The Attig Law Firm represents veterans in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma (and veterans all around the country) in their disability compensation claims.

Here are some statistics published by the VA about its Regional Office in Houston, Texas.

As of September 16, 2010, the Houston Chronicle reported that the Houston Texas VA Regional Office took approximately 205.6 days to complete a new application for VA disability compensation. (The Chronicle reported that the national average is 164.2 days).

Current Claims Pending (Entitlement): As of Monday, November 1, 2010, the Houston Texas VA Regional Office had 30,914 claims for Veteran Entitlement pending.  40.9 % of these claims at the Houston Texas VA Regional Office were pending over 125 days (12,631). The national average for these types of claims in the same period was 29.5% of claims pending over 125 days.  One year ago (November 2, 2009), theHouston Texas VA Regional Office had 19,718 claims for Veterans Entitlement pending, of which 41.2% were pending over 125 days (8,127).

These statistics suggest that the Houston Texas VA Regional Office is seeing a growth in the number of new claims filed, much like the Waco Texas VA Regional Office. However, the Houston Texas VA Regional Office is continuing to illustrate a difficulty in timely processing these claims, as their percentage of claims pending over 125 days is fairly consistent from 2009 to 2010.

As an aside, the Houston Texas VA Regional Office is in the bottom 10 VA Regional Offices for claims pending over 125 days followed by the percentage of claims pending over 125 days in parentheses, as of November 1, 2010. The following VA Regional Offices were worse than the Houston Texas VA Regional Office:

Baltimore VA Regional Office: (55.6%)

Honolulu VA Regional Office: (48.6%)

White River Junction VA Regional Office: (45.8%)

New York VA Regional Office: (45.6%)

Reno VA Regional Office: (42.6%)

Jackson VA Regional Office: (41.9%)

San Juan VA Regional Office: (41%)

Claims Pending (Award Adjustments): The Houston Texas VA Regional Office had 6,983 pending claims for Award Adjustments.  Of these,  29.4% were over 125 days old (2,052 claims). The national average for these types of claims in the same period was 24.5% over 125 days. One year ago (November 2, 2009), the Houston Texas VA Regional Office had 7,808 claims for award adjustments pending, of which 25.2% (1,970) were pending over 125 days.

Claims Pending (Accrued Benefits and Appeals): Finally, the Houston Texas VA Regional Office had 23 claims pending for survivor’s accrued benefits, and 12,396 claims pending on appeal.   In November 2009, the Houston Texas VA Regional Office had 2 claims pending for survivors accrued benefits, and 11,090 claims pending on appeal.

Average Awards: Statistics about Average Awards of disability compensation are difficult to verify and research accurately; all amounts here are estimates based on reviews of multiple studies.  As of 2004, the VA Office of Inspector General reported that approximately 208,986 Texas Veterans received an average 2004 payment of $8,928  per veteran.  The Average degree of disability in 2004 for Texas Veterans was 38.5% (the national average for the same time period was 37%). As of 2004, the average age of Texas Veterans was 57 years old.  As of 2004, the VA Office of Inspector General reported that 67.4% of Texas Veterans are represented by attorneys or Veterans Service Organizations (VSO).   As of 2004, 7.7% of Texas Veterans that received disability compensation were receiving 100% disability due to individual unemployability (the national average for the same time period was 8.4%) Per 1000 Veterans in Texas, 32 appeals were filed in 2004 (the national average in 2004 was 32 appeals per 1,000 Veterans).

General Texas Veteran Statistics. There are, as of June 2004, approximately 1,681,748 Veterans living in Texas. In 2004, Texas ranked third in terms of the number of Veterans living in Texas, second only to California and Florida.   Of the Texas Veterans, only 12.4% (208,986) were receiving disability compensation payments (as of 2004).

The Attig Law Firm represents U.S. Veterans who have been denied  benefits in their VA Disability claims for compensation due to injuries or diseases incurred during military service.

The Firm currently represents peace-time and war-time veterans of all branches of the military, at all levels of the VA disability claim process (VA Regional Office, Board of Veterans’ Appeals, and the Court of Appeals for Veterans’ Claims). Contact the Attig Law Firm if you would like to discuss your claim for disability benefits before the VA.

No post on this website is meant to be legal advice and the posts on this website do not serve as a substitute for legal advice. Information is power, and we are providing this information to give you, the Veteran, some power. This information is not widely or easily accessible to Veterans.  The information presented on this website is a general description of law and processes; each case is different, and there may be approaches listed here that are not accurate or applicable to your case. Likewise, their may be information that is applicable to your case that is not provided on this Veterans Disability Compensation Blog.

It is very important that we note that each and every Veteran’s claim is different. Just because we were able to secure substantial past-due benefits for one Veteran does not mean or imply that we will be able to do so for you.   In some cases, we may not be able to secure you any financial compensation due to the facts of your particular case.

It is best to consult with a lawyer familiar with VA Disability claims to examine your particular case.  If you would like to discuss your VA claim with a lawyer who handles VA Benefits and Disability Appeals, contact the Attig Law Firm, PLLC, for a free consultation with a VA Disability attorney.

VA Disability attorneys at the Attig Law Firm, PLLC, represent Veterans in their  VA Disability Claims not only in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, but in VA Disability Claims all around the United States, Puerto Rico, and even overseas Veterans in their claims for disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs.