If you’re applying for VA disability or appealing a decision, this post explains how you can check your VA claim status and what those statuses mean.
Non-Combat PTSD Stressors
You can get VA disability benefits for various mental health issues, including PTSD, whether you saw combat or not.
How Drug Use and Drug Rehab Can Affect Your VA Benefits and Rating
You may worry you’ll lose VA benefits for drug use. That’s why it’s important to understand the connection between VA disability and drugs.
Moral Injury VA Disability Rating
Veterans who experienced a moral injury during service could be eligible for monthly, tax-free VA disability compensation.
Increasing a VA Disability Rating
…pay. Filing for TDIU While total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) benefits do not change a veteran’s schedular rating, it can help them receive more monthly compensation and better…
What Can I Do if the VA Makes a Clear And Unmistakable Error on My Claim?
CUEs by the VA are rare and difficult to find. They may go undetected for years until someone experienced with VA law looks at your file.
Diabetes Secondary to PTSD and Other Mental Health Conditions
Studies show a link between diabetes and mental health issues in veterans. Learn more about the connection and how it could increase your VA payments.
VA Cancer Benefits for Veterans
We explain how the VA rates cancer and cancer in remission and describe risk factors you may have experienced during military service.
VA Rating for Diabetic Retinopathy
The VA rates diabetic retinopathy as a secondary condition to service-connected diabetes. Ratings are based on severity of visual impairment.
VA Benefits for Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Veterans are at higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s or dementia due to service-connected conditions like PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and depression.
