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    Caring for our veterans is an issue the United States has grappled with for a long time, and led to a rebellion viewed by many as critical to the Constitution’s founding. This issue lasted until the Civil War, when President Lincoln founded the Department of Veterans Affairs. Today, the Veterans Administration (VA) cares for our veterans by providing them with pensions, disability payments, medical care, and opportunities for therapy, among other things.

    Unfortunately, poor funding, personnel shortfalls, and sometimes sub-par administration have made it difficult to get treatment in some cases, and continued our history of failing on the behalf of our nation’s bravest. Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties are home to more than 200,000 veterans according to the VA, and some of them aren’t getting the treatment they need.

    Morgan & Morgan’s team of veterans’ benefits attorneys knows how to cut through insurmountable red tape surrounding your well-earned benefits. Miami is a huge part of a larger problem where our veterans are being neglected, and we’re ready to fight against it. Contact our Miami office for a free, no-risk case evaluation form today.

    What Benefits are Available to Florida Veterans?

    United States veterans are entitled to a number of benefits after being discharged from the armed forces. Most are granted fairly routinely. However, qualifying for some benefits, particularly veterans' disability benefits, requires the veteran to meet a number of complex criteria. Specifically, they must show: a) that they suffer from a fully or partially disabling disease or condition, and b) that condition is “service-connected” – in other words, that it was caused by something they experienced in military service. This is similar to workers’ compensation benefits. Clearly, if a soldier is badly injured in the line of duty, establishing this connection is not typically difficult.

    However, soldiers who develop chronic conditions later in life, those who develop diseases due to chemical or radiation exposure, or those who suffer from severe mental health conditions, most notably post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), may have a more difficult time. While numerous non-profit Veterans Service Organizations exist to help with the initial application process, these organizations often lack the resources, experience and training to carry on when initial claims are denied. This is where an experienced Miami veterans' benefits lawyer comes in.

    The Veterans' Benefits Rating and Appeal Process

    In Miami, veterans' disability benefits are awarded and calculated based on a percentage system. Unlike Social Security Disability, which requires the claimant be totally disabled, a veteran can qualify for benefits if partially disabled. A percentage rating is assigned to each service-connected condition. These individual ratings are totaled together using a complicated formula to reach an overall disability rating.

    A veteran who has at least one condition rated at 40 percent and a total rating of 70 percent can argue that they are totally unable to work, despite having a rating of less than 100 percent disabled, by making a claim for total disability by means of individual unemployability (TDIU). Because it is so difficult to reach 100 percent, even with multiple service-connected conditions, this is often an advisable route to take. When the government workers evaluating initial veterans disability claims determine a condition is not service related, or assign a rating that does not reflect the seriousness of the disability, the claimant can have their case heard before a judge of the Board of Veterans Appeals.

    A further appeal can then be taken to a special federal court, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and ultimately to a United States Court of Appeal and the United States Supreme Court.

    Florida Veterans with Disabilities Deserve Experienced Representation

    Unfortunately, Miami veterans who are suffering because of service-related disabilities frequently struggle to get the compensation they deserve from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The process can be confusing and even a small misstep can set a claim back by months or years.

    The attorneys at Morgan & Morgan understands the operating procedures of the VA, the Board of Veterans Appeals and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. We have helped numerous Florida veterans navigate the disability claims and appeals process successfully. Contact us today by filling out our free case evaluation form to have your case evaluated by a veterans' disability attorney for free.

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