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Has the Veterans Adminstration denied your disability claim within the past year? If so, we want to talk to you!

If your denial is older than one year, we still want to talk to you, but you may have to renew your claim.

Olinsky & Shurtliff is now representing Veterans before the VA Regional Office, at the Board of Veterans Appeals, and in the US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for Service Connected Disability, Rating Increases and Pensions.

By law, the VA claims process was established to be pro-claimant and nonadversarial. In reality, the VA is anything but nonadversarial and duties are at times unfortunately neglected. Also, even though many conditions may be presumed to be related to service as with veterans exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam, decisions by VA often contain errors. This is evidenced by the fact that the Board of Veterans' Appeals in recent years has remanded, or sent back, nearly fifty percent of the Regional Office decisions.

Once an appeal is before the Board, the character of the VA opposition substantially changes. Cases are decided by Veterans Law Judges supported by a legal staff to include other VA attorneys. Should the case be appealed onto the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the attorneys of the VA's General Counsel's Office step in to vigorously oppose your case before the Court.