Manitowoc Veterans Disability Attorneys 

We Can Help with Your VA Disability Appeal 

Two of the most distressful outcomes many veterans endure are a low disability rating or a rejection of their claim. Reaching either of these outcomes can be devastating, especially after waiting months or years for the VA to process your claim. Although it might look like the end of the road, it’s not. 

West & Dunn can guide you through the appeal process step by step. Whether you didn’t receive a fair disability rating, or your claim was denied, we can provide legal advice and services to help you reach a better outcome. Our knowledgeable veterans disability lawyers in Manitowoc have made a difference in many of our previous clients’ lives, and we can make a positive difference in yours. 

You must act quickly if you intend to appeal a VA disability claim denial or low disability rating. In most cases, you can only file an appeal up to one year from the date of the VA’s original decision. Your appeal can be resolved by the VA Regional Office or the Board of Veteran Appeals. We can help you with these processes, and our highly competent legal team can also handle legal claims in the courts if we can’t reach a resolution at the administrative level. 

We are dedicated to a veteran’s right to disability compensation, which means we’ll fight hard for you. With our personalized legal service, you can feel seen, heard, and cared for in ways that the VA may have previously failed. 

Is My Disability Connected to My Service? 

The VA’s role is to compensate injured and disabled veterans for medical conditions they incurred as a result of their military service. 

As the system grows more complex, however, it becomes more difficult for veterans to get the help they need. This complexity can make it difficult for veterans to adequately demonstrate their qualifications for VA disability benefits. 

To demonstrate a disability’s connection to your military service, you must prove three things: 

• Your injury or illness began during your military service. Whether it’s a head injury, broken bone, exposure to a toxic substance, or a stressor that degraded your mental health, you must have experienced it while you were in the military. 
• You currently suffer from your service-related disability. If you fully healed from an incident that doesn’t cause you to suffer from a disability today, you will not qualify for benefits. 
• Your service injury caused post-service disability. If you are experiencing a disability that is at least as likely to be related to your service as not, this creates a nexus between an in-service injury and a disability that arises later in life.