- Read the current presumptive list on VA.gov the week you file. It is not the 2022 press release.
- If you were denied before the law changed, that is often a Supplemental Claim — not a brand-new first filing for the same issue.
- Write the locations and dates. “I was in the sandbox” is not a location.
- An accredited VSO is useful when the exposure history is a stack of orders, not one deployment sticker.
Disability
PACT Act: file the condition, not the hashtag
Presumptive lists change. The claim is still a diagnosis plus service plus a current problem.
