Brian Reese here, CEO of VA Claims Insider and today I have Veteran Master Coach Richard Shuminsky with me to discuss Chronic Pain. Why should you be considering to file a Chronic Pain Claim? In this video you will learn what chronic pain is, how to file it and what documentation you will need to win your claim. Not sure where to start, you can get the right VA claim strategy and start FREE now: http://www.vaclaimsinsiderelite.com

***Video Timestamps & Resources***  ⏩ 00:00 VA Claims Insider BOOM! ⏩ 06:00 Somatic Symptom Disorder  ⏩ 08:30 Chronic Pain is a Secondary Disability  ⏩ 16:30 CFR 38 Part 4 the Schedule for Rating Disabilities  ⏩ 19:00 Do not let not having your medical records stop you ⏩ 32:00 #1 You must have a logical link, the Nexus  ⏩ 39:15 Q&A time! ⏩ 41:30 How are headaches rated? ⏩ 44:00 What if your doctor refuses to write a nexus letter ⏩ 50:20 Get your C-File  ⏩ 55:00 Sleep apnea secondary to PTSD ⏩ 1:00:00 You need to act NOW!

What is Chronic Pain - Chronic Pain is long lasting pain which interferes with your daily life. It begins to qualify as chronic once it lasts over six months. In some cases, chronic pain is persistent for years of someone’s life.  Chronic Pain can be linked to a number of different reasons, including injury, disease, or damage to nerves. Chronic pain is a condition which directly affects someone’s mental health. Through anxiety, lack of sleep, hopelessness, and depression chronic pain can reveal itself.  How to prove Chronic Pain - Another step in this process is establishing credibility. One way you can do this is by proving that you have tried to relieve the pain in other ways. This could be done with some approaches, including massage therapy, seeing a chiropractor, or visiting with a pain specialist.

How to file - Chronic Pain can be submitted as a primary or secondary to other service related conditions.  With this, you will need to understand how primary and secondary claims are rated.  First off, when filing the initial primary claim, you have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, that your military service directly causes it.  Secondly, to keep your current rating or increase it from the VA, you have to prove, that is has created your “quality of life” and “impairment to your earning capabilities”, and has progressively gotten worse over time.