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Department of Veterans Affairs Issues New PTSD Regulations for Veterans Seeking Compensation
Submitted By: Chris Attig On: Nov 30th 2010
Category: Veterans Disability
The VA has proposed new regulations for Veterans trying to prove service connection for PTSD. After reading the new regulations, I have come to some preliminary conclusions...
Bad Faith in Disability Insurance Claims
Submitted By: Chris Attig On: Mar 17th 2010
Category: disability insurance, Injuries and Disability Coverage
It is financially and emotionally difficult to be disabled. People with disabilities count on insurance companies to provide them with fair settlements to cover the medical expenses, rehabilitation...
Can the VA Reduce a Veteran's Disability Compensation Benefits?
Submitted By: Chris Attig On: Mar 17th 2010
Category: disability for military veterans, Veterans Disability
It often takes Veterans years to secure disability compensation benefits for the physical and mental injuries and diseases that they have contracted due to their military service...
Recovering Attorney Fees in a Disability Retirement Appeal
Submitted By: Chris Attig On: Mar 16th 2010
Category: attorney fees for disability, Disability Retirement
When a Federal or Postal employee hires an attorney to file their applications for federal disability retirement with OPM, and the employee is succesful before the MSPB, can he...
Work-Related Stress as the Basis for Federal Employee Disability Retirement
Submitted By: Chris Attig On: Mar 15th 2010
Category: federal disability retirement, Disability Retirement
If you suffer from work-related stress, and are a Federal Employee or USPS worker, you can file for disability retirement (assuming you have met all the Federal Disability Retirement...
Veterans Disability Compensation: Proving the Veteran's Claim for PTSD
Submitted By: Chris Attig On: Mar 11th 2010
Category: disability for military veterans, post traumatic stress, Veterans Disability
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition. According to the DSM-IV, PTSD is "[T]he development of characteristic symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic...
Veterans Disability Compensation: 5 Ways to Establish Service-Connection
Submitted By: Chris Attig On: Mar 10th 2010
Category: disability for military veterans, Veterans Disability
When a military service veteran files a claim for disability compensation with the VA for an illness or disability that resulted from military service, one of the first things a Veteran has...
Veterans Disability Benefits: The DRO Process, and Should the Veteran Use It?
Submitted By: Chris Attig On: Mar 9th 2010
Category: disability for military veterans, Veterans Disability
My office gets quite a few calls each week from military vets who get an interesting form from the VA after they file their Notice of Disagreement. The form offers Veterans the choice between a...
Evidence for FERS or CSRS Disability Retirement Benefits
Submitted By: Chris Attig On: Mar 7th 2010
Category: federal disability retirement, Disability Retirement
Assuming that the USPS or federal employee meets the non-medical eligibility requirements for FERS or CSRS disability retirement, they may eventually have to persuade an Administrative Judge of...
Can a Federal Employee or Postal Worker have their Federal Disability Retirement Reinstated?
Submitted By: Chris Attig On: Mar 5th 2010
Category: federal disability retirement, Disability Retirement
If the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) decides one day that you are "restored to earning capacity" or "medically recovered", OPM will stop paying your federal disability...