disabilities and rating. I have been treated by the VA since 2013 and all of my treatment and increases in disability have been documented by the treatment side. This has not helped much yet.
In God's timing I know the VA will rule in my favor. Patience is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
As long as I am connected to Christ, God is producing fruit in my life.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs COL Jean (John) F. B. LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Capt Seid Waddell SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT 1stSgt Eugene Harless MSG Brad Sand SFC William Farrell SSG Leo Bell SSgt Robert Marx SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SrA Christopher Wright SGT Robert George SPC (Join to see) Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM PO2 Ed C.
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