A VA database wrongly closed tens of thousands of legacy appeals. What the Freund settlement reopens, who must request review, and how far back pay reaches.

A remand sends your case back for development the VA skipped. Why it happens, how the loop forms, and the compliance argument that breaks it open.

The Federal Circuit ruled effective dates are downstream issues the Board needn't reach unless raised. The habit that protects your back pay, explained.

Peterson, Buckley, Fort Carson, and the Academy carry documented PFAS contamination, with no VA presumption. How these direct-connection claims get won.

Above the Board sits a real federal court, with a 120-day deadline and fees the government pays when you win. How CAVC appeals work and when to use one.

The Nehmer consent decree forces the VA to pay Agent Orange claims back to the original denial, even decades later. Who qualifies, and what survivors miss.

The Federal Circuit ended the VA's implicit denial doctrine. If a decision never addressed your claim, it may still be pending. What Hamill changes.

VA back pay runs from one date on your decision letter. How that date gets set, the rules that reach it further back, and the mistakes that cost you.

Clear and Unmistakable Error lets you attack a final VA decision from decades ago, with back pay to the original date. What qualifies, and what doesn't.