Veterans Disability Info Blog

If you are a veteran getting ready to file your benefits claim for the first time,  you may want to consider filing the claim under the Veterans’ Administration’s Fully Developed Claim program, or FDC Program. What Is the Fully Developed Claim Program? “The Fully Developed Claims (FDC) program is a […]

Recently, our veterans’ disability benefits law firm won a very unusual case on behalf of a disabled veteran who was suffering from a very severe case of PTSD.  In the early 1970’s our client was stationed at one of the military bases for basic training.  During his time at basic […]

As a veterans disability lawyer that represents victims of military sexual assault, I thought I would share a common scenario to assist the readers of this blog who may be dealing with a recent VA denial of a claim for military sexual trauma or MST.  The facts of this typical […]

For many disabled veterans who were exposed to Agent-Orange, winning service connection for a disease  not presumed to be caused by Agent Orange exposure seems like an impossible task.  Often, these veterans call our veterans benefits law firm  because they have various forms of cancer and other rare diseases that […]

As a veterans disability lawyer I literally talk with hundreds of disabled veterans each year.  These veterans call or send me their VA decisions in hopes that I will be able to represent them.  Recently, a veteran sent me his Board of Veterans Appeals decision.  He wanted our veterans benefits […]

The frustration of disabled veterans suffering from illnesses associated with exposure to toxic chemicals in Iraq reached its zenith in the recent controversy over the government’s failure to timely disclose the nature of the toxic exposure.  In May 2015 the NY Times reported on the disclosure of information that shed […]

The Journal of the American Medical Association  has confirmed that veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan War have a significantly higher prevalence of all cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking, hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity, and diabetes.  The medical community, and perhaps most seasoned veterans disability lawyers, have known for a […]

More and more often I see scenarios where a veteran with a service connection for PTSD years later has a heart attack or a stroke. When he tries to get a service connection for the heart attack or stroke, the VA denies his claim. A related situation is where a […]

For non-PTSD psychiatric cases, proving a service connection between metal illness and military service still requires you to establish the occurrence of an in-service event linking the two.  Normally, you need to have a service treatment record documenting some psychiatric complaints.  At the very least, you need to have a […]

It was the fall of 1970 and 18-year old Jimmy Mills found himself in Vietnam as a member of the Army’s 173d Airborne Brigade.  Mr. Mills hailed from the small rural North Carolina town of Shallotte.   Not surprisingly, Mr. Mills found the combat theatre of Vietnam to be a […]