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Service Connected Veteran’s Disability Benefits

Veterans‘ service connection disability is not dependent on the amount of money or income you receive or on any assets you have.  First of all you must have a current medical condition in order have a claim for these benefits..
You must have a condition that began during your military service, or was aggravated by your military service.   You may also claim disability benefits if you suffer from a disability that began many years after you were discharged but was caused by something that happened to you in the service or by something you were exposed to in the service. 
What you must show is 1) you currently have a physical and/or mental disability.  (2) something happened in the service or shortly after your discharge that you think may be the cause of your current disability. (3) There is a link between what happened in the service and your disability, i.e., the disability is connected to your service.  You may also file a claim if your disability or aggravation of your disability is due to medical care received in a VA facility or involvement in a VA vocation rehabilitation program.

Do not wait to file your claim for veteran's disability benefits.  You can lose benefits if you wait and make proof of your claim more difficult.  A dated, handwritten note is enough to start your claim and get the earliest possible beginning date for benefits. 

A denial of benefits must be appealed within time deadlines.   Make sure you file your appeal within the deadlines or get a representative to do so.    If you do not file a timely appeal, you may have to start over with the claims process.

There are other kinds of veteran's benefits, other than service connection benefits.  This office only handles service connected claims.  For information about all veterans disability claims, please see http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/index.htm.