Brendan Bernard Garcia

My story is no different from the many Veterans struggling with poor VSO representation and VA bureaucracy. It serves little purpose for me to highlight the bad because all of our stories are similar in nature—a lackluster VSO coupled with the adversarial VA equals, no results, and ultimately no hop...e. Instead, I would rather express my praise and gratitude for Brendan Garcia. To provide a brief history, my struggles spanned the course of 5 years. I spent my first year working with a VSO (very bad experience). I moved on to representing myself, which only provided me with the false impression that I had control over my claim (which I did not). After 2 years of roadblocks, I finally made the decision to seek counsel from an attorney. Of all the attorneys I contacted, Brendan immediately impressed me. The moment I first spoke with him (I live in different state from him), it was apparent that he puts his client’s needs above all else. Over the 3 years that we have worked together, he has been my advocate, my counselor, and my friend. Brendan approached each challenge throughout the appeals process in a focused and intelligent manner. When something unfavorable would arise, my reaction was emotional, but Brendan’s was not. He would do his research and find the error in the VA’s reasoning. Brendan would then provide a solution (or an action) to counter the latest challenge. Given VA’s tendency to make mistakes, this was a common occurrence over the course of my appeal. All the while, Brendan responded to my inquiries, provided options, and listened to my rants as if I were his only client—which I was not. I recently received the final decision of my appeal and I am happy to say the VA finally acknowledged the conditions I incurred during service. This would never have come to fruition if not for the guidance, attention-to-detail, dedication/commitment, knowledge, determination, and so forth (the list honestly goes on and on) of Brendan Garcia. Words alone cannot express my gratitude for the things Brendan has done. I wholeheartedly recommend Brendan’s services to any Veteran seeking assistance or considering an appeal.

Being a veteran and choosing to take on the big government beauocracy alone can be a perilous endever. Years ago the rules changed after decades that veterans could not be represented by professional legal counsel. It's like the system was stacked against us veterans who needed to be saavey enough to... win claims against the madness that is the Veterans Benefit Administration (VHA). I know, because I was up to my neck in getting my claims honored. One day after being denied yet once again, I just said enough going it alone or working with Veterans Servoce Organization (VSO) who seem to have left me with the impression that my case was too complex to properly handle so that's when I reached out to a true legal professional, my attorney Brendan Garcia. In a reasonable amount of time we have been successful before the Veterans Board of Appeal and at my local Veterans Administration Regional Office (VARO) on matters as complex physical body claims which deal with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and (PTSD) non-combat. Brendan is such a fighter that he will not give up because others said it can not be done. Do yourself a huge favor. Call Brendan, talk with him, let him lead the way to a successful outcome to your challenges with the VA, I know this because he helped me resolve a decade old battle in which I ultimately won.