Could someone put up a link to 38 USC 1154? This law is one which V.A. seems to disregard often. In section ( b ) of 38 USC 1154, V.A. is supposed to service connect conditions for veterans who have engaged in combat with the enemy. I believe that V.A. considered this law when V.A. granted my father service connection for a hearing loss from WWII. Dad's records had burned in the fire at the National Personnel Records Center but he submitted a copy of his DD214 Army discharge showing he had been stationed in Italy, Belgium, and North Africa during WWII and had 2 bronze stars. My dad also submitted a statement explaining that he served in the tank corps in North Africa and that his service-connected hearing loss was so severe that he was offered hearing aids when he was discharged from the Army. THE LESSON HERE FOLKS IS THAT IF YOU KNOW A VETERAN WHOSE RECORDS BURNED IN THE FIRE AT THE NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER IN 1972, AND THAT VETERAN STILL HAVE HIS DD214 MILITARY DISCHARGE SHOWING COMBAT THAT VETERAN SHOULD TALK TO A SERVICE OFFICER ABOUT 38 USC 1154 AND WHETHER HE SHOULD FILE A NEW CLAIM FOR SERVICE CONNECTION OR SHOULD TRY TO REOPEN HIS PRIOR DENIED CLAIM FOR SERVICE CONNECTION BASED ON NEW AND MATERIAL EVIDENCE INCLUDING A COPY OF HIS DISCHARGE AND A SIGNED STATEMENT FROM THE VETERAN ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE WITH COMBAT AND HOW HIS DISABIITY WAS INCURRED OR AGGRAVATED BY MILITARY SERVICE.
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Could someone put up a link to 38 USC 1154? This law is one which V.A. seems to disregard often. In section ( b ) of 38 USC 1154, V.A. is supposed to service connect conditions for veterans who have engaged in combat with the enemy. I believe that V.A. considered this law when V.A. granted my father service connection for a hearing loss from WWII. Dad's records had burned in the fire at the National Personnel Records Center but he submitted a copy of his DD214 Army discharge showing he had been stationed in Italy, Belgium, and North Africa during WWII and had 2 bronze stars. My dad also submitted a statement explaining that he served in the tank corps in North Africa and that his service-connected hearing loss was so severe that he was offered hearing aids when he was discharged from the Army. THE LESSON HERE FOLKS IS THAT IF YOU KNOW A VETERAN WHOSE RECORDS BURNED IN THE FIRE AT THE NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER IN 1972, AND THAT VETERAN STILL HAVE HIS DD214 MILITARY DISCHARGE SHOWING COMBAT THAT VETERAN SHOULD TALK TO A SERVICE OFFICER ABOUT 38 USC 1154 AND WHETHER HE SHOULD FILE A NEW CLAIM FOR SERVICE CONNECTION OR SHOULD TRY TO REOPEN HIS PRIOR DENIED CLAIM FOR SERVICE CONNECTION BASED ON NEW AND MATERIAL EVIDENCE INCLUDING A COPY OF HIS DISCHARGE AND A SIGNED STATEMENT FROM THE VETERAN ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE WITH COMBAT AND HOW HIS DISABIITY WAS INCURRED OR AGGRAVATED BY MILITARY SERVICE.
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