Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

One pathway to compensation is through direct service connection, but many veterans pursue GERD claims as a secondary condition. GERD has been medically associated with several service-connected ...

Too many veterans miss out on life-changing disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) because of misinformation, outdated assumptions, or a simple reluctance to ask for help. At ...

MDS is not designated as a presumptive condition, which means that veterans must provide medical evidence to show a direct ...

—A recent study investigating factors affecting VA service connection denial for PTSD claims related to military sexual trauma found that citing sexual harassment were more likely to be denied than ...