You may also obtain a letter from your VA Regional Benefits Office that confirms your disability rating.

Comments by supporters: A veteran with a disability rating of 100 percent or totally disabled is unemployable and has limited means of earning an income.

This bill would create a fast-track system within the Department of Veterans Affairs to quickly grant initial disability ratings to veterans with straightforward claims.

Hubbard was injured in a military plane crash and is registered with the VA with a service-connected disability rating of 60 per cent.

Veterans usually appeal a decision because their claim was either denied outright or because they believe that the disability rating assigned by the VBA is incorrect.

They've promised me a disability rating.

Certain veterans may also be considered under special hiring programs for disabled veterans with disability ratings of 30% or more.

A qualified disabled veteran would have a service-connected disability with a 100 percent permanent disability rating.

A veteran with a disability rating of 100 percent gets about $2,400 a month-more if he or she has children.

Applicants must have served on active duty since September 11, 2001, have a 30 percent or greater service-connected disability rating and less than 20 years of service.