Monthly Archives: October 2022

So, this is the skinny on hiring an attorney to represent you in a VA claim in the real world!

I served in the US ARMY 1967-1970. I first entered into the claims process when I filed an agent orange exposure claim in November 2005. I filed the claim for ischemic heart disease as secondary to Diabetes type II. Heart disease … Continue reading

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My Agent Orange exposure and VA claim experience

James M. Cripps When I filed my first claim in 2005 the DOD and the VA were very adamant that AO had never been used in CONUS, PERIOD! In order to Substantiate my AO exposure claim I needed, first to … Continue reading

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This is what Agent Orange will do to you over time, this is my VA disability ratings as of 0/14/2022

Your individual ratings 0% scars, anterior trunk Service-connected disability? Yes Effective date:07/31/2020 0% scars, posterior trunk Service-connected disability? Yes Effective date:07/31/2020 0% scars, right lower extremity Service-connected disability? Yes Effective date:07/31/2020 0% scars, left lower extremity Service-connected disability? Yes Effective date:07/31/2020 30% painful scars … Continue reading

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First PCAFC VA Caregivers case won at the BVA!

By far, I am not the expert. However, after going through the initial application process, including the exams and interviews for the PCAFC caregiver’s program, not once but twice, and after six Veteran’s Health Administration (VHA) appeals in the last … Continue reading

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You can stick a fork in me now because I am done

I began my VA claims saga in 2005. My first success was in November 2009, whereupon I was granted the very first claim for AO exposure at a military instillation in CONUS. That award was a 100% P&T plus an … Continue reading

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