Quality vs. quotas: how wrong dates cost veterans decades of benefits

We break down how VA’s push for speed is eroding quality and costing veterans years of backpay through wrong effective dates, misapplied TDIU rules, and missed SMC. Jim Radogna shares practical ways to spot errors early and the fastest paths to fix them.• rising denials and poor-quality grants driven by quotas• missed Intent to File dates and easy HLR/CUE fixes• exam date errors used as improper effective dates• appealing low initial ratings without losing the original date• scope of claim: diabetes complications and radiculopathy• TDIU dates tied to evidence, not the 8940 form• 100% scheduler does not moot earlier IU entitlement• increased rating one-year lookback and proof strategies• DIC month-of-death dating and survivor backpay• Blue Water and Nehmer effective dates reaching original claims• SMC as an inferred benefit with earlier dates• PACT Act liberalizing law limits vs direct service connection• Thailand/Guam claims and continuous pursuit to earlier dates• using the M21 to win HLRs; case law at the Board• practical appeal paths: HLR, supplemental, Board timing• why to question every grant and verify every date“Find an accredited VSO or agent to handle your appeal. If not, you're gonna have a long wait.”Tune in live every Thursday at 7 PM EST and join the conversation! Click here to listen and chat with us. Visit J Basser's Exposed Vet Productions (Formerly Exposed Vet Radioshow) YouTube page by clicking here.