At Ribbons and Poppies Consulting LLC, our mission is to have 
every claim submitted with irrefutable evidence and reasoning with no basis for denials.

There are laws that protect you and the VA from false information and false claims

One of these protections involves your initial claim. The VA (and the U.S. Government) does not allow anyone to charge for submitting initial claims. Filing a claim for compensation is a decision the Veteran needs to make, not a lawyer or anyone else. 

We respect and support the VA’s efforts to avoid fraud and abuse of this system.

It’s not unusual for the VA to deny or provide a reduced value for compensation after reviewing your initial claim. Believe it or not, they’re not working on a quota system for denials, and they don’t have an incentive program to keep approvals low. They don’t want to deny your claim unless there’s evidence that you truly don’t rate it – but the process is a bit cumbersome. The burden of proof is on you.

Wading through these processes can make you feel like the world's leaving you behind as you're trying to carry a weight that feels like too much to bear, taking it through a place you've never been. The burden can be overwhelming, especially if you're trying to take care of it by yourself. Too many of us stop trying when we see a disappointing number come back from our initial claim submission. We know what we're going to ask you to do next is difficult for a lot of former military members. 

Please... Let us help you with this load. 

If you choose to work with us, we will start with a review of your records and point out possible service-related medical issues that the VA may consider for compensation. We will show you how and where to initiate a claim for any of these issues you choose to pursue. If you have existing claims, we review them and provide interpretations of claim approvals and denials. We identify any supplemental claim or Higher-Level Review (HLR) claim support or documentation services that would benefit you. This service is provided at no charge. Again, the initial claim is yours to submit. We don’t submit initial claims. 

If your claim is denied or it’s accepted at a lower level of compensation than you feel it’s due, we can move forward with our services, applying the full weight of our expertise. We will be with you to navigate through the fog of medical jargon and unfamiliar processes. 

Your claim goes before medical professionals, all humans, that look at the evidence presented. Often the evidence comes from one source that doesn’t justify a high, much less maximum, level of compensation. However, when justification comes from multiple sources and the impact of the issue is clearly documented, a higher value is more likely to be approved. With your permission, that’s where we step in with our sleeves up, thinking caps on, ready to go to work for you, knowing that we’re now legally allowed.

Our staff includes Lynn, who has a medical background and provides research and knowledge for cause and effects. Channing attends a specialized bio-med school with access to professors that love helping decipher our cases (rest assured your data remains confidential. No names are ever divulged outside our firm). Our founder and chief research consultant, Catherine (Cat), meets with our clients to determine their needs and oversees the processes until the research is complete, and documentation for a fully developed claim is compiled.  We all have a knack for discovering, researching, and revealing the little details that often make a big “value” difference. The little things that have been overlooked or ignored might just be what your claim needed.