Service Exposure Finder · free for veterans
Your duty stations may be worth a claim
Cross-checking a long service record against every presumptive exposure is slow work, so it's easy to miss a claim sitting in your own file. Enter where you served and find out.
Helping a veteran you care for? Enter where they served — it works the same.
Service Exposure Finder
Runs in your browserWhere and when did you serve?
Add each duty station from your records (DD-214, OMPF, orders). Dates let us confirm the qualifying window — even just the year helps.
Diagnosed conditions (optional)
Add your diagnoses to see which are presumptive — claimable with no nexus — given where you served.
Based on public VA presumptive criteria (38 CFR Part 3, PACT Act) and documented contamination sites. Informational only — never a promise of a grant; the VA confirms exact location, dates, and eligibility. A VA-accredited representative provides free individualized help.
- Your record is the keyAgent Orange, Camp Lejeune, burn pits, radiation — every presumption is keyed to where and when you served. We cross-reference your stations against the full matrix.
- No nexus neededWhen your service confirms the exposure and you have a listed condition, it's grantable on the exposure alone — often one of the simplest claims to make.
- Catches PFAS tooWe flag documented PFAS/AFFF contamination sites (like Castle AFB) — not yet presumptive, but strong support for a direct claim and a TERA entry.
What it becomes
A presumptive, on your board as a claim.
Commander builds the claim — presumptive (no nexus) or a direct claim with the exposure and TERA (Toxic Exposure Risk Activity) documented — and assembles every supporting document. Each claim shows what it has and the one thing it still needs.
- Every claim with its four pieces and the three things VA decides on
- Your Intent to File date, kept in view
- The next move for each claim, one button away
Veteran, here's where you stand.
10% · from VA.gov
2 rated conditions, as VA.gov shows them.
File by Mar 4, 2027
On file at VA · from VA.gov
$180.42/mo
At 10%, filing single. 2026 VA table · VA decides.
2claims
0 ready to file · 2 need work · 1 filed · 2 rated by VA
Your claims
0 ready to file · 2 need work · 1 with VA
Working on · 2
answer by March 4, 2027
Dollar figures use the 2026 VA pay table (in effect since December 1, 2025) at the level shown. VA decides every rating.
Filed with VA · 1
- Filed with VA, claim number 600000123, step 3 of 8: Evidence gathering.
Rated by VA · 2
- TinnitusService-connected10%
From VA.gov · shown as VA holds it
- Left knee strainsince Sep 2011 · from VA.gov0%
Your claims, on your body
Where each of your claims sits, and what your records show that you haven't claimed yet. The colours show where things stand today — not what VA will decide.
- 2 in progress
- 2 granted
- 2 in your records, not claimed yet
- 1 filed with VA
All of it
- Hearing loss — filed with VA
- Obstructive sleep apnea — in progress
- Migraine Headaches — in progress
- Tinnitus — granted at 10%
- Left knee strain — granted at 0% · from VA.gov
- Lumbar strain — in your records, not claimed yet — worth a look
- GERD — in your records, not claimed yet — worth a look
The order of march
2 queuedYour own account is first-hand evidence no record can replace.
A diagnosis on record is the floor of a rating.
Found a claim?
File it with confidence
Commander drafts the statements and assembles every supporting document around the exposure your service record shows.
Not ready to make an account? File directly at VA.gov or get free help from a VA-accredited VSO.
Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Informational only — the VA confirms eligibility, location, and dates.
MOS Intel · free, no sign-up needed
What does my MOS qualify me for?
Your job in service determined what you were exposed to. Enter your MOS, AFSC, or rate and see the exposures it commonly supports — starting with the hazardous-noise the VA already concedes for hearing loss and tinnitus.
MOS Intel
Runs in your browserEnter your MOS, AFSC, rate, or the job in plain words — e.g. “11B infantry”, “motor transport”, “aircraft mechanic”.
The VA maintains an official Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing (a DoD-verified rating aid). When your job is rated Highly Probable or Moderate for hazardous noise, the VA CONCEDES in-service noise exposure — a major head start on a hearing-loss or tinnitus claim. VA noise listing
Educational reference only. This maps common occupational categories to documented exposures — it does not predict any rating or outcome, and it is not a substitute for the official VA Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing or a licensed provider's diagnosis. Confirm your exact code and dates against VA criteria.
- Hazardous noise, concededRated Highly Probable or Moderate on the VA's Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing, the VA concedes the exposure for hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Fuels, solvents, foamDocumented chemical exposures support a direct claim and a Toxic Exposure Risk Activity (TERA) entry.
- Any branch, any wordingYour MOS, AFSC, or rate — or the job in plain words.
The Duty MOS listing
Why your MOS matters for a VA claim
The VA maintains a Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing — a Department of Defense-verified rating aid that assigns each military job a probability of hazardous noise exposure. When your job is rated Highly Probable or Moderate, the VA concedes that you were exposed to hazardous noise in service. That removes one of the three hard parts of a hearing-loss or tinnitus claim before you file.
Beyond noise, many jobs carry documented chemical exposures — jet fuel (JP-8) and benzene for fuel handlers, firefighting foam (PFAS/AFFF) for crash-rescue crews, solvents and asbestos for mechanics. These don't make a condition automatically presumptive, but the documented exposure supports a direct claim and a Toxic Exposure Risk Activity (TERA) entry.
This tool maps broad occupational categories to documented exposures for education — it is not the official listing and does not predict any rating. Confirm your exact code, dates, and current diagnosis against VA criteria and with a licensed provider.
The head start, put to work
An exposure conceded. Now the claim.
Knowing your job concedes an exposure is the head start — the claim still needs a current diagnosis and the documents that map it to the rating criteria. VA Claim Commander builds those from your records, and every claim sits on one board with what it still needs.
Veteran, here's where you stand.
10% · from VA.gov
2 rated conditions, as VA.gov shows them.
File by Mar 4, 2027
On file at VA · from VA.gov
$180.42/mo
At 10%, filing single. 2026 VA table · VA decides.
2claims
0 ready to file · 2 need work · 1 filed · 2 rated by VA
Your claims
0 ready to file · 2 need work · 1 with VA
Working on · 2
answer by March 4, 2027
Dollar figures use the 2026 VA pay table (in effect since December 1, 2025) at the level shown. VA decides every rating.
Filed with VA · 1
- Filed with VA, claim number 600000123, step 3 of 8: Evidence gathering.
Rated by VA · 2
- TinnitusService-connected10%
From VA.gov · shown as VA holds it
- Left knee strainsince Sep 2011 · from VA.gov0%
Your claims, on your body
Where each of your claims sits, and what your records show that you haven't claimed yet. The colours show where things stand today — not what VA will decide.
- 2 in progress
- 2 granted
- 2 in your records, not claimed yet
- 1 filed with VA
All of it
- Hearing loss — filed with VA
- Obstructive sleep apnea — in progress
- Migraine Headaches — in progress
- Tinnitus — granted at 10%
- Left knee strain — granted at 0% · from VA.gov
- Lumbar strain — in your records, not claimed yet — worth a look
- GERD — in your records, not claimed yet — worth a look
The order of march
2 queuedYour own account is first-hand evidence no record can replace.
A diagnosis on record is the floor of a rating.
Turn this into a real claim
Start with the records you have
Upload what you've got. We'll show you what your records show and what to do next.