How to Appeal Your VA Claim Effective Date

Learn how to get an earlier effective date for your VA claim, and thereby more VA back pay, by appealing your VA Claim. Learn what qualifies you to appeal your effective date. An effective date is used by VA as a start date for the payment of VA disability benefits for a claim. Generally, the earlier the effective date, the more VA compensation in retroactive benefits VA must pay.

[Dasol]

Question, I have a VA claim decision 70% with an effective date of August 10, 2022. My intent to file date was June 12, 2023. Backpay was awarded to September 2023. Does that sound right? Or should they pay me back to August 2022, thanks

[classifiedsincebirth]

2017 filed for a service connected disability.
2018 received a low rating and immediately appealed to BVA and maintained regular doctor visits. (still do)
2020 had a BVA hearing with Judge.
2024 received significant increase on original disability ( now100%) and the VA gave me an effective date from this years' C&P exam they sent me to in February. 83 months of retro pay reduced to 3 months! HLR now

[tommartin]

18 months ago a VA LAW JUDGE denied a claim because he said there was no diagnosis. He made a mistake, I had a diagnosis by a VA doctors 2 years before my hearing.

I had a diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment in 2019 and 2 nexus letters, one from my VA neurologist.

I have an open appeal where I am pointing out the error of missing a diagnosis.

If they approve my claim, will I get the earlier effective date even though it's been over a year?

[GotYo]

The sad part is the V.A. will totally make you go through hell even though you are 100% P&T. What does your firm do that a VSO doesn't and how much do you take?...10%...15%...20%???

[paratroopergirl]

I was discouraged to appeal for an earlier effective date because VA might lower my 100% rating. So, I wrote a letter to VA to withdraw my request for an earlier award date although I have evidence.

[Woolfe]

So my lawyer automatically filed a appeal for a earlier effective so I'm 100% totally

[zzav]

ok, what does this mean that when my VSO and the DVA told me i that i did not have a leg to stand on when i said my freak toung canser came up because i "was not part of a canser cluster." and put me on (combat veterans disability pension non service connected) while going through chemo and raidiation with adjustment disorder mental problems that eventually sent me into a pain and stress related distancing from reality due to being denied the dental checkups needed to identify the chemo and radiation tissue and bone dammage from its treatment to my jaw and head for about 12 years that is just being identified and treated NOW because one of my teeth got so bad it started cutting my toung and dental local still denied me and only through a new doctor that got me to a VA out of state did i get seen enough to put me through hyperbarics befor an emergency operation to keep my jaw from rotting there is more but what can i do i'd realy like some help with this in who i can talk to that will GIVE ME SOME ANWERS that are not platitudes ...