How to Apply for Your VA Disability Claim | Don't Screw Yourself Over!

How to Apply for Your VA Disability Claim | Don't Screw Yourself Over! For help filing or improving your VA Disability Claim: https://www.frommilitarytomillionaire... Before you leave the military, it’s common to look at the disability claims process through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as intimidating.  Soon to be veterans can be scared by the process to the point where they don’t even file a claim unless they have really serious ailments. And, to be fair, the process is still a bit shrouded in mystery.  It’s not exactly clear how the VA looks at your evaluations and comes up with a rating for a single ailment, and even more unclear how they compile all those together into a total disability rating. But don’t let that stop you. Applying for disability is not weakness I have a friend who served in the 75th Ranger Regiment.  In his six years in the Army, he deployed to combat six times.  Seemingly, this would be a guy who had many justifications to apply for disability.  But he felt that he didn’t deserve it and so he didn’t go through the claims process. Where is he now? He is working in a successful career.  His time is precious and he doesn’t have the ability to take time off and start the claims process.  And that’s unfortunate because his lower back is starting to cause him a lot of discomfort. Might this have been caused by something after the military?  Possibly.  But the fact that he spent a lot of time with a rucksack on his back and jumping out of planes in combat gear makes it hard to ignore the correlation with lower back pain. The point is, you aren’t always going through the claims process for yourself right now. You may just be doing it to take care of yourself further down the road. Ok, but how do I make a claim? Here’s what the process looks like: You submit a claim to the VA.  Your claim can only be submitted within the last 180 days prior to your separation from the military. The VA conducts an initial review.  At this time, they are not making judgments on anything you claimed, just annotating it. The VA will then work through a 3rd party to schedule appointments for you to be evaluated.  This is important to recognize- the VA is not actually evaluating you, someone else is.  For example, if you claim a mental health issue, you will likely get an appointment for a mental health provider.  And this professional will not be in the VA.  That person will then evaluate you based on strict criteria from the VA. All of your evaluations will be submitted to the VA where they will determine your rating for each individual claim, as well as your total disability rating. You will then receive your rating as early as two weeks after your separation from the military. That’s it.  Not so intimidating is it? - Real Estate Investing Course: https://military-millionaire-academy.... Recommended books and tools: https://www.frommilitarytomillionaire... - SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/2Q3EvfE - Website: https://www.frommilitarytomillionaire... Instagram:   / frommilitarytomillionaire   Facebook:   / militarymillionaire   - My name is David Pere, I am an active duty Marine, and have realized that service members and the working class use the phrase "I don't get paid enough" entirely too often. The reality is that most often our financial situation is self-inflicted. After having success with real estate investing, I started From Military to Millionaire to teach personal finance and real estate investing to service members and the working class. As a result, I have helped many of my readers increase their savings gap, and increase their chances of achieving financial freedom! - Click here to SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/2Q3EvfE to the channel for more awesome videos!