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VA Disability Claim Guides
Clear explanations of how VA disability compensation works, common claim issues, and the rules that apply. These pages cite the statutes and regulations. VA Disability Help is a marketing service that connects veterans with Milberg, PLLC.
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Guides to common VA disability claim questions
Compensation is tax-free monthly pay for disabilities caused or worsened by service. You need a discharge other than dishonorable, a current disability, an in-service event, and a link between them (38 U.S.C. §§ 1110, 1131).
- VA claim denied? Your options and deadlines Review the decision letter, choose a review lane, and protect the one-year deadline.
- Think your VA rating is too low? Increased rating claims, combined-rating math, secondary conditions, and pyramiding.
- VA effective date errors and back pay The general rule, Intent to File, continuous pursuit, and clear and unmistakable error.
- TDIU: VA unemployability benefits explained Paid at the 100% rate when service-connected conditions prevent substantially gainful work.
- PACT Act claims: burn pits, Agent Orange and toxic exposure Presumptions, Gulf War illness deadline, and re-filing denied claims.
- PTSD claims and military sexual trauma Stressor evidence, markers, and secondary conditions.
- Sleep apnea claims Direct and secondary service connection options.
- Tinnitus claims and ratings How tinnitus is rated and common evidence.
- VA rating calculator and combined ratings Whole-person math under 38 C.F.R. § 4.25.
- 2026 VA disability rates Current monthly compensation amounts effective December 1, 2025.
Free help is available from accredited Veterans Service Organizations. Requests submitted here are reviewed by Milberg, PLLC. Submitting a request does not create an attorney-client relationship.