No doubt, most veterans representatives have come across VA examination reports (usually in the form of Disability Benefits Questionnaires “DBQs) written by medical personnel with questionable or unknown qualifications. Specifically, nurse practitioners or physician assistants frequently conduct examinations, yet their reports disclose nothing about their experience or qualifications in the pertinent medical field. In most adjudicatory forums, that would seem …
Receiving a remand from the Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) can seem like a mixed blessing. On the one hand, the Board has not denied the veteran’s claims, allowing you to continue to pursue the case. Yet, on the other, the battle to get a veteran’s entitled benefits continues without any apparent end in sight. One thing is for sure: …
This is an update to the previous Bulletin about the Procopio opinion and Blue Water Veterans (shown below)… The VA has indicated they have filed a Motion to Stay the implementation of the Procopio decision while it evaluates the impact on VA policies and procedures. At this time, the Under Secretary for Benefits has directed the Regional Offices not to …
Very recently, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in Procopio v. Wilkie, ___F.3d____ (Available Here), holding that, for determining the presumption of Agent Orange exposure, the operative phrase “served in the Republic of Vietnam” covers service on the Vietnam mainland (foot-on-land requirement), inland waterways and now, service on a ship which came within 12 miles of the mainland. In one …
Adding up numbers should be a simple counting exercise: two plus two equals four, four plus four equals eight, and so forth. The VA has another mathematical system; it is called the combined rating table. This table can be found at: https://www.benefits.va.gov/compensation/rates-index.asp. The combined rating table provides that, after individual conditions are separately rated, the disabilities are then all combined. …
No doubt, most veterans representatives have come across VA examination reports (usually in the form of Disability Benefits Questionnaires “DBQs) written by medical personnel with questionable or unknown qualifications. Specifically, nurse practitioners or physician assistants frequently conduct examinations, yet their reports disclose nothing about their experience or qualifications in the pertinent medical field. In most adjudicatory forums, that would seem …
Receiving a remand from the Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) can seem like a mixed blessing. On the one hand, the Board has not denied the veteran’s claims, allowing you to continue to pursue the case. Yet, on the other, the battle to get a veteran’s entitled benefits continues without any apparent end in sight. One thing is for sure: …
This is an update to the previous Bulletin about the Procopio opinion and Blue Water Veterans (shown below)… The VA has indicated they have filed a Motion to Stay the implementation of the Procopio decision while it evaluates the impact on VA policies and procedures. At this time, the Under Secretary for Benefits has directed the Regional Offices not to …
Very recently, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in Procopio v. Wilkie, ___F.3d____ (Available Here), holding that, for determining the presumption of Agent Orange exposure, the operative phrase “served in the Republic of Vietnam” covers service on the Vietnam mainland (foot-on-land requirement), inland waterways and now, service on a ship which came within 12 miles of the mainland. In one …
Adding up numbers should be a simple counting exercise: two plus two equals four, four plus four equals eight, and so forth. The VA has another mathematical system; it is called the combined rating table. This table can be found at: https://www.benefits.va.gov/compensation/rates-index.asp. The combined rating table provides that, after individual conditions are separately rated, the disabilities are then all combined. …
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