How to Increase Your VA Disability Rating

0:00 Introduction
0:27 VA Disability Ratings (Background)
1:41 VA Rating Decisions & What they can tell you
2:50 Why does your VA disability ratings matter?
4:31 Who assigns VA ratings?
5:33 Potential Risks of asking for a rating increase
7:51 Ways to ask VA for a higher rating (Legacy system and AMA system)
11:10 Evidence for an increased rating claim
12:46 VA Exams for Increased Rating Claims (C&P Exams)
16:39 Effective Dates for Increased Ratings & How to make sure VA gets it right
20:34 Viewer Q: How do I get a hold of a VA claim that was filed before VA’s records became electronic?
22:41 If you already have a 100% disability rating, can you still increase your rating/compensation? (Special Monthly Compensation - SMC)
24:53  Viewer Q: Can you request a veteran’s c-file (claim file)?
25:43 Viewer Q: Does knee instability that requires the use of a cane count as loss of use or is there a higher standard?
27:20 Extraschedular Ratings (Extra schedular ratings) & Diagnostic Codes
30:46 Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) – VA rating increase for veterans who can’t work

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