<P> (2) the claim has been adjudicated (a decision on the claim has been made by the Veterans Benefits Administration); and </P> <P> (3) the veteran has filed a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) with the VBA Regional Office handling his or her claim . </P> <P> Unless they agree to work on a pro bono basis, attorneys and claims agents who represent veterans before the Veterans Benefits Administration, Board of Veterans Appeals, and Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims require payment for their services . At the federal court level, most attorneys work for Equal Access to Justice Act fees . These are attorney fees ordered by the court to be paid by the federal government when the government's position in litigation was not "substantially justified ." </P> <P> If VBA determines that a veteran suffers from service - connected PTSD, then they assign a disability rating, expressed as a percentage . This disability rating determines the amount of compensation and other disability benefits the VA will provide to the veteran . The disability rating indicates the extent to which PTSD has deprived the veteran of his or her average earnings capacity . A rating of 0% indicates that a veteran has PTSD but the disorder has not affected his or her ability to work, whereas a 100% rating theoretically means that the veteran is not capable of working at all because of PTSD . </P>

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