Verena Cottrill
Staff attorney, veterans’ claims
Verena served in the Army as a medic before law school, and she takes the clinic’s veterans’ claims.
Verena handles first claims, increases and appeals to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals. She’s accredited by the VA to represent veterans, which every lawyer who helps with a VA claim has to be. She reads every C&P exam report line by line, because that’s where most VA claims are won or lost.
Takes
- Service connection
- Rating increases
- Board appeals
Credentials
Verena’s admissions and schooling
Bar admissions
West Virginia
2014
Ohio
2016
Courts
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
Accreditation
Accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs
Education
J.D., West Virginia University College of Law
2014
B.S., Marshall University
2008
Languages
English
How Verena came to this work
Verena spent four years as an Army medic and came home to a family where three people had VA claims and nobody understood the letters. She went to law school to read them.
She keeps her own DD-214 in her desk drawer, mostly to show veterans what to look for on theirs.
A VA decision you want to challenge?
Call and ask for Verena. Bring the decision letter if you have it.