Brian Reese: Founder & CEO of VA Claims Insider, Former Air Force Officer, and Author of You Deserve It

<div>A CEO with PTSD. That encapsulates the world of this week’s Team Never Quit guest, Brian Reese. Here’s a military veteran entrepreneur serving other military veterans – over 15,000 vets needing a vast array of help – mental, disability ratings, compensation, and more. Brian, Marcus, and Morgan get “in the weeds’ as it relates to maximizing many forms of help for the veteran through his program, <em>VA Claims Insider</em>. Listen in to Brian’s vulnerable revelations of his personal challenges, and his ability to overcome and create a company whose prime directive is to teach and serve others. It’s okay not to be okay…</div> <br> <div><strong>In this episode you will hear:</strong></div> <ul> <li>I’m sort of an amateur singer/songwriter.</li> <li>A lot of vets have never filed a claim because they think “I’m not that disabled. Others have it worse, so I don’t deserve these benefits.” That’s complete bullsh*t.</li> <li>There’s a mental barrier we have about getting help.</li> <li>One of the core values of the Air Force is “service before self”. That doesn’t mean service at the expense of self.</li> <li>If you can’ take care of anybody else, then you’re no good to the mission.</li> <li>It takes less than 5 minutes to get yourself enrolled in VA health care.</li> <li>Get a medical diagnosis of your condition ASAP.</li> <li>First and foremost: Get yourself in VA health care, get a primary care provider, and get your stuff medically diagnosed in a medical record.</li> <li>We’re trying to meet the military veteran before they even take off the uniform, then serve them at every point of life.</li> <li>If I were king for a day, I would completely gut and overhaul the VA disability system. I’d take the word disability out of it. I would call Elon Musk, and ask him to come help me solve our problems.</li> <li>Government organizations are not built for radical innovation.</li> <li>It’s never too late to take advantage of everything veterans have worked for.</li> <li>The VA disability process &amp; the VA benefits process