All Due Respect

All Due Respect

Claim Sharks

The Illegal Business Model Behind VA Claims Consulting

A federal judge dismantled the legal fiction behind the VA claims consulting industry — and confirmed the facts were never actually in dispute.

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Elizabeth Hartman
May 27, 2026
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On May 20, 2026, Chief United States District Judge Catherine C. Eagles of the Middle District of North Carolina issued a ruling in Ford v. Veterans Guardian VA Claim Consulting, LLC that should have been unnecessary… because both the law and the facts were, in the court’s own words, undisputed — and had been for years.

“The evidence is undisputed that G…

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