Veterans’ traumatic brain injury (TBI) lawyer Daren Sarphie represents people in disability claims based on TBI. You can have experienced legal help to receive your VA compensation and benefits you deserve following a brain injury. To learn more and get help now, call 833-635-2667 or send us a message.
Lawyer for VA Benefits for Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury can be disabling. If you’re a veteran and have suffered a service-connected TBI, you may qualify for benefits. Daren Sarphie is a lawyer for VA benefits for traumatic brain injury and can represent you in your claim.
Here is what you should know:
- A brain injury may qualify for veterans’ benefits.
- There are many different circumstances where a brain injury is a qualifying disability for VA benefits. The only requirement is that the TBI is service-connected, but it can manifest itself long after your service is complete.
- To receive benefits, you must file a claim. If you have an existing VA benefits case, you may file for additional benefits if new medical problems arise or if your qualifications otherwise change.
- Documenting your injury, its residual effects, and your right to benefits can be complex. As your lawyer, Daren Sarphie handles all aspects of your claim.
- Experienced representation can help process your claim efficiently. With legal representation, you can avoid frustrating denials and setbacks that can prevent you from receiving your benefits.
Traumatic brain injuries are complex and so are claims for VA benefits. Attorney Daren Sarphie gives your case the personal attention and focus that you need for success. To start your case today, contact us for a consultation.
Legal Help for TBI Veteran’s Benefits
You may have suffered a traumatic brain injury while on active duty or due to a medical condition that worsened because of active service. Sometimes, a traumatic brain injury doesn’t show symptoms until long after it occurs. You may have had symptoms, but medical professionals may not have properly diagnosed your condition until years later.
With veterans’ traumatic brain injury lawyer Daren Sarphie representing you, there is professional help to pursue your claim.
Evaluating your case
As your lawyer, Daren Sarphie evaluates your disability claim, looking at all options for you to receive benefits. He determines what benefits you deserve and the appropriate path to seek them.
Filing your claim
Get legal representation for filing your claim. Your lawyer prepares your documents, using his experience to gather records and ensure a complete claim.
Pursuing your compensation
With experience in the claims process, your lawyer pursues your compensation, including handling any needed appeals.
Attorney Daren Sarphie provides personalized representation throughout the claims process for traumatic brain injury veterans’ disability compensation.
Process of Traumatic Brain Injury Veterans’ Disability Compensation:
- Apply for disability benefits. A claim may begin because of a medical discharge due to disability, or it may be filed at any point after leaving the military.
- When you file a claim, you must establish that you have been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. You may show a diagnosis from a psychiatrist, neurologist, neurosurgeon, or physiatrist. In addition, you may show a diagnosis from active duty.
- The Veterans Benefits Administration begins to process the claim and may ask for more information.
- Claims examiners assess the residuals of the brain injury. They assign a rating based on diagnosis, treatment information, and the functional impact of the impairment.
- You will receive a disability rating of up to 100% and determination of your benefits.
- If you disagree with your traumatic brain injury rating and payable benefits, you may pursue your case before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals or the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. There are time limits to pursue an appeal.
- If your condition changes, your disability rating may change; you may request a reevaluation at any time.
How are veterans’ disability brain injury claims evaluated?
Veterans’ disability brain injury claims are evaluated based on residuals. Examiners consider:
- Cognitive ability and symptoms
- Emotions, behavior, and mood regulation
- Physical symptoms that result from brain injury
Within these residuals, the rating criteria is based on 10 facets of impairment and how severe they are. Examiners look at the claimant’s:
- Executive function
- Judgment and decision making
- Social skills
- Orientation to place, time, and self
- Motor skills
- Visual-spatial orientation
- Speech and communication
- Neurobehavioral effects, including mood
- Consciousness and responsiveness
- Subjective symptoms not covered elsewhere
The VA uses a disability rating scale for TBI and the 10 facets. Total severity in any facet results in a 100% disability rating. A 70% rating is awarded when the highest severity level is three (3). A 40% rating is awarded when the highest facet is two (2). For the highest level of one (1), the person receives a 10% disability rating. A 0% rating may be possible if none of the facets are assigned a point value. These are the only ratings possible for traumatic brain injury.
As a lawyer for veterans’ traumatic brain injury, Daren Sarphie is experienced in the rating scale.
Will I have to submit to a compensation and pension examination for brain injury?
Compensation and pension (C&P) examinations are common for veterans’ benefits claims based on traumatic brain injury. Standard diagnostic information and medical records are often incomplete for the purposes of making a disability rating. If benefits examiners request a C&P, the exam will document functional impairments and the extent of the disability.
Thousands of Veterans with TBI Aren’t Diagnosed!
The signs of TBI can be subtle. Many veterans wonder why they are struggling, not knowing that they have a brain injury. More than 50,000 veterans claim benefits for TBI each year, both for service connections and for benefits increases.
Brain injury and other disabilities
A veterans’ traumatic brain injury lawyer can assist you when your brain injury occurs along with other injuries.
Get Help from a Veterans’ Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer
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