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Agent Orange generally refers to any herbicide that was used during the Vietnam War, but the main ingredient within these herbicides that causes most medical problems is dioxin. Generally to receive presumptive service connection for agent orange exposure you need to have one of the diseases linked with exposure. [...] Many Veterans logically believe that on their claim the date of entitlement should go back to the date that the problem first arose. Unfortunately the applicable VA law on this point isn’t as favorable to the Veteran as one would hope. General rule is that effective date is the [...] Most Veterans probably wouldn’t believe it but the VA is actually supposed to be your friend when applying for disability benefits. This is in theory. The VA has the “duty to assist” in terms of helping Veterans develop their claims. The duty to assist requires VA to fully [...] This type of claims is real common where the disability is diabetes since so many service connected conditions can cause diabetes. Legal definition is “except as provided by section 3.300(c) disability which is proximately due to or the result of a service connected disease or injury shall be service connected. [...] Critical to any VA disability claim is inspection and submission of relevant medical records that support your claim. You would think that all you have to do is go to the VA and request your records. You may think it would be quite easy, but often times its not [...] The essential feature of PTSD claim is evidence that the Veteran has developed characteristic symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic stressor involving direct personal experience of an event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury, or witnessing an event that involves death, injury, or a threat to the [...] The First thing you need to show is a medical diagnosis of the disability, which necessitates medical records to prove. You typically need medical or sometimes lay evidence of a link between the in-service occurrence or aggravation of disease or injury. Your status needs to be release from [...] |
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