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The VA is flagging mass-produced, template medical opinions. We built VA Claim Commander to be the opposite of that — here's exactly how.

Veteran, here's where you stand.

Your ratingOn file

70%

2 of 7 rated

Intent to FileOn file

Filed Jun 2, 2026

Holds your start date until Jun 2, 2027.

What it pays2026 VA table

$1,808.45/mo

At 70%, filing single. 2026 VA table · VA decides.

0
On the board

5claims

1 ready to file · 4 need work · 2 rated by VA

Your claims

1 ready to file · 4 need work

Working on · 5

Dollar figures use the December 1, 2025 VA pay table at the level shown. VA decides every rating.

Rated by VA · 2

  • PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)Service-connected70%
  • Left shoulder strainService-connected10%

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.

  • 5 in progress
  • 2 granted
  • 3 in your records, not claimed yet

All of it

  • Right knee pain — in progress
  • Obstructive sleep apnea — in progress
  • Lower back strain — in progress
  • Left ankle sprain — in progress
  • Migraines — in progress
  • Left shoulder strain — granted at 10%
  • PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) — granted at 70%
  • Tinnitus — in your records, not claimed yet — worth a look
  • Plantar fasciitis — in your records, not claimed yet — worth a look
  • Hypertension — in your records, not claimed yet — worth a look

The order of march

4 queued
  1. A person who saw it happen — or watched it change you — can put on the record what your file never captured. We write it in their voice; they read it and sign.

  2. The medical opinion connecting your condition to your service — the piece of the file a rater weighs most heavily, written out of your own statement and records.

  3. The in-service event is the hinge of the whole claim, and you are the only person who can name it. A rough month and a place is enough to work with.

  4. An unsigned opinion is a draft. Signed by a licensed clinician, it becomes medical evidence the VA has to weigh.

A live demo on a sample veteran — click around. Nothing here is a real customer's, and dollar figures are the 2026 VA pay table, not a promise.

Inside the app

From your records to a package, ready to file.

  1. Command Center

    Every claim, and what each still needs.

    Your rating, what it pays, your Intent to File, and every claim with its four numbered dots and the triangle — they fill in gold as you go.

    Veteran, here's where you stand.

    Your ratingOn file

    70%

    2 of 7 rated

    Intent to FileOn file

    Filed Jun 2, 2026

    Holds your start date until Jun 2, 2027.

    What it pays2026 VA table

    $1,808.45/mo

    At 70%, filing single. 2026 VA table · VA decides.

    0
    On the board

    5claims

    1 ready to file · 4 need work · 2 rated by VA

    Your claims

    1 ready to file · 4 need work

    Working on · 5

    Dollar figures use the December 1, 2025 VA pay table at the level shown. VA decides every rating.

    Rated by VA · 2

    • PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)Service-connected70%
    • Left shoulder strainService-connected10%

    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.

    • 5 in progress
    • 2 granted
    • 3 in your records, not claimed yet

    All of it

    • Right knee pain — in progress
    • Obstructive sleep apnea — in progress
    • Lower back strain — in progress
    • Left ankle sprain — in progress
    • Migraines — in progress
    • Left shoulder strain — granted at 10%
    • PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) — granted at 70%
    • Tinnitus — in your records, not claimed yet — worth a look
    • Plantar fasciitis — in your records, not claimed yet — worth a look
    • Hypertension — in your records, not claimed yet — worth a look

    The order of march

    4 queued
    1. A person who saw it happen — or watched it change you — can put on the record what your file never captured. We write it in their voice; they read it and sign.

    2. The medical opinion connecting your condition to your service — the piece of the file a rater weighs most heavily, written out of your own statement and records.

    3. The in-service event is the hinge of the whole claim, and you are the only person who can name it. A rough month and a place is enough to work with.

    4. An unsigned opinion is a draft. Signed by a licensed clinician, it becomes medical evidence the VA has to weigh.

  2. Each claim

    Laid out the way VA decides it.

    The diagnosis, what happened in service, and the medical link — each with what's done, what's next, and the one button to do it.

    Obstructive sleep apnea DC 6847

    Your fileBuilding · 3 of 4

    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

  3. What your records show

    The page that proves the level.

    Your records read against VA's rating criteria — the level they document, quoted with the page, and what's missing for the next.

    What your records show — Obstructive sleep apnea

    Your records document the 50% level.

    ✓ Requires use of a breathing assistance device such as a CPAP machine

    “Patient uses CPAP nightly, compliance 92% of nights.” — sleep study, p. 3

    At 50%, the 2026 pay table adds about $1,133/mo. For 100%, not found yet: chronic respiratory failure · cor pulmonale · tracheostomy.

  4. The package

    One package, ready to file.

    A cover sheet listing every document you're submitting, then each document in filing order.

    Evidence cover sheet

    Supplemental claim — Obstructive sleep apnea

    1. 1VA Form 21-4138 — Personal statement
    2. 2VA Form 21-10210 — Buddy statement (signed)
    3. 3Medical opinion — reviewed and signed by a licensed clinician
    4. 4Sleep study, 2025 (3 pages)
    5. 5VA treatment records (12 pages)

    One PDF, in filing order. You file it on VA.gov or hand it to your representative.

How we build claim documents

Four rules every document follows.

  • Grounded in your own records

    Every document is built from the facts in your file — your diagnosis, your test results, your in-service events, by date. Nothing is a fill-in-the-blank template with your name pasted in. That's the exact thing VA screening tools now flag.

  • Citations you can verify

    When a nexus draft references medical literature, those citations are checked against a database of real, verifiable sources (PMIDs and DOIs). A single fabricated or mismatched citation can get an entire opinion discounted — so we don't ship them.

  • No fabrication, ever

    The intake draws out your real experience and maps it to the rating criteria — it never invents symptoms, embellishes severity, or coaches you toward a rating. Strong documents from true facts. Any gap is flagged for you, not papered over.

  • A licensed provider reviews and signs

    A nexus letter is a medical opinion. We prepare a faithful draft; a licensed clinician reviews it, edits it, and signs it — or doesn't. We never impersonate a provider or put words in their mouth. The opinion is theirs.

Straight answers

What we don't do

  • We never guarantee a rating or a claim outcome — no honest tool or provider can.
  • There are no consultations to buy and no upsell calls. The tools are the product.
  • Unless you turn on saving, we don't keep your records on our servers. Our AI provider reads them to build your documents and may keep that data up to 30 days for safety checks. (With saving on, your case and the text of your records are encrypted, and you can delete them anytime.)

The tools

Every tool a claim needs, in one place.

Know exactly what VA decided — and why.

Drop in a decision letter. Every granted and denied condition, the reason VA gave in plain English, the one piece each denial is missing, and the date to answer by.

2 granted · 2 denied — every reason VA gave, in plain English, with the move that answers each denial.

4 conditions in this decision

Granted

2

Denied

2

A denial isn't the end. Each one below can become a supplemental claim built on the exact gap the VA named — the response that speaks directly to why it was denied.

Examples on a demo veteran. VA decides every claim.

Start with the facts in your file

Tell us one condition and get an honest game plan — what a strong claim needs and what we'll build from your records. Free for veterans.

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