Check Your Pre-PACT Act Toxic Exposure Decision for This WRONG Effective Date

If VA granted you benefits under the PACT Act, then the effective date on that decision is probably August 10, 2022: the day the law took effect. But what if you had filed the claim years before? You might be owed significantly more back pay. In this video, CCK Law partner Maura Black explains two new federal court decisions, "Hepler v. Collins" and "Johnson v. Collins," holding that VA must still decide an older pending claim for the same condition. Learn what to look for on your own decision letter and what deadlines apply. READ more about VA effective dates here: https://cck-law.com/veterans-law-reso... Try our FREE CCK Law VA Claim Builder tool: https://cck-law.com/va-claim-builder/ Read more about CCK Law here: https://cck-law.com/we-work-for-every... Who We Are: Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick (CCK Law) is a national veterans law firm dedicated to helping veterans and their families secure VA disability benefits. Since 1999, CCK Law has grown to include more VA-accredited advocates and attorneys than any other firm and represent over 36,000 veterans or their dependents before Veterans Affairs or the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. CCK Law attorneys have argued many of the most precedent-setting cases in veterans law, playing an indispensable role in clarifying the benefits of millions of veterans. The firm has published over 2,500 pages and 1,100 videos of free legal resources for veterans and their dependents. Feel free to ask questions, give us feedback, or request new veterans' law topics below! And don't forget to SUBSCRIBE so you won’t miss future videos. Visit our website at cck-law.com or call (888) 559-1385. 0:00 Introduction 0:42 PACT Act Background 1:30 Hepler v. Collins Explained 3:05 Johnson v. Collins Explained 4:36 3 Steps Veterans Can Take Now This information is not legal advice. This information is made available for educational purposes only and to provide general information and a general understanding of the law. This information is not a substitute for legal advice. By using this information, you understand that there is no attorney-client relationship created by you reading or using the information contained on this website or in this newsletter, article, or blog. Furthermore, as to case summaries, reports of past results, individual lawyer biographies, news posts and other information pertaining to past and present cases, these descriptions are meant only to provide information to the public about the activities and experience of our law firm. They are not intended as a guarantee that we will obtain the same or similar results in every case we undertake as the results in prior cases may be dependent on the facts in those cases and results obtained in other cases may differ if based upon different facts. Finally, we invite you to contact us and we welcome your calls, letters and electronic mail. Contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship.