Physical Injuries

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The VA’s system for evaluating physical

The VA’s system for evaluating physical injuries is extremely complex and allows the VA a number of ways to improperly deny claims and minimize ratings.  Such injuries and knee, back, and neck injuries are very common in veterans but the full disability of these in-service injuries don’t show up until many years later. For nearly 20 years, our veterans disability attorneys have helped veterans from across the United States obtain veterans disability benefits for physical injuries and conditions of all types, including, among others:

• Back, neck, knee, and spinal cord injuries (herniated discs, impinged nerves, broken vertebrae, paraplegia, quadriplegia, et al.)
• Amputation injuries (hands, feet, arms, legs, above or below the knee and elbow joints)
• Disfiguring injuries
• Loss of use injuries (due to severe fractures, nerve damage, muscle or soft tissue damage and a wide range of other causes)
• Traumatic brain injuries
• Damage to internal organs and systems (liver, cardiopulmonary system, digestive system, etc.)

Depression and Anxiety Caused by Physical Injuries

It’s not uncommon for veterans who have serious physical disabilities to become frustrated by the inability to do things they were once able to do and to feel trapped, useless, and even worthless. The consequence of these feelings is that they can lead to depression and anxiety. If this occurs, a veteran is entitled to service connection and a separate rating for the condition.