Va Denied My Claim

An initial claim denial is common and you have a right to appeal the decision.

Va denied my claim. No evidence of current disability symptoms. Sometimes veterans are denied benefits because of procedural mistakes made by the VA. If the VA denied your disability claim you are certainly not alone. Youll find the link for this dashboard in the top right corner of the page once youre signed in.

If your VA claim is denied come to the Veterans Law Group for help with the appeals process. Click on the View Status button for a specific claim. If you got your doctor to write a favorable opinion for your claim and VA rejected it then you need to go back and look at the opinion to see if it is thorough enough. VA routinely rejects opinions from treating doctorsboth VA and private doctors.

Data has shown that certain Veteran Affairs Regional Offices VARO have denied as many as 71 of their claims simply because of errors in processing. You may be able to win an appeal if you can show that the VA made a mistake on your claim. No medical diagnosis of a disability. Thats a big number roughly 1 in 3 and can seem daunting.

VLG can provide an independent medical examination and instruct the doctor on how they can provide the most supportive forms of evidence. VA often denies claims for disability benefits because there is not enough evidence in the veterans file to issue a favorable decision. Veterans or their widows who have a VA claim denied are often confused frustrated and angry. Generally VA has a duty to assist meaning VA is required to gather information that may help support the veterans claim eg service personnel records service medical records VA medical records.

Believe it or not though this is an improvement. Okay lets explore each of these reasons in detail and chart a path for you to get your VA disabilities service connected under the law. For instance the VA evaluated your disability under the wrong code in the Schedule of Rating Disabilities which gave you a lower rating. Common Errors You Can Appeal.

Scroll down to the Track Claims section. If the DRO denies your claim you will receive an SOC and will need to file VA Form 9 to continue your appeal to the BVA. A denial of your claim does not mean that you are not eligible so dont believe that you will never be successful in pursuing your disability benefits. In the case of the 500000 payout the veteran sought out help from the VFW to refile his disability claim.

Largely for financial reasons Claims Examiners deny about a third of the applications they review. Most claims fail because of a lack of medical evidence. VA doesnt believe your doctor. There is only so much money to go around and every dime paid out takes money away from the bureaucratic machine.

No clear nexus to prove service connection. Your appeal if its a strong one can reverse the initial decision if you file your Notice of Disagreement NOD Higher-Level Review HLR or a Supplemental Claim to appeal the decision before the deadline. There youll see a summary of the latest status information for any open claims or appeals you may have. Back in 1996 he petitioned VA raters for disability pay because of exposure to Agent.

At this time around 31 of all claims made to the VA are denied.