Channel Update 06/25/2026

VA Disability News Update: Congressman Reveals True Purpose Behind Tinnitus & Sleep Apnea Bill

VA Automobile Allowance: What Veterans Need to Know Before Applying

VA Disability Private DBQs & Medical Opinions: Tips For How To Reduce The Risk of Disqualification

Tinnitus & Sleep Apnea VA Disability: Meet Today's Rules Before Potential Changes Leave You Behind

If Tinnitus and Sleep Apnea Need To Be Taken, Then Let The VA Do It. The "Savings" Don't Go Away

Retired VA Rater Explains How Tinnitus Claims Get Granted

Why Most VA C&P Exam Prep Services Aren't Helping You Other Than Helping Themselves To Your Money

The M21-1 Allows VBA Staff To Deem Records ***They Have Never Seen*** Not Relevant To Your Claim

A Review Of The Tinnitus And Sleep Apnea Proposals With Actual Effort Applied (Giving My Opinion)

Congress & VA Are Looking At Changes: Don't Wait to Strengthen Your Claim For Tinnitus And OSA

VA Disability Clothing Allowance: Retired VA Rater Explains & Shares Grant-Winning Tips

2072 VA COLA Allowance BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!

Retired VA Rater Explains How the VA Rates Wrist Disabilities | VA Disability Ratings for the Wrist

(Mild Rant) The Non-Accredited Claims Company Debate Nobody Wants to Have

Clearing Up The Misunderstanding On How Claims Filed Within 1 Year of Discharge Actually Get Granted

Would Not Have Occurred But For, Strikes Again. How Can Anyone See This As Being A Good Thing?

VA Disability: A Further Explanation On "Mere Speculation" And Why It Doesn't Equal Inadequate Exam

VA Disability Back To Basics: Your Opinion vs. The Evidence: What Actually Decides a VA Claim

VA Disability: Does “Resorting to Mere Speculation” Make a C&P Exam Invalid?

VA Examiners Are Applying "Would Not Have Occurred, But For..." And It's NOT A Good Thing.

Hypothyroidism VA Rating Guide (2026): What Veterans Need to Know

Veterans Pay The Price When VA Employees Don't Follow The Rules

The VA Range of Motion Myth That Won’t Die (Rant)

Luna Asks That People Stop With The Click Bait For the 2027 COLA.

Why Some Private DBQ/Medical Nexus Rebuttals Fail Before They're Even Submitted

Having Ethical Standards In The VA Claims Environment = How To Say No To Money

VA Rating Increases: What Veterans Need To Know Before Filing

VA Fixes Major HLR Error: Raters Can No Longer Overturn Complex Exam Duty-to-Assist Determinations

You Have a Diagnosis. You Have In-Service Evidence. How Negative Evidence Contributes To Your Denial

The Best State Veteran Education Benefit You've Never Heard Of

The VA Is Moving Faster in 2026 — Your Old Claims Strategy May No Longer Work

Rater Provides "A Drunk History" Interpretation Of The Veteran's Guardian Class Action Lawsuit.

My Car Won't Start..............Claims Agent/Attorney Took 20% Of My Battery Power.

VA Disability Compensation: Denied for Congenital Cataracts? VA May Now Grant Service Connection

Veterans Awarded Over $128 MILLION Through Accredited Claims Agents & Attorneys in April 2026

VA’s NEW AI Claims Processing Tool Before 2027? DBQ Symptoms To Be Auto-Populated Into VBMS-R

VA Disability Claims: Why More Private DBQs Are Triggering Exam Deferrals

COLA Increase - The New Christmas

Back To The Basics: Can VBA Alter A VA Decision Without A Clear Paper Trail?

Back To Basics: Private DBQ/Medical Opinions Can Be Worthless When Submitting Under 38 CFR 3.310b

VA Mental Health 100% Ratings: The Power Given To Non-Clinicians

3 Smart Questions To Ask At Your VA C&P Exam | Former VA Rater Explains

Rater's Parking Lot Chronicles -- Selective Outrage Or Protecting A Their Paycheck?

Throwing The Baby Out With The Bathwater

VA Disability Claims: Which Filing Resource Is Right For You? "Education" Isn't Free?

A Retired VA Rater's Casual Discussion — Why More VA Disability Exams Does NOT Mean More Grants.

VA Disability Compensation: Back To The Basics -- Evidence Submission (What Matters?)

VA Disability: M21-1 Changes Explained – Back to Basics of Claims Processing (Who REALLY Decides?)

VA Disability: Eating Disorders Explained (How the VA REALLY Rates Mental Health Claims)

It's A Rant About People Not Understanding What The M21-1 Changes Really Mean For Secondary SC.

Discussing How Proximately Due To and At Least As Likely As Not Is Viewed The Same To Raters.

VA Quietly Changed the Rules for Secondary Claims… Here’s What It Means

New VA Site Shows What Accredited Attorneys & Agents Earn—But It Should Show THIS Too?

VA Disability: How Breast Cancer Is Rated (AND When It’s Presumptive!) | Rater Explains

Rater Explains: How Veterans Get Tricked Into Losing Money on Claims

Why Won’t These Non-Accredited VA Claim Coaching Companies Get Accredited? (Huge Red Flag?)

First 100 VA Claims Reviewed Through BAC – Patterns Every Veteran Should Know To Help Their Claims

How the VA Rates Dry Eyes (And Why Claims Get Denied)