You Protected Your Country. It’s Time for Veterans’ Disability Benefits to Protect You.
Sacrificing for your country means many things. Soldiers leave their families, put their lives on hold, and put themselves in danger. Many also sacrifice their health.
When you have injuries or illnesses remaining from your military service, VA veterans’ disability benefits provide support, stability, independence and peace.
Disabled veteran benefits include:
- Monthly income support adjusted to your disability rating
- Health care—for free or low cost—through Veterans Affairs
Some veterans, though, don’t get the help they need to get the military disability benefits they’ve earned. That’s because the process is complicated.
Veterans sometimes struggle with traumas that interfere with seeking help. Physical disabilities add more difficulty.
Please know that you don’t have to suffer in silence. The VA disability lawyers at Morgan Weisbrod support you at every step of this process and always treat our armed forces veterans with the care, dignity and respect that your record of service demands.
In fact, it’s an honor for us to serve the people who served our country.
We’ve helped hundreds of veterans before you.
If you’re in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, or any place in Texas, get in touch with our VA disability attorneys.
Let’s get you the resources you need to live your fullest life.
Are You Eligible for VA Veterans’ Disability Benefits?
For a successful Veterans Affairs disability claim, you must prove that your health problems are connected to your service.
You must provide medical evidence that shows the severity of your condition. And your medical records need to document that you’re getting ongoing treatment.
Here’s something people don’t always understand: Veterans’ disability benefits cover a wide range of injuries and ailments, and not just ones you can see.
It’s obvious that solider who lost his legs in an IED explosion qualifies for disabled veteran benefits. But all wars—Vietnam War, Korean War, Iraq War, the War in Afghanistan—leave “walking wounded” military men and women who seem healthy at first glance but suffer from life-altering health issues tied to their service.
Here are just some of the injuries, illnesses and impairments that can qualify you for disabled veterans’ benefits:
- Agent Orange exposure
- Amputation
- Autoimmune diseases stemming from service
- Back, neck and spinal injuries
- Camp Lejeune water contamination exposure
- Cancers caused by hazardous conditions
- Eye injuries and visual impairment
- Gulf War syndrome
- Inner ear injuries and hearing loss
- Jet fuel exposure
- Joint problems
- Mental health disorders of multiple types
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Radiation exposure
- Sexual assault trauma
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) and other head injuries
In addition to veterans’ disability benefits, if the health limitations that started with your service leave you unable to work, you also could qualify for Social Security Disability benefits.
While VA veterans’ disability benefits include similar kinds of coverage, such as Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) benefits, the rules and process for Social Security Disability and VA disability are different and separate.
Morgan Weisbrod disability lawyers help with both. Your first conversation with our Texas VA disability lawyers is always complimentary. We’ll listen to your situation and needs and chart a course for the maximum benefits for you.
How Does a VA Claim Lawyer Help You?
The veterans’ disability attorneys at Morgan Weisbrod make the process of getting military disability benefits easier for you. We reinforce your VA claim, and fight for you to get the highest benefits possible.
A skilled VA disability lawyer from our Texas law firm does all of this and more:
- Gets you a detailed VA disability medical review
- Advises you on receiving medical treatment that supports your claim
- Helps you find doctors who know how to work with VA claims
- Gathers and organizes your medical records and evidence
- Argues for a higher disability rating—and therefore greater benefits
- Appeals a denial of VA disability benefits
When you’re denied benefits, or your disability rating and level of pay are lower than you should receive, you can appeal for full recognition and compensation for your service-connected impairments.
Your appeal can go through several steps: a supplemental claim with new evidence, a higher level review with a decision review office, or an appeal to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA) where you will appear with your attorney before a Veterans Law Judge.
You definitely want a VA disability attorney to help you navigate the appeals process and defend your right to benefits you sacrificed to earn. Appeals are much more like a legal case, with evidence, hearings, testimony, judges and more.
No doubt our VA claim lawyers thank you for your service. But this about more than thanks. We want to see you getting the fullest financial support available and the strongest foundation for your future.
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