Included with your free account · Evidence Gap Analysis
Does your claim have what the VA is looking for?
Check your records and documentation against the four evidence criteria raters evaluate — before you submit.
- Four-criteria checklist
- Records-aware analysis
- Observational only
Obstructive sleep apnea
Direct — caused by your service
Diagnosis documented
A 2025 sleep study records moderate obstructive sleep apnea, AHI 22, with CPAP prescribed.
In-service event — what happened in service
Your statement describes loud snoring and daytime fatigue reported by bunkmates during a 2009 deployment.
Continuity — symptoms ongoing since service
Treatment notes from 2012 onward mention fatigue and snoring at several visits.
Nexus — medical link between service and condition
No provider in the records connects the sleep apnea to service.
The records do not contain a medical opinion linking the condition to service.
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A sample review on a demo veteran. It describes what records contain — it never predicts an outcome.
Four-criteria checklist
Diagnosis, in-service event, symptom continuity, and nexus language — the core evidence elements evaluated for every disability claim.
Records-aware analysis
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Observational only
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From a gap to a claim
Each gap is a step on the claim.
Evidence review is step 5 of 6 in the full Commander workflow — includes nexus letters, personal statement, buddy statements, and a submission cover page.
- The diagnosis, the in-service event and the medical link — each with what's done
- The one piece still missing, and the button to build it
- Everything assembled into one package, ready to file
Obstructive sleep apnea DC 6847
This claim needs: a nexus opinion.
- 1 · The diagnosisOn record — the VA already conceded it
- 2 · What happened, and how it affects youYour statement · daily life · a witness
- 3 · The link to your serviceReady to draft — this answers the denialDraft it →
How VA rates it — your records document the 50% level.
“Patient uses CPAP nightly, compliance 92% of nights.” — sleep study, p. 3
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