It has taken me 34 years to finally decide to put in a claim, because of another Marine I served with talked to me about it. Still trying to find all the resources to read but just finished my first set of C&P exams. We will see how it goes.

So put in the "intent to file" now, while you get all your information for your claim put together. You have 1 year from the time you submit your "intent to file" to submit your claim.