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Statement in Support of Claim. Do I have to?
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Rivet62
I received mail from the Evidence Intake Center, requesting the employers' forms VA Form 21-4192, and in the packet was a form for Statement in Support of Claim (VA Form 21-4138). Is it standard practice for them to send you that form?
Is VA trying to tell me that my IU claim would be better supported if I upload one? Or do they usually just send the form to everyone?
My service-connected disabilities, for which I'm asking for IU increases, are major depressive disorder and my back issues.
I look at this form and wonder do I have to?
I started writing about what difficulties I have experienced as a result of service-connected disabilities, finding it hard to exclude all the years since service, and then it dawned on me that the language I'm using "since service" (of the years following my discharge) could suggest that my difficulties largely occurred after service. If I make statements about what started in service and how it has affected me all along to the present day, then am I not restating a nexus that may be at odds with how they arrived at the nexus?
Is it possible that I could unintentionally shoot myself in the foot with a Statement in Support of Claim?
I have a mental health C&P coming up in 2 weeks. Would I be better off communicating these issues to the Psych examiner?
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IMHO (IN MY HUMBLE OPINION), you are not fighting service connection. You already won that battle; you are fighting for an increase and or TDIU. Because you are fighting for an increase and or TDIU, b
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Rivet62 You have time to write (and re-write) your SISOC. I recommend doing it for almost EVERY claim submitted. It is critical in some instances, especially increases and supplemental claims. You are
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