Shows the Impact: Explain how your disability impacts your life beyond just medical symptoms. Discuss day-to-day life, changes in your routines, challenges in physical and mental wellbeing, how it impacts your social relationships, etc. It's important to really emphasize to the VA how your life has been affected.
My name is John Doe, and I am the brother of veteran Insert Veteran's Name. I am writing this statement on behalf of Insert Veteran's Name. I have known Insert Veteran's Name for his entire life, and we currently live in the same town. I spend time with Insert Veteran's Name three to four times per week.
Comprehensive Health Care Coverage One of the most valuable benefits of a 50% or higher disability rating is access to comprehensive VA health care. Veterans with this rating are placed in Priority Group 1, the highest priority group for VA health care.
Veterans and Survivors are encouraged to work with a Veterans Service Officer who can file the information online through the Stakeholder Enterprise Portal. Forms may be downloaded at .va/vaforms. Claimants may call 1-800-827-1000 to have the correct form sent to their homes.
Get your VA letters online You'll need to sign in with an identity-verified account through one of our account providers. Identity verification helps us protect all Veterans' information and prevent scammers from stealing your benefits. Don't yet have a verified account? Create a Login or ID.me account.
View and download your VA decision letters online Navigate to VA and sign in using any of the sign-in options. Click on VA Benefits and Health Care at the top of the VA website. Find the claim you are looking for. To locate your VA decision letter, click on View details.
To get your Certificate of Eligibility (COE) online, please go to the eBenefits portal. If you already have login credentials, click the Login box, and if you need login credentials, please click the Register box and follow the directions on the screen.
There is no set age of when your VA disability becomes permanent. The VA rater will determine “permanence” of a VA disability if it is reasonably certain, based upon medical evidence, that the level of impairment will continue for the rest of your life. Translation: Whether you're 35 or 75 years old it does not matter.
Revaluating VA 55-Year-Old Rule for Disability Ratings Once you turn 55, you are typically "protected" and will no longer have to attend an exam to prove that your condition has not changed unless there is reason to suspect fraud. This is sometimes called the 55-year-old rule.