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Protecting Your VA Rating: Increases, Reductions & Legal Safeguards

When you file for an increased VA disability rating, are you protecting your benefits or putting them at risk? In this episode of Veterans Legal Lowdown, CCK Partner Maura Black and Lead Claims Advocate Claire Babcock break down when VA can legally reduce your rating, what “sustained improvement” really means, and how veterans can push back when VA gets it wrong. They also walk through key protections like the 5-, 10-, and 20-year rules, what happens after age 55, how CCK builds and defends a VA case from day one, and what VA’s “duty to assist” and benefit of the doubt are supposed to look like in practice. Watch to learn what safeguards the law gives you – and how experienced advocates use them to challenge improper reductions, bad exams, and needless delays. READ the blog post here: https://cck-law.com/blog/rating-reduc... Try our FREE CCK Law VA Claim Builder tool:https://cck-law.com/va-claim-builder/ Read more about CCK Law here: https://cck-law.com/we-work-for-every... Who We Are: Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick is the nation's leading veterans law firm. Since 1999, CCK Law has grown to include more VA-accredited advocates and attorneys than any other firm and represents nearly 30,000 veterans or their dependents before Veterans Affairs or the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. CCK Law attorneys have argued many of the most precedent-setting cases in veterans law, playing an indispensable role in clarifying the benefits of millions of veterans. As of 2025, the firm has published over 2,500 pages and 800 videos of free legal resources for veterans and their dependents. Feel free to ask questions, give us feedback, or request new veterans' law topics below! And don't forget to SUBSCRIBE so you won’t miss future videos. Visit our website at cck-law.com or call (888) 559-1385. 0:00 Introduction 1:58 Risks of Filing an Increased Rating Claim 8:32 Rating Protections and Defenses 18:21 How CCK Handles a New Claim 26:30 Appeals to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) 28:32 Appeals Beyond the CAVC 31:06 VA's Duty to Assist and Non-Adversarial Process 51:11 Q&A