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Long COVID and VA Disability: What Veterans Need to Know

Podcast: The Veterans Disability Nexus · Leah Bucholz

Opublikowano: 2026-07-28

Long COVID continues to raise important questions for many veterans navigating the VA disability system. In this episode, Leah Bucholz — Army combat veteran, board-certified Physician Assistant, former VA C&P examiner, and founder of Prestige Veteran Medical Consulting — discusses Long COVID from a medical evidence perspective and explains some of the challenges veterans may face when pursuing VA disability claims related to persistent post-COVID symptoms. Topics discussed include: What Long COVID is and how symptoms can vary significantly between veteransCommon Long COVID symptoms seen in medical recordsWhy documentation and continuity of symptoms matterThe importance of d...