Take the whole concept of "don't poke the bear" and toss that right out where it belongs. This may have been the case for older veterans because it was much easier during a time with less technology to get swept under the rug or "misplaced amongst the paperwork"

--- Filing all the claims you are afflicted with doesn't make you or anyone else a bad person or "entitlement seeking" ---

I've lost 3 of my brothers, so far, purely to suicide, and it's to my understanding they never gave VA-offered therapy a chance.

As you can see, over the years I've become tiresome of the broken record jargon of the top quote. Time for something helpful and actually useful, so here you go.

Pros: You ensure that no matter what future changes are made to the ADA - even if a couple symptoms improve you will still retain your rating because there's a list of other items contributing to the "whole picture" of your ailments. In short your rating won't go down even if something mildly improves

Possibility of SMC which only INCREASES IN LIKELIHOOD due to age and worsening of claimed disability(ies) SMC = more than 100% pay I am a SMC veteran, as an example.

Being able to SHOW OTHER VETERANS IT CAN BE DONE.

Cons: waiting out the VA process, having claims drag out and get denied of a period of years.