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2025 VA Disability Compensation Rates an Pay Dates
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VA Disability Claims: 5 Game-Changing Precedential Decisions You Need to Know
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These decisions have made a big impact on how VA disability claims are handled, giving veterans more chances to get benefits and clearing up important issues.
Service Connection
Frost v. Shulkin (2017)
This case established that for secondary service connection claims, the primary service-connected disability does not need to be service-connected or diagnosed at the time the secondary condition is incurred 1. This allows veterans to potentially receive secondary service connection for conditions that developed before their primary condition was officially service-connected.
Saunders v. Wilkie (2018)
The Federal Circuit ruled that pain alone, without an accompanying diagnosed condition, can constitute a disability for VA compensation purposes if it results in functional impairment 1. This overturned previous precedent that required an underlying pathology for pain to be considered a disability.
Effective Dates
Martinez v. McDonough (2023)
This case dealt with the denial of an earlier effective date for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) 2. It addressed issues around the validity of appeal withdrawals and the consideration of cognitive impairment in such decisions.
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Are all military medical records on file at the VA?
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I met with a VSO today at my VA Hospital who was very knowledgeable and very helpful. We decided I should submit a few new claims which we did. He told me that he didn't need copies of my military records that showed my sick call notations related to any of the claims. He said that the VA now has entire military medical record on file and would find the record(s) in their own file. It seemed odd to me as my service dates back to 1981 and spans 34 years through my retirement in 2015. It sure seemed to make more sense for me to give him copies of my military medical record pages that document the injuries as I'd already had them with me. He didn't want my copies. Anyone have any information on this. Much thanks in advance.-
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Caluza Triangle defines what is necessary for service connection
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Caluza Triangle – Caluza vs Brown defined what is necessary for service connection. See COVA– CALUZA V. BROWN–TOTAL RECALL
This has to be MEDICALLY Documented in your records:
Current Diagnosis. (No diagnosis, no Service Connection.)
In-Service Event or Aggravation.
Nexus (link- cause and effect- connection) or Doctor’s Statement close to: “The Veteran’s (current diagnosis) is at least as likely due to x Event in military service”-
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Post in ICD Codes and SCT CODES?WHAT THEY MEAN?
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OK I am emmak's sister-in-law, she has two Veterans she is working on, Husband and Son. for now I would like to get some help on her Son, We are waiting for John at the rating board and nothing else to do.
Her Son was in the Navy aboard DDJ44 Pratt. Looking for info one this ship and where the records maybe also medical records. Does anyone know what carrier battle group she was part of from 1981-1985?
He has several medical problems and only rated 10% VA is not reconizing the other problems that may be related secondary to his first especially with all the medicine he has been on for 20+ years that is breaking his system down.
I will be going over to their house today, and help sort out his medical records and see where and what we can do. Question I have is once this is done should we fill out a form to support his claim again? There is again 20+ years of medical paper work to go should this all be submitted again? Remember VA is not helping in anyway! And there are some medical records missing from the ship plus he was also Medivaced off of one to another for the initail medical problem. Also something that had happened on board the ship might not have been documented down, even though he had went through chain of command.
Thanks for any info
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