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Veterans Benefits Advocacy DVD

In December 2006, Congress repealed the 144-year old law ...


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Publisher :Michie
Format: 1 DVD, 6 hours , DVD
ISBN: 9781422445440
2007 NVLSP
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    In December 2006, Congress repealed the 144-year old law that prohibited attorneys from charging a fee for representing veterans in VA benefits claims. The new law, the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 (Section 101 of Public Law 109-461), took effect on June 20, 2007, and allows attorneys to charge reasonable fees to represent veterans.

    Expand your successful social security disability, elder law, workers’ compensation or employee benefits practice to include this exciting and important new area of the law, while helping veterans obtain crucial benefits that they have earned, and that they deserve.

    The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) and LexisNexis are proud to provide you with a comprehensive training resource and a complete package of practice tools for your veterans benefits practice.

    Filmed before a live audience in high quality digital format, Veterans Benefits Advocacy provides an introduction to, and comprehensive training on, this complex new area of the law. Presented by Ron Abrams and Bart Stichman, co-directors of NVLSP, and the country’s premier veterans benefits attorneys, this 6 hour DVD offers legal, administrative, and practical guidance on why and how attorneys can consider expanding their practice to represent veterans before the VA. It also covers the criteria for entitlement to VA disability benefits and the governing rules of practice and procedure.

    Topics and Highlights include:

  • The Entitlement Criteria for Service- Connected Disability Compensation
  • The Criteria for Assignment of the Appropriate Disability Rating
  • Continuation of Disability Ratings
  • The VA Adjudication Process for an Original Claim for Disability Benefits
  • Methods for Obtaining Disability Compensation Even After a Final VA Denial
  • Judicial Review of a Final VA Decision Denying a Claim
  • The New Rules Governing Attorneys Fees
  • General Advocacy Tips for Attorneys in Practicing Before the VA
  • Obtaining and Interpreting the Documents in a VA Claims File


    • Training Notes for Veterans Benefits Advocacy DVD

    The DVD is accompanied by a 170-page text that serves as a written guideline to the material discussed by the presenters. It also includes important supplementary materials such as:

  • A Glossary of Common Definitions and Abbreviations
  • Sample Diagnostic Codes used by the VA to rate various disorders
  • Rate Charts for VA Compensation and Pension, and
  • Sample Documents from a VA Claims File.


    • Packed with insight, analysis, and battle-tested advocacy tips from practitioners on the frontlines of veterans benefits law, Veterans Benefits Advocacy DVD is the perfect training tool for attorneys interested in expanding their practice while helping veterans obtain the benefits they deserve.

     

    Barton F. Stichman


    Barton F. Stichman, Co-Director of the NVLSP and lead litigator for NVLSP, has earned over $100 million in VA benefits for his clients over the last 27 years.

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

    Ronald B. Abrams


    Ronald B. Abrams, is the Deputy Director of the National Veterans Legal Services Program, and a 17-year VA insider. He is also the Editor of the national newsletter The Veterans Advocate. Over the past 12 years he has trained thousands of veterans advocates.

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

     

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