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.
Residents of Texas' low-lying areas were warned to evacuate after Hurricane Harvey turned into a Category 3 storm. Harvey is expected to hit Texas on Friday night or Saturday morning, and may become the US mainland's worst storm since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. The wind speed is currently 85mph (140km/h), and has a maximum sustained wind speed of 100mph (161km/h). Forecasters warned that some areas may receive up to 35 inches of rain, and others will receive over a foot.