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Maximize Your VA Rating with These Expert Tactics
Claire Szewczyk
February 21, 2024
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In This Edition
This week, we're diving deep into the VA Ratings System.
How well do you understand them and why they’re CRITICAL to your claim?
How does the VA calculate my rating?
Don’t let VA ratings get the best of you, learn what the VA looks for.
Want to know when you’ll receive your compensation?
We’ve also got the 2024 payment schedule, so you’ll know exactly when your well-deserved benefits are coming.
Why it Matters: Having an understanding of ratings enables you to recognize when you might have too low of a rating and need to appeal.
Can the VA reduce my rating whenever?
The stability of your VA disability rating is a BIG concern.
That’s why our attorneys break it down for you, and offer strategies to help you in keeping your rating secure and benefits uninterrupted.
Why it Matters: You earned your benefits. They’re often important lifelines with healthcare costs, and can impact dependents. Avoid common issues.
The difference between P&T and VA disability
Understanding what Permanent & Total (P&T) vs VA disability can help you if you don’t know all the options available.
Equip yourself with knowledge from our team to get you on the right foot.
Why It Matters: Make sure you’re getting all the benefits you deserve.
Attention: Are you a veteran who had a medical port?
You may be entitled to compensation If you had a port placed for treatments other than dialysis and experienced issues like the following:
Device breaking or fracturing
Infection (diagnosed more than 90 days after implant)
Blood clots
Device moving in your body
If you had a medical port since 2008, regardless of the port's brand, and experienced complications this message is for you.
Time is of the essence. Contact us now for assistance.
We realize that you’re more than just your claim. That’s why we love to talk about news and topics we hear about with our veterans. Check out some of what we’ve been discussing this week!
Why veterans should consider utilizing telemedicine
Discover how rural and urban veterans differ in their access and attitudes towards telemedicine, and the simple solutions that could bridge the gap.
How to avoid unnecessary C&P Exams
In a short from one of our Wednesday live streams, Attorney Matthew Hill is asked a common question by veterans.
What do I do if the VA makes me re-take my C&P exam and my rating is reduced?
He offers some useful tips to help avoid these often unnecessary examinations.
The VA is FINALLY fast-tracking benefits for Agent Orange exposure
On February 9th, the VA revealed plans that will, for the first time, make fast-track disability benefits accessible to thousands of veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange during their service in the United States.
This marks a significant extension of benefits related to toxic exposure for veterans.
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