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Notice of Disagreement: Request the DRO Appeal

When your receive the initial decision from the VA you have one year to file a Notice of Disagreement (NOD). When you file your NOD you should request the Decision Review Officer (DRO) hearing. This “non-traditional” method of appeal allows a “de novo” review, meaning a “new review” of the claim. The traditional NOD appeal...
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Hire an Actual Lawyer for Your VA Claim

Effective June 20, 2007, veterans are allowed to retain an attorney after the first denial by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at the Notice of Disagreement stage. Since the passage of Congressional Legislation in 2007 allowing Veterans access to an attorney once the VA claim has been denied, a growing number of Veterans finally have...
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Agent Orange Claims

If you are a veteran who served in Vietnam or near the Korean Demilitarized Zone during Vietnam and you suffer from the following: Ischemic Heart Disease, B cell leukemia, Parkinson’s, AL Amyloidosis, Acute and Subacute Transient Peripheral Neuropathy, Chloracne or other Acneform Disease consistent with Chloracne, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2), Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,...
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How to Get the Best Representation for Your Veterans Disability Claim

Is your representative an attorney? This seems to be a silly question but often those who we meet with either do not know or mistakenly think their representative is an attorney when the representative actually is NOT! Also many individuals we see with Veterans Disability claims may mistakenly have a representative not licensed in the...
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What do I offer you that my competition does not?

What do I offer you that the competition does not? It’s a question easily answered in many situations and it’s something you need to think about. 1) Is the person a Florida Bar Licensed attorney? I am, but companies such as Binder & Binder, Allsup, Disability Experts etc. are not Florida Bar licensed attorneys. 2)...
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