What type of appeals do you handle?

Attig | Curran | Steel focuses its appellate work at 4 levels of the VA appellate system.

Appeals of VA Rating Decisions (AMA & Legacy): If you receive a VA ratings decision that denies service connection, lowballs your disability rating, or sets an incorrect effective date, the law firm of Attig | Curran | Steel can help with appeals of those decisions. How we help depends on whether your claim is a "Legacy" or "AMA/Modernized" appeal. 

Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: We appeal BVA Decisions that deny your benefits to this Article I federal appellate court. The CAVC, as it is known, reviews BVA decisions for clearly erroneous factual findings, reviews legal findings that lack adequate reasons or bases, and reviews statutory and constitutional issues “de novo”.

U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals: This elite Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has a very narrow jurisdiction over adverse decisions of the CAVC. Chris Attig has briefed  and orally argued many cases before the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, where he was admitted in 2006.

Supreme Court of the United States: In rare circumstances, a veteran or survivor may petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of review, commonly called the Writ of Certiorari. Should a majority of the justices of this highest court in the land decide that the “Writ of Cert” raises an issue of significant legal importance, the Supreme Court may grant review of a decision of the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Chris Attig is admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.