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Veterans Benefits Lawyers
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The Veterans Benefits Lawyers Blog was established to help veterans and their families obtain the disability, educational and housing benefits to which they are entitled.
Recent Posts
EVIDENCE IS CRUCIAL: Part 3
In a previous blog posting I discussed evidence in veterans cases, including a feature unique to this system, the rule that if evidence is approximately balanced on any given point, the veteran claimant is supposed to be given the benefit of the doub...
EVIDENCE IS CRUCIAL: Part 2
In a previous blog posting I discussed evidence in general and the benefit-of-the-doubt rule. I also mentioned the three essential facts that must be proven in a service-connection claim: that there was an injury or first manifestation of di...
SOCIAL SECURITY FOUND ME DISABLED, WHY NOT THE VA?
Many veterans pursuing a claim for VA benefits have already been granted Social Security Benefits or are pursuing Social Security benefits for the same disability. A common belief among veterans is that VA should make the same conclusions and/or deci...
New conditions added to Agent Orange presumptive list
VA announced on October 13, 2009, that it will add three more illnesses to the “presumptive list” of Agent Orange related diseases: Parkinson’s disease, B cell leukemias, such as hairy cell leukemia, and ischemic heart disease. In practical ef...
EVIDENCE IS CRUCIAL, “AS LIKELY AS NOT”
“Evidence” is a subject law students devote considerable effort in studying, and it can present complexities even to the best legal minds. But it is quite possible and useful to understand the basic concepts as they relate to the veterans claims ...
Does VA’s new proposed PTSD rule mean that I don’t need corroboration for my PTSD stressor?
VA has proposed a change to the PTSD regulations that will eliminate the requirement that a stressor be corroborated if it arises out of “fear of hostile military or terrorist activity.” There will also be a requirement that a VA psychiatrist or ...

