Your application will go through several steps before you are approved (or denied) VA disability benefits, and each step can take weeks or longer to complete. Here are the usual steps that a claim will go through in order to be processed by the VA: Receipt of your claim. The VA will send you a notice when it has received your claim.
Harvey came ashore August 25 as a Category 4 hurricane with high winds and a destructive storm surge. After it moved slightly inland, it swirled in place over southeast Texas for a few days, dropping record-shattering rain and flooding several areas.
The coast will start feeling tropical storm winds around 2 p.m. on Friday, according to National Hurricane Center. By Saturday morning, tropical storm winds will be felt closer to central Texas. Hurricane Harvey is a Category 2 as of 1 a.m. on Friday, but is expected by many forecasters to strengthen to a Category 3 before it makes landfall. Harvey has strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane with winds estimated at 100 mph, according to NWS Houston