From a DOCTOR: Top 5 Secondary Conditions to Depression & Anxiety | VA Disability Claims

By the end of this video, you're going to know the one medication side effect that's worth $1,100 a month that you've never been told to claim, the organ system the VA hopes you never connect to your depression, and the exact medical mechanism I use in my next letters that have a 96% approval rate. If you have

service connected depression or anxiety or PTSD, do not click away. Here's what nobody's telling you. Your depression isn't just in your head. It's in your gut. It's in your heart. It's in your sleep. It's in places you wouldn't expect. And every single one of those is a ratable VA disability. I'm [snorts] talking five conditions exposed to most

likely have, right? Worth potentially $100,000 or more over your lifetime. And 90% of veterans with mental health ratings never file for them because claims consultants can give you a list, but they can't tell you why the VA should approve it. I'm Dr. Dr. Marshall Barend. I'm an actual doctor, not an MP, not a PA, not a chiropractor, not some

dude on the internet that has no business giving medical advice. I'm a physician. I'm also an armed ranger, a combat medic, a dis a disabled veteran. I've been on both sides of the CMP exam table. I've written next letters and DBQs. I've reviewed thousands of next letters and DBQs. I know what the VA is

looking for, and I know what what makes a claim bulletproof. In the next in in this video here, I'm going to I'm going to walk you through the top five secondary conditions of depression and anxiety, the medical science behind each connection, the rating criteria, and exactly how to file these claims correctly. This is graduate level VA