VA Disability

When veterans get approved to receive VA disability compensation, they are assigned a rating based on the severity of their disability. These ratings are expressed as a percentage that can range from 0 to 100%, with 100% being the most severe. Often, veterans feel like their VA disability rating doesn’t fully reflect the severity of…

To establish a claim for service-connected compensation, you must provide evidence supporting three elements. (1) evidence of a current disability, (2) evidence of an event-in-service that caused injury or aggravation of a disease or injury, and (3) medical evidence of a nexus between the in-service disease or injury and the current disability. Evidence of a…

Veterans of the Gulf War and our recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan face a unique range of medical issues that are unlike conditions seen by other generations of Veterans. There are special rules in place to reduce the burden on these Veterans who suffer from certain conditions. These rules are often misapplied, and it…

If you become incapacitated because of a service-connected condition, you may be eligible for a temporary 100 percent rating during your period of incapacitation. This is true even if your typical combined rating is less than 100 percent. Temporary total ratings are only available to Veterans that do not receive a monthly payment at the…