Veterans Disability Info Blog

As many as one in every three veterans suffer from depression, anxiety, adjustment disorder, PTSD, or other psychiatric disorder - two to three times more than the general population. Depression is a major cause of unemployability in the U.S., making VA disability compensation for depression...

I recently developed a new strategy in my never-ending quest to obtain service connection for veterans suffering from severe psychiatric disabilities. 
In many cases there's no evidence of in-service psychiatric problems and the diagnosis of a psychiatric disability occurs many years and...

I have long been interested in the association between mental disorders and various physical health problems. 
I've written extensively in the past on the issue of obesity and its correlation with people that suffer from PTSD.  I've also seen research associating PTSD with lower...

We recently won service connection for a veteran’s myocardial infarction secondary to a service connected psychiatric disability.  This veteran’s psychiatric disability was different than the typical PTSD scenario that we often face in this office.  This veteran had a...

In April 1975 U.S. Forces participated in Operations Eagle Pull and Frequent Wind.  These operations were designed to help evacuate Saigon and Cambodia.  Our client, Larry, participated in these evacuations and he experienced the fright that comes from fear of impending hostile...

Are you a veteran who has been diagnosed with mesothelioma or have you lost a loved one to mesothelioma? The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) recognizes that members of the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marines and Navy worked closely with asbestos between 1940s and the 1980s, putting millions at...