Category: General

VA Award and Disability Award Letters

Mar 24, 2022
Veterans Disability Info

The VA will send you an award letter when it makes a decision on your disability claim. However, even if you didn’t receive it (or if you lost it), you’re not completely out of luck. But first, what is a VA Award Letter? A VA Award letter, also known as […]

Buddy Letters and Buddy Statements from Your Wife: What Are They?

Mar 21, 2022
Paige Ingram, ESQ

“Buddy letters” are lay statements provided in support of a veteran’s claim for VA disability benefits. These letters can describe the nature of a veteran’s observable symptoms—including their onset, frequency, duration, and the extent to which they affect or interfere with the veteran’s life—as well as the events that may […]

Contacting a VA Accredited Attorney

Mar 14, 2022
Veterans Disability Info

An attorney or representative who is accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is legally allowed to help claimants in obtaining benefits from the VA. With this accrediting program, a VA Accredited Attorney is allowed to help Veterans and their families. Accredited personnel have undergone extensive training to assist […]

The Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay Act

Mar 8, 2022
Veterans Disability Info

Congress enacted the Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay Act (CRDP) in 2004. Veterans who qualify for the CRDP program are eligible to receive both their full DoD disability and retirement benefits as well as their full VA disability benefits. To be eligible for the CRDP, you must meet one of […]

VA Disability for Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (PFAS): The Air Force Denies PFAS Exposure to Michigan Veterans

Mar 3, 2022
Veterans Disability Info

Oscoda Army Air Field, Camp Skeel, and Oscoda Air Force Post were the names given to Michigan’s Wurtsmith Air Force Base between 1923 and 1993. Toxic chemicals contained in aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF), generally referred to as PFAS, began to poison the base’s drinking water in the 1970s. Contamination with […]

The VA Phone Number & Other Helpful Veteran Resources

Feb 28, 2022
Veterans Disability Info

Several hundred VA support lines are now in operation, each of which is dedicated to a certain problem. Most likely, you won’t obtain a response to your precise inquiry if you dial the wrong phone number. A single-access telephone contact point is available, though. This aims to reduce confusion and […]

The M21 1MR Manual: What Is It?

Feb 22, 2022
Veterans Disability Info

The M21-1MR Part I VA Disability Compensation Manual is only one of several guides, handbooks, and manuals available from the Department of Veterans Affairs. There are set guidelines in the M21-1MR Disability Manual for all types of disability compensation applications. To help combat Veterans or non-combat veterans expedite the claims […]

VA Disability Pay Dates

Feb 17, 2022
Veterans Disability Info

For the 2023 VA Disability Pay Dates, please visit this post. You may be eligible for VA disability benefits if your military service has left you with a medical condition or disability. If you fall within this bracket, it’s a good idea to be familiar with the procedures for receiving […]

The VA Disability 5 Year Rule

Feb 15, 2022
Veterans Disability Info

The VA may require reexamination of a veteran who is receiving service-connected compensation. The VA may do a typical outpatient C&P exam or require a hospital observation period. The applicable regulation is 38 C.F.R. § 3.327(a). This provision allows for reexamination to ascertain whether there still is a current disability […]