Claim Basics:

[broncovet]

I have seen quite a few new people, and decided to make sure, if you are a new claimant, that your claim contains these

3 things, as you wont be getting benefits without them, and you will be forced to a very long appeal:

1. Documentation of an inservice event or aggravation. It is not enough to have an inservice event, it has to be documented, and, that documentation has to be in your C file. Its not enough that your hospital or military branch has it, you need to see to it that VA has it. (If you have not ordered a copy of your cfile, you need to do so now)

2. Current diagnosis. You need to have a doc diagnose the malady you seek as benefits, and, again, this has to be documented and placed in your cfile, or it did not happen.

3. Nexus. Contrary to what your VSO tells you, A "nexus" is not a car similar to the Camry. A nexus must be very specific, it must be documented, and VA must have it, or you will be denied. Your nexus is a link between #1 and number #2 and needs to be worded very close to "The Veterans xxx (diagnosed condition) is at least as likely as not due to yyyy event in the Veterans military service.

There are few things certain in life, but, absent one or more of the above, you can be assured your claim will be denied.

[Buck52]

All sounds good Bud!

................Buck