Appeal Process In General

[71M10]

Greetings all:

while doing some research I came accross this CRS report. You may find it handy due to the footnotes that cite the CFR, M21, other reports and VA publications ect.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42609.pdf

Best regards,

[Chuck75]

VA lawyers are supposed to charge 20% of retro. If they ask for more than that get a different one. They all want you to sign a contract. Read it well. They do work on contingency. With the sort of waits facing vets it takes a lawyer with a lot of irons in the fire to make a living. Look up NOVA and they have lists of lawyers in your area who are qualified to represent vets. You don't need one from your hometown.

John

"You don't need one from your hometown."

It's useful to consider a lawyer that is in the same general local area as the VARO handling the claim/appeal.

"Hometown" lawyers generally don't have a clue, and are not usually VA approved.

Also, the VA's list may not be up to date. NOVA and NVLSP are potential resources.

[john999]

I had Ken Carpenter at CAVC and I still lost. You never know. They enjoy hanging vets on details of law which is all vet law is just technicalities and loopholes. The whole system sucks.