The wait to get a decision from the DVA on a claim for veterans disability benefits can be well over six months. If the decision is not in your favor and your claim is denied, the appeals process can easily take another year or more, eventually the appeal will reach the level of the BVA; Board of Veterans Appeals. Once it makes its way to the BVA you can expect another lengthy wait.
All in all, if your claim for veterans disability benefits is denied you can wait many years for the VA to finally make the right decision and grant your request. Any veteran that pursues his or her appeal without the professional assistance of an attorney for VA disability is at a significant disadvantage. The laws, rules and regulations that apply are extremely complicated and are constantly being reviewed and revised by the DVA.
Improve your chances of success by hiring an attorney for VA disability:
It’s not that veterans don’t have numerous agencies available to them where they can get help to represent themselves; they do. The thing is; veterans that hire an attorney rather than rely on informal assistance have a denial rate well below the average.
Veterans that are represented by an attorney for VA disability also are more likely to win on appeal.
What having an attorney means to you:
- When you are represented by an attorney you will have someone that advocates on your behalf, is always there to respond to any questions that you might have and provides valuable assistance in helping you to understand and get the evidence that is needed to support your claim.
- Your attorney will analyze your claim history; assess the most efficient way to get you the benefits you deserve for the service you rendered to your country.
The claims process is not easy but the rules are genuinely sympathetic to claimants. Claimants that have an attorney advocating for them know the process intimately and can take full advantage of this sympathetic environment under which claims are reviewed.
An attorney for VA disability can provide significant assistance in the event your claim for benefits was denied. To discuss your claim in detail you are invited to contact Jackson & MacNichol, Attorneys at Law.
