Just like an adult there’s a wide variety of things that children can have that can qualify them for benefits. There could be certain learning disabilities, intellectual disorders, or physical disorders.
Agent Orange and Presumptive Issues
Agent Orange is basically a slang term for any kind of herbicides used during the Vietnam War to kill dense jungle vegetation.
Documentation and Information Needed to Evaluate a VA Claim
Technically speaking, you can call an attorney at any time. But as far as the VA goes, an attorney can’t be engaged, or you can’t have a contract with a veteran, to help them with a disability claim until they receive their initial rating decision.
Consultative Exams in a Social Security Disability Case
A consultative examination is basically when Social Security schedules a claimant, somebody applying for disability, schedules them a doctor’s appointment. They either do it because they don’t think that they have enough evidence in order to make a disability determination, or they want just some kind of clarification of the evidence that they already have.
The Importance of Medical Treatment in a Social Security Disability Claim
Without having doctor’s visits or hospital visits, there’s no documentation so there’s no way to prove that somebody is disabled. Getting medical treatment is the most important thing in applying for disability.
Individual Unemployability
The higher your total percentage is, the harder it is to get an increase if you get another grant. What unemployability does is, if you were at 60% for one particular condition or 70% for multiple, one of which, with some different variations, is at 40%, you can apply for unemployability, and at that point, they can grant you 100% payment even if you’re not, technically, at 100%.
Increased Ratings in a Veterans Disability Claim
Every veteran who has a service connected disability will have either a specific rating for that one disability, which would also be his total rating, or if they have multiple, they would have individual ratings for each condition and then a total rating.
What is Lay Evidence in a Veterans Disability Claim and Why is it so Valuable?
In a veterans disability claim, lay evidence is basically any evidence and all evidence that is not medical. If you have a statement from the veteran, a statement from his family members, friends, people that they served with, any statement regarding the veteran’s condition or things that happened in the past, anyone who’s not a medical professional but would have personal knowledge regarding the veteran’s either current condition or in service injury, things like that. It’d be any kind of non-medical expert that can provide some kind of information that’s pertinent to the claim.
Alabama Workers’ Compensation Law
Workers’ compensation is a compromise between the employer and the employee where the employee, if they get hurt at work, will get medical treatment right away. In exchange for that, the employee cannot sue the employer for negligence.
The New VA Appeals Process
So, now when you do want to appeal, you’ll still file a notice of disagreement, but what you’ll do is file it directly with the board of veteran’s appeals, and then at that point, there are three different tracks that you can choose based on what your case looks like, what kind of evidence you have, what the issues are and appeal.
Maximizing Your Disability Benefits: Should You Apply for SSDI or SSI?
SSI is supplemental security income. SSDI is social security disability insurance.
What is a Non-Service Connected Pension?
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.

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