What to ask your doctor to document
Doctor Visit Prep
Claims under-rate when the chart misses what the VA looks at. Pick your condition and get a free, printable sheet of exactly what to make sure your provider measures and writes down — mapped to the rating criteria and the DBQ a C&P examiner uses.
What to get documented
The specific findings the VA evaluates — measured and written into your chart, so the rater and the C&P examiner have the full picture.
What moves the rating
See the measurable findings that separate each rating level, straight from 38 CFR Part 4 — so nothing true gets left off the note.
The nexus ask
If your condition stems from one the VA already covers, the exact question to ask your provider — a treating provider's opinion, noted in your chart, carries real weight with the VA.
After the appointment
Turn those records into a claim
Once your findings are documented, Commander maps them to the rating criteria in a personal statement and builds the supporting documents around them.
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