While the VA uses complicated medical terms and specific diagnostic codes you are not required to use the terms or codes in your claim....

A condition is any physical or mental health problem which can be rated for severity and may or may not be compensable by the VA. Through...

The various challenges faced by VA adjudicators result in lots of opportunities for error to be committed. The rather narrow focus of VA...

Have you gotten a VA decision that you disagree with? Any unfavorable adjudicative decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...

What is a Dependent Parent Benefit? A Veteran whose parent(s) are dependent upon him or her for financial support may be paid additional...

App “stores” these days are filled with more than games and music. They also contain really useful apps you can put to use in your VA...

It can be incredibly frustrating when the VA denies your disability claim! Here are the top five likely reasons your claim was denied...

Most veterans don’t realize that there are at least five distinct routes to connect a medical condition to their military service. One of...

If you are challenging a prior VA decision on the grounds of clear and unmistakable error, you must do more than disagree with how VA...

A “nexus letter” is a document prepared for a claimant by a medical professional that explicitly connects an in-service event to the...