VA Benefits: Rating Increases - How to File When Your Condition Gets Worse

🎯 Site: https://professorerica.com/va • 🧮 VA Ratings Calculator: https://professorerica.com/va-calc • 💰 2026 Disability Rates: https://professorerica.com/va-rates - VA disability ratings are not permanent -- when your service-connected condition worsens, you can file for an increase at any time using VA Form 21-526EZ. This video covers when to file for an increase, what medical evidence you need, how the C&P exam for increases works differently from the original exam, the 5-year stabilization protection under 38 CFR 3.344, and how effective dates for increase claims can go back up to 1 year. Watch the next video: VA Benefits: Proposed Rating Reductions - Your Rights and How to Fight Back.

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Chapters:
0:00 Why Conditions Worsen and Why That Matters
2:36 When to File for a Rating Increase
4:10 How to File and What Evidence You Need
5:53 The C&P Exam for Increases and Reduction Risk
7:29 Effective Dates and Protecting Your Increase
8:58 Quiz Time

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