Veterans Disability Vietnam Veterans may see new medical conditions added to the Agent Orange Presumption Act. Currently the VA presumes that certain medical conditions were caused by Agent Orange and thus entitle Vietnam Veterans to disability compensation. Common medical conditions…
Evidence is the key to any claim for disability. After all, if you claim to be disabled, you are stating that you have a medical condition which prevents you from working. Unless you have medical evidence of your disabling conditions, you will probably not be found disabled.
SSA will look at the following types of medical evidence to decide if you are disabled.
Recently VA Secretary Robert McDonald issued a press statement concerning the VA Disability Claims process. Therein, it is noted that significant progress has been made in the claims backlog, however very limited progress has been made in the appeals backlog.…