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What is “unemployability” (TDIU)?

 Transcript: 00:00:00 Sometimes it is difficult or impossible to reach a scheduler 100% rating, but nevertheless, your service connected disabilities prevent you from working. This is where a total disability based on individual unemployability or or Tdiu comes into play. Tdiu is an alternative way to be…

What is secondary service connection?

 Transcript: 00:00:00 So, sometimes we get questions from veterans. Let’s say that they’ve been service connected for um some disabilities for quite some time and now they’ve developed secondary conditions. Those service connected conditions have caused some additional disabilities. You can actually be compensated for these secondary…

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…