Veterans lawyer Chris Attig profiles a Veterans scam that targets seniors and Veterans in Oklahoma and Texas

Veterans Advocate posts links to articles about the death of Edward Derwinski, the first Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Veterans attorney Chris Attig breaks down a recent CAVC decision affecting “Accrued Benefits” claims into a simple and easy to understand explanation.

Claims on behalf of OIF, OEF, and Desert Storm Veterans are of special interest to the Attig Law Firm.

Why?  I served with many of you – not in theater, but before these wars started.   Some of you didn’t come home. Some of you came home very different.

From Gulf War Syndrome to Traumatic Brain Injuries and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans of the modern Gulf Wars, OIF and OEF face big challenges when trying to get their VA Disability Compensation Claims [...]

My grandfather was a WWII Veteran that fought at the Battle of the Bulge.

When he died some years after the war, VSOs and the VA gave my grandmother some really bad advice, and as a result, she was denied access to life changing benefits for herself and her children.

I take a special interest in reviewing Survivor Benefits claims – particularly the surviving spouses of combat veterans. There are many categories of survivor benefits that may apply to your situation, but [...]

Here is another type of case that is of special interest to the Attig Law Firm.

Veterans who struggle to secure VA Disability Compensation for the injuries and diseases that are a result of a Military Sexual Trauma – the VA’s “politically correct” word for rape or sexual assault in the military

If you were raped or sexually assaulted in the military, contact the Attig Law Firm.

We don’t take every Rape/MST claim, but we look at this cases very closely. Vets with [...]

Claims of Vietnam Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange – in Vietnam, Thailand, and Korea - are of special interest to the Attig Law Firm.

The VA just can’t seem to get Agent Orange right.

When they do figure out that they are required to grant service-connection for Vietnam Vets that have certain medical conditions known to be caused by Agent Orange, they often souse up the impairment rating, or the effective date (Agent Orange claims have special effective date rules).

Don’t [...]

For years, I’ve included this text in the blog post.    On one hand, I’ve really liked this approach – even the brief/quick visitor to the blog knows some really important information about what this blog is and what it isn’t.    On the other hand, I haven’t liked how it makes the blog too “thick” and “cumbersome”, and makes it  less likely that Vets will read the actual material.

So, we’re going to add a separate disclaimer and link to [...]