Non-service connected pension is a needs based program and may apply if you’re totally and permanently disabled. It doesn’t have to be for a service connected injury or disease.
Compensation Ratings in a VA Disability Claim
Service connected conditions receive a compensation rating. For each particular condition there’s a diagnostic criteria, a percentage and specific symptoms.
Service Connections
There are two basic types of service connections. There’s direct service connection and there’s secondary service connection.
Nexus Medical Opinions in a Veterans Disability Claim
A Nexus Medical Opinion essentially establishes a relationship between something that happened in the service and a current disability.
Progress for Veterans Disability Claims
“I don’t think that it’s any secret that the VA suffers from an incredible backlog of cases. They take an enormous amount of time to get any decision back to veterans, no matter what stage of the process they’re in.”

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