Military
personnel are vulnerable to both physical and mental health threats upon
entering service. For their protection, the government has created the VA
benefits program to augment the veterans’ reduced earnings as a result of
acquired injuries. But to ensure that the right benefit is awarded, they would
need a disability benefits attorney to represent them. Below are the different
types of claims for service-connected disabilities.
Pre-service disabilities
The veteran
enters service with a pre-existing condition. If an event, say accident or bad
working conditions, during the service aggravates it, the veteran is entitled
to VA benefits. For example, the veteran has a skin disease that worsened because
of exposure to harmful chemicals in the base.
