Veteran Gets Retroactive Payment of $92K

“Greg” is a Vietnam veteran living in the southeastern U.S. who has been unable to work for more than a decade due to the symptoms of his disability. He had been seeking an earlier effective date for his individual unemployability (IU) designation for years, meeting with multiple denials. By performing an exhaustive review of Greg’s file, scouring medical records and lay statements, and countering the VA Director Of Compensation’s employability assessment, VVA National Appeals Attorney Tara Skar was able to argue for an earlier IU effective date successfully. Greg was recently awarded a retroactive payment of more than $92,000.