Were you ever denied by the VA and just stopped trying? This episode is for you.

Rally Point welcomes Bryan Jeffries, Outreach Director for the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs and a retired Army veteran who has helped connect more than 5,000 veterans to the benefits they earned. He breaks down the myths that keep veterans from getting what they're owed: why deploying has nothing to do with being a veteran, how the income/means test trap works, what the PACT Act actually covers, and why a past denial is often just the starting line. Brian walks through all four levels of the VA appeals process, shares the outreach story that still sticks with him a Vietnam veteran who went from a 1974 denial to 100% Permanent & Total with six-figure back pay in one afternoon and explains the employer resource fair model that signs veterans up  ...