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Monday Morning Coffee with Chris: Do THIS when you get back from a Legal Conference.

What to do when you get back from a Legal Conference? I just returned home from a multi-day legal conference: this time the Fall Conference for the National Organization for Veterans Advocates (NOVA) in Washington, D.C. Here’s what IR… Read More

October 22nd, 2018

Contributor: Chris Attig

Categories: Monday Morning Coffee with Chris

Tags: 2018 CAVC Oral Arguments, Anxious Lawyer, Barton F. Stichman, Caitlin S. Milo, Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), Headspace, Hire Slow Fire Fast, Judge Amanda L. Meredith, Judge Margaret Bartley, Judge Mary J. Schoelen, Julia A. Turner, NDSS, Next Lawyer Up, NOVA, NVLSP, Speigner v Wilkie #16-2811

Episode 006: CAVC Oral Argument: Atencio v. Wilkie, 16-1561 (April 26, 2018)(Gulf War Syndrome presumptions and GERD)

What the ‘MUCMI’ is going on with GERD? PREVIEW OF THE CASE: General Overview of the Medicine Some terms you will hear in this argument: GERD is Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disorder. GERD can often – but not always -result from a dysfu… Read More

April 27th, 2018

Contributor: Chris Attig

Case Review: 16-4086, Emerson v. Shulkin (PTSD Rating)

What is the Deep Issue in the Case? When establishing a PTSD rating, the Board of Veterans Appeals is required to “engage in a holistic analysis” of a veteran’s mental health symptoms to determine the proper disability percnetage.… Read More

January 8th, 2018

Contributor: Chris Attig

Categories: Legal Updates

Tags: 38 CFR 4.130, Bankhead, CCK, Disabled American Veteran (DAV), inadequate reasons and bases, J.W. Zissimos, Judge Amanda L. Meredith, Kaitlyn C. Degnan, Little Rock AR VARO, Monique A.S. Allen, ptsd, ptsd rating, rating

Case Review: 16-1624, Crawley v. Shulkin (Inadequate BVA Reasoning)

What is the Deep Issue in the Case? Because a medical exam opinion addresses issues of material fact, the BVA must provide a statement of the reasons or bases for its determination that is “adequate to enable a claimant to understand the pre… Read More

December 14th, 2017

Categories: Legal Updates

Tags: Allday, Deanne L. Bonner Simpson, H. Seesel, inadequate reasons and bases, Judge Amanda L. Meredith, Mark Vichich, St. Petersburg FL VARO

Recent Cases

Client Win: 17-1825, Alvarez v. Shulkin (70 Percent PTSD Rating)

(April 18, 2018) The law firm of Hill and Ponton approached Attig | Steel after the BVA judge denied their veteran a higher 70 percent PTSD rating. They had put a lot of work and energy into helping a veteran, and the BVA decision seemed to gloss ove… Read More

Client Win: 17-1078, Peregrino v. Shulkin (BVA Failed to Adjudicate Major Depressive Disorder)

(April 6, 2018) The veteran in this case served in the Navy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, including deployment to Kuwait. Upon his return stateside, after attempts to reintegrate to civilian life, he began to have family and other problems.… Read More

Client Win: 17-2891, Halsey v. Shulkin (Survivors Accrued Benefits)

(February 14, 2018) Attorney Chris Attig has been working with this veteran’s survivor for half a decade to get her DIC and survivor’s accrued benefits properly awarded. The veteran was a 3 decade military veteran, who fought not only i… Read More

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VA Form 21 Blog

Nov

Coffee w/Chris: Is there enough air in your law firm's tires? (11-19-2018)

November 26th, 2018

Today’s video starts off with an overview of a recent precedential decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in the case of Moody v. Wilkie, Cause No. 16-1707. Click here to read the CAVC’s panel decision in Moody v. Wi… Read More

Nov

FCOA Precedent Alert: Cook v. Wilkie (Can a veteran have more than one BVA hearing?)

November 15th, 2018

What is the Deep Issue in the Case? 38 U.S.C. §7107(b) (2012) requires “[t]he Board shall decide any appeal only after affording the appellant an opportunity for a hearing.” On remand from the Veterans Court, the veteran asked for a new BVA he… Read More

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