Are you tired of the frustration of always having to fight in my VA Claim? Are you fed up with being powerless over the VA? Here's what I did to take back the power in my VA Claims.

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Overcoming VA Claim Frustration and Taking back the Power!
Tell me if you know this feeling of VA Claim Frustration:
You file your VA disability compensation claim.
You diligently prepare the documents for the claim, give the
VA access to your medical records, explain what's going on
with your current medical condition, and dutifully fill out the
forms they ask to be filled out.
Then you wait. A week. A month. A year. 2 years.
Then, one day, it arrives. That big brown (or white) envelope
from the VA.
You tear it open to find not only a denial letter, but a whole lot of explanation for the denial that makes no sense.
The feeling of powerlessness that overcomes you is more than you expected. How will you get medical care if
the VA denied you? How will you keep the power on this month - since you can't work because of your military
injury.
I know that sense of powerlessness. I have seen it bring hardened Combat Veterans to their knees. VA Claims
frustration can paralyze a Veteran seeking benefits.
I have seen the worst that the VA has to offer Veterans.
I have seen Veterans denied claims that the law requires be granted.
I have seen the VA deny compensation to Veterans that were clearly exposed to Agent Orange.
I have seen the VA deny one Veteran based on another Veteran's medical records.
I have seen the VA destroy the character and integrity of Veterans simply because they claimed benefits for
injuries related to Military Sexual Trauma.
I have seen the VA make rulings that are clearly unlawful.
I have watched Veterans die while waiting for benefits.
It's infuriating. Sometimes it makes me sick to my stomach: even though I have a license to practice law, I'm no
stranger to the abuses, delay, recalcitrance, and pettiness of the VA.
What I hate more than anything else is that sensation of Powerlessness:
Powerlessness to get a Veteran the help they need.
Powerless to promptly get our nation's heroes taken care of.
Powerless to fix an injustice before a Veteran dies.
What if I told you I'm done feeling Powerless over the VA?

2. Would you believe me?
What if I told you that there is a way to take back the Power in your VA Claim -- would you follow my lead?
I sometimes don't believe it myself - after all, who could find a way out of the suck that is the VA bureaucracy? Its
been like this for 50+ years, how could I be the one that finds the way out?
Truth be told, I don't know if I've found the way out for everyone. Every claim is different; every Veteran's situation
is unique.
But what I think I've found is the light at the end of the tunnel of VA darkness for most Veterans.
What I know I've found is a way to never feel powerless over the VA again - no matter what the outcome.
My 3 Steps for overcoming VA Claims Frustration:
Step 1: Get your C-File and learn everything you can
about the law and process of the VA bureaucracy (or find
help if that's more than you want to do).
Every Veteran should get a copy of their C-File . It's the most important
document in their claim. Here's how to get yours.
Every Veteran should understand what service-connection is, and what it
is not.
Every Veteran should understand how the VA Claims Process works .
Every Veteran should understand how the VA turns a service-connected
disability into an Impairment Rating.
Every Veteran should understand the different types of evidence:
material, probative and relevant.
Every Veteran should know how to PROPERLY find an accredited VA
attorney to help them if they get in over their head.
Step 2: Commit yourself to being Defiantly Optimistic.
I don't think we have to treat VA employees like crap just because their bureaucracy made our lives difficult.

3. If they are wrong, tell them. Better yet, show them. I'm not telling you to
be weak and pithy.
I do think that if we change the way that the VA experiences us, they will
have to change: it is impossible for one person in a relationship to change
without the other one changing too.
Every time you yell at, berate, or verbally insult a VA employee, you make
it that much harder for the rest of us to build a relationship of trust and
respect with the people who want to help at the VA.
What helps me is making a distinction between the people, some of
whom are good and decent men and women, and the bureaucracy that
our politicians have created).
I am working at being optimistic and positive when communicating with VA
employees. I will continue to be defiant in my criticism of a bureaucracy
that makes it hard for Veterans to get the benefits and help that they are
entitled to.
Step 3: Keep at it.
Sometimes, the path to success is just overcoming "resistance" and sticking with your plan. A saying we had in
the Army went like this: "There is only one way to eat an elephant: one bite at a
time."
One book that I find very helpful in this regard is Steven Pressfield's "War of
Art". This book helped me find a path to sticking to a plan, getting up each day
and putting one foot in front of the other.
You can purchase this book through Amazon.com here: The War of Art: Break
Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
I truly believe that the universe rewards those that overcome internal
resistance.
If you commit yourself to the steps above, and then follow through on that
commitment, you will never feel powerless again.
Your plan may fail, the VA may deny your claim, but by following these 3 steps,
you will Take Back the Power in your VA Claim and know that you have more
control of the outcome of your case then you ever thought possible.
What can you do, today, to change the way that you experience the VA Claims Process?
Chris Attig, an Accredited Veterans Benefits attorney and Founder of the Attig Law Firm, PLLC is responsible for
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