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Veterans Benefits Manual, 2011 Edition

Veterans Benefits Manual, 2011 Edition

Practical guide with the critical information you need to navigate veterans benefits issues.


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Publisher :National Veterans Legal Services Program
Format: 1 volume, softbound, replaced annually , BOOK

ISBN: 9781422488140

2011
 
$140.00
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    The exhaustive Veterans Benefits Manual is an indispensable guide for advocates who help veterans and their families obtain benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    User-friendly, well-indexed, and packed with practical information, it includes sample forms and briefs, flowcharts, checklists, citations to legal authorities, and other documents designed to streamline the claims process and save you and your veteran clients valuable time.

    Written by practicing lawyers at the National Veterans Legal Services Program, Veterans Benefits Manual contains valuable insight and analysis from a team of experts on the front line of veterans law. Use their first-hand experience fighting for veterans' rights and their insider's view of the Department of Veterans Affairs to obtain the benefits your clients earned.

    The Veterans Benefits Manual contains dozens of effective, battle-tested advocacy tips for veterans and advocates along with all the latest developments in veterans law.

    2011 Edition Editors:

    National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP)
    Barton F. Stichman, Co-director and lead litigator for the National Veterans Legal Services Program
    Ronald B. Abrams, Joint Executive Director of the National Veterans Legal Services Program
    Meg Bartley, Senior Staff Attorney at the National Veterans Legal Services Program
    Louis J. George, Senior Litigation Staff Attorney at the National Veterans Legal Services Program

    New in the 2011 Edition: A new section explaining how veterans who served in Iraq or Afghanistan can become entitled to disability compensation for undiagnosed illnesses, without the need to prove that the illnesses are related to service; A new section explaining the criteria and new VA procedures by which caregivers of veterans injured after September 11, 2001 can now receive monthly monetary payments and health care from the VA; An explanation of the recent Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims decision making it easier for veterans to reopen a previously denied claim with new and material evidence; An expanded set of advocacy tactics to use before the VA regional offices and the Board of Veterans' Appeals; New information regarding how a survivor can step into the shoes of a veteran to pursue the veteran's claim if the veteran dies while the claim is pending before VA or the Court; Advice regarding disability benefits for the diseases newly linked to Agent Orange (ischemic heart disease, Parkinson's disease, and chronic B-cell leukemias), including the errors VA is commonly making in assigning effective dates for these awards; An expanded analysis of the eligibility requirements for Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC) -- the program that provides additional monthly benefits to veterans entitled to both military disability retirement payments and VA disability compensation; A reorganized and expanded section identifying the most common VA errors that can be corrected by appealing to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; and A detailed discussion of the circumstances under which a veteran can appeal to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims despite missing the 120-day period for filing an appeal.

    Veterans Benefits Manual has everything you need to prepare for practice at the VA Regional Office, the Board of Veterans' Appeals and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Go from zero to a high-level of competency with this complete practice guide.

    Chapter 1: Introduction and how to use this manual

    Part I: Disability Benefits for Veterans
    Chapter 2: Veterans basic eligibility for VA benefits
    Chapter 3: Compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities
    Chapter 4: Compensation for injury or death caused by VA health care or other specified activities
    Chapter 5: Setting, increasing, or reducing a veteran's service-connected disability rating
    Chapter 6: Pension for veterans with non-service-connected disabilities

    Part II: VA Benefits For Non-Veterans
    Chapter 7: VA Benefits for Family Members

    Part III: Rules Affecting the Amount of Benefits Paid
    Chapter 8: Effective dates for awards of benefits
    Chapter 9: Special issues for disability and death benefits

    Part IV: VA Health Care and Other Benefits
    Chapter 10: VA health care
    Chapter 11: Other VA benefits

    Part V: The VA Claims Adjudication Process
    Chapter 12: Adjudication of original and reopened claims by VA Regional Offices
    Chapter 13: Board of Veterans' Appeals
    Chapter 14: Common errors in final VA decisions denying benefits and the avenues available to correct them
    Chapter 15: Court review of VA decision-making

    Part VI: Advocacy on Behalf of VA Claimants
    Chapter 16: Reviewing VA Claims Files
    Chapter 17: Effective advocacy before the VA and researching veterans law
    Chapter 18: Obtaining Military Records to Help Substantiate a VA Claim
    Chapter 19: Attorney's and agent's fees paid by VA claimants or by the VA

    Part VII: Correction of Military Records
    Chapter 20: Military records correction issues
    Chapter 21: Upgrading less than fully honorable discharges


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    National Veterans Legal Services Program


    The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) is a non-profit law firm that has represented veterans for over 20 years.

    Barton F. Stichman


    Barton F. Stichman, Co-director and lead litigator for the National Veterans Legal Services Program, has earned over $100 million in VA benefits for his clients over the last 30 years.

    Ronald B. Abrams


    Ronald B. Abrams, is Joint Executive Director of the National Veterans Legal Services Program and a 17-year VA insider. Over the past 15 years, he has trained thousands of veterans advocates.

    Meg Bartley


    Meg Bartley is Senior Staff Attorney at the National Veterans Legal Services Program and editor of The Veterans Advocate, a veterans law and advocacy journal. She has trained thousands of lawyers and veterans service officers in veterans law.

    Louis J. George


    Louis J. George is a Senior Litigation Staff Attorney at the National Veterans Legal Services Program, where he represents veterans and their dependents before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and other courts. He mentors lawyers participating in the Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program and other pro bono programs, and trains lawyers and veterans service officers in veterans law and advocacy.

     

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