Let Us Help You Get the Veteran’s Benefits You Deserve

As a veteran, you have proudly served to protect our country, and if you were injured or disabled in some way, it would make perfect sense that you’d be entitled to disability benefits.

Veterans Benefits Eligibility

In order to be eligible for veteran’s disability benefits, some criteria must be met. First, you must have served on active duty for training, inactive duty for training or active duty along with a disability rating for a service-connected injury.

You also have had to already had a disability that became worse with service, had become injured or disables while serving or had a disability appear from serving after your service had ended. For each of these, documentation is necessary for filing a claim.

But what if you are eligible and have proper documentation and are still denied? Unfortunately, many veterans are denied their claim because of red tape and simple mistakes, but none of that helps you when trying to get the compensation you deserve.

We Can Help

Where can you turn if you have been denied? The attorneys at Rice Law are here to help you to navigate your rights as a veteran. Your benefits may have been denied for a variety of reasons that include:

• Insufficient evidence of injury or disability during service. In this case, you will want to obtain any records including medical or service records, and any statements you can obtain from others who have served with you that are aware of your injury or disability.
• The VA says you don’t have an injury or disability. Without a diagnosis from a doctor, you are not considered to have a disability. Be sure to see your doctor and ask for their diagnosis as to what has caused your injury or disability.
• The VA does not believe that your injury is service related. If you were denied because of a report from the VA’s doctor, you may want to go see your own doctor for another opinion.
• The VA said you didn’t show up for the scheduled exam. If the VA set up your exam, they may not have let you know it was scheduled. In this case, you’ll have to inform them that you were not notified of a scheduled exam. If you had been notified and couldn’t make it, explain why you missed it.

If you have been denied a valid claim and don’t know why, you have the right to request your C file, which is the documentation the VA keeps on you. In making the decision about your claim, they are required to review your medical records and exams, social security records, and service records in order to make an informed decision. Having the file will allow you to see how and why they made their decision.  Contact us for help!