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Home >> VA Claims Resources >> VA Claims >> Benfits and Claims Tips
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Claims Tips for veterans filinig a cliam for service connected disability with the Veterans Affairs department.
Tips for Veterans
FAQ Besides health care, what other
benefits do combat veterans receive?
The newest generation of combat veterans
receives the same benefits traditionally associated with
military service. That includes disability compensation for
those with service-connected health problems, VA pensions
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VA home loan guarantees and
educational assistance for those who contributed to the
Montgomery GI Bill while in the military. Other governmental
agencies have their own benefits for veterans. The federal
government and many state, territory and local governments
have a hiring preference for veterans. Additional state
benefits are available for veterans.
Benefit Tip Co-Payment Reimbursement
After receiving your service connection
at 50% or above you can receive reimbursement for
co-payments made from you initial service connection date.
Take your award letter to your treating VA Medical Center go
to Patients Affairs and ask them for the reimbursement.
Claims Tip GAF Scale
Veterans Benefits Manual 2002 from The
National Veterans Legal Services Program In conducting
psychiatric examinations, VA psychiatrists and other VA
mental health medical examiners use the Global Assessment of
Functioning (GAF) to evaluate the veteran's overall
psychological, social, and occupational functioning. The GAF
is a numerical assessment that employs a scale of 1 to 100.
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Benefit Tip 100% Benefit Commissary and Exchange Privileges
Unlimited exchange and commissary store privileges in the United States are available to honorably discharged veterans with a service connected disability rated at 100 percent, un remarried surviving spouses of members or retired members of the armed forces, recipients of the Medal of Honor, and their dependents and orphans. Certification of total disability is done by VA. Reservists and their dependents also may be eligible. Privileges overseas are governed by international law and are available only if agreed upon by the foreign government concerned. Though these benefits are provided by DOD, VA does provide assistance in completing DD Form 1172, contact the nearest military installation.
Claims Tip Retro Award Certain AO Claims
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is adding a new provision to its adjudication regulations concerning certain awards of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC). The new rule explains that certain awards of disability compensation or DIC made pursuant to liberalizing regulations concerning diseases presumptively associated with herbicide exposure may be made effective retroactive to the date of the claim or the date of a previously denied claim, even if such date is earlier than the effective date of the regulation establishing the presumption. The new rule also provides that VA may pay to certain survivors of a deceased beneficiary. Contact your local VA at 1-800-827-1000 for specifics.
Claims Tip Manuals, Codes & Laws
US code is the law. CFR is how the VA interprets the law and M21 is how the VA is supposed to apply the law. This may not make sense to you now, but you are going to see these terms thrown around quite a bit and this is just a good rule of thumb.
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