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2011 Veterans Benefits Titles
What's 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.
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