The Elements of VA Service Connection

0:46 What is service connection?
1:07 What do you need to show to prove service connection?
1:47 First Element of VA Service Connection: A Current Disability
4:55 Do you need a diagnosis to get service connection?
8:25 Second Element of VA Service Connection: In-service Event, Injury, or Illness
9:36 What counts as “in-service”?
11:53 Evidence for an in-service event, injury, or illness
18:09 Do lay statements need to be notarized or certified?
19:13 VA’s “duty to assist” veterans in finding evidence for their claim (Legacy & AMA)
22:29 Third Element of Service Connection: The Medical Nexus
23:54 Standard of proof at VA: “at least as likely as not”
24:38 Unfavorable opinion from a VA C&P exam
25:46 How do you know what the VA examiner wrote in the exam notes?
29:36 What makes a medical opinion stronger evidence in VA’s eyes? Who counts as a medical expert?
32:00 Are C&P examiners always subject experts?
39:44 Are there things that make it more difficult to link to an in-service event, injury, or illness? What can veterans do to help in these situations?
43:37 Are there conditions that do not require a medical nexus?

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