I Don't Have The Numbers & They Might not Even Be Available, But If I Were Taking Bets,
My Money Would Be On The Side Which Says, " Before Receiving Their 1st Disability Check, Most Needed To Hire A Law Firm To Get It".

A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney - That would be incorrect. You can get the detailed reports on all types of VA claims (disability, education, etc.) from the 'Detailed Claims Data' information on the VA's report page*. This information goes back for a number of years (how far back depends on the type of report and what laws on data reporting were in effect).

According to the report, in FY24 over 2.5M claims were decided by the VA with an approval rate of over 60% and 1.3M of those claims were approved below the BVA level.

A more accurate comment would be, "the majority of claims are approved by the initial or at a higher level review without having to go to the VA's Boards of Veterans Appeals (BVA)" (since you wouldn't need a law firm involved below the BVA level).

Side note: Law firms have a slightly higher approval rate (42.7% vs the average of 35.2%) and lower denial rate (12.7% vs average of 16.4%) for appeals at the BVA but there is absolutely no reason to pay a lawyer below the VBA level. Get one of the VSOs to assist in your claim for no cost.
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* Veterans Benefits Administration FY2024 report (Detailed Claims Data) - https://www.benefits.va.gov/reports/detailed_claims_data.asp
* Veterans Benefits Administration FY2024 report (Board of Veterans’ Appeals) - https://department.va.gov/board-of-veterans-appeals/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2025/04/2024_bva2024ar.pdf

COL Randall Cudworth -
If You Happen To Have The Authority And Have The Knowledge To View My Medical Records Or Know Someone Whom Can Read And Explain Them, But Need My Permission, This Is It:-- I Give My Permission To To Col. Randall Cudworth To View And/or Be Given Copies Of ALL My Medical Records, As Well As All Comments Made By The Physicians" Medick Charles DeVaney.---
Because I'd Love For Others To See What Our North Las Vegas VA Health Care Facility DID TO ME....
I Could Tell You Horror Stories Of All The Damages They CREATED, But It's Better If Others Read Them For Themselves--
I'm Very Familiar With VA.Gov. And The Information Has Been Valuable But The Issue Is - None Of Them DO Anything. -- While I'm In A Wheel Chair Breathing Through A 50 Foot Oxygen Tube.- Requesting And Being Denied A Portable Oxygen Machine For The Past FIVE (5) YEARS -- And Still Doing Combat With Them Making All Attempts To Have One Issued To Me --
NEXT: I Have Already Prepared A Letter To Be Sent To All Major New Outlets - ABC -CBS-NBC-CBS-FOX PBS, Etc. -- I'm Just Cleaning It Up Because I'm Having To Remove Some Of The Language Used When Referring To Than As "Those Sumbitches" Etc -- And I'm NOT kidding -- I've Had MY Fill Of THEIR B.S. Lies Being Used To Cover Their (butts) And I HAVE Documentation For Most, But NOT For The Telephone Calls I've Recieved From VA Employees(2) Whom Refused To Identify Themselves- YES It's THAT Way Out Here.