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Can you claim conditions not diagnosed until after service?

 Transcript: 00:00:00 – 00:01:14 You can always claim disabilities that have been diagnosed after service. In fact, having an inservice diagnosis is not even a requirement to establish service connection. Does it help? Of course, it does. But is it required? Absolutely not. Many, if not all,…

What is an effective date in a VA claim?

 Transcript: 00:00:00 – 00:00:15 When you get any sort of decision from the VA that grants a benefit, they’re going to assign an effective date for that benefit. The effective date is the earliest date that the VA has determined you became entitled to compensation for that…

What is a service-connected disability?

 Transcript: 00:00:00 – 00:01:04 So, we get a lot of questions here in the office about, you know, what exactly is a service connected disability? How do I prove that up for my disability claim? So, in basic terms, a service connected disability is a physical or…

How can you upgrade your rating?

 Transcript: 00:00:00 – 00:01:05 There are two main ways to increase your overall rating. One is you can service connect additional disabilities or two you can increase the ratings you have for your already service connected disabilities. Now this can be done by either appealing the ratings…