The Attig Law Firm, PLLC, recently learned that it was successful in its
efforts to assist a U.S. Veteran in securing disability benefits for a
disability he incurred in the course of his military service.
Our client was a peace-time veteran of the U.S. Air Force. During his time
in the Air Force, he suffered substantial hearing loss. In 2005, nearly
three decades after his military service, the Veteran applied for disability
benefits for the loss in hearing caused by his military service. In 2007,
after 2 years of delay by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Veteran
contacted the Attig Law Firm.
Because of the Veteran's special circumstances, the Attig Law Firm agreed to
represent the Veteran, pro-bono, before the VA Regional Office. Federal law
and VA regulations restrict attorneys from representing veterans in their
disability benefits claims at the Regional Office stage, unless the attorney
represents the veteran pro-bono.
In a decision received in July 2008, the Attig Law Firm learned that the VA
Regional Office has approved disability benefits for our client's hearing
loss. The Veteran will be paid back-benefits in excess of $20,000.00, and
will receive several hundred dollar increase in his monthly benefits for the
remainder of his life.
The Attig Law Firm, PLLC,
represents U.S. Veterans who have been denied
disability benefits for injuries that resulted from their military service.
The Firm currently represents peace-time and war-time veterans of all
branches of the military, at all levels of the claim process (VA Regional
Office, Board of Veterans' Appeals, and the Court of Appeals for Veterans'
Claims).
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