Included with a Commander account · Daily & weekly symptom log
Symptom Tracker
Track how your conditions affect you day to day. Build a documented record — then export a clean PDF when your C&P exam is scheduled.
- Log per condition — severity, frequency, impact
- Back-fill entries up to 90 days
- Severity trend chart
- Export C&P-ready PDF
- Stored in your browser only — switching devices or clearing storage erases it
5 entries
Cancelled plans; stayed in bed until evening.
Left work early and lay down in the dark for five hours.
Medication helped after two hours; no driving.
Left the kids' practice early.
Missed a full day of work. Lay down in a dark room from noon on.
The tracker's history view on a demo veteran's entries — not a customer's.
Your symptom log is stored in this browser only. Clearing browser storage, switching browsers, or using a different device will clear your log. When you export a PDF, your data is transmitted once and immediately discarded — never stored on our servers.
What the log becomes
Your days, in your words, on the record.
Dated, day-by-day notes in your own words are lay evidence. In the app they feed your personal statement and your exam prep — what the examiner will measure for your condition, next to what your log and records already show.
- Severity, frequency and what it stopped you from doing — dated
- A C&P-ready PDF when your exam is scheduled
- Exam prep that sets your log beside the rating criteria
C&P Exam — Universal Rules
- →Describe your worst days, not your average ones — flare-ups count.
- →Say it plainly and honestly. Never exaggerate, never play it down.
- →Stop a movement when it hurts, and say where the pain starts.
What your file already shows
The examiner walks in with the record. This is what it says about each condition, and how current it is.
Lower back strain
- 2026-03-04 — forward flexion 0 to 25 degrees, pain throughout
- 2025-11-18 — physical therapy, 8 sessions
Your newest measurement is six months old. If it's worse now, say so, and when.
For Your Specific Claim Type
An increase claim: the examiner looks only at how bad your back is today — not at what happened in service.
This guide is AI-generated for preparation purposes only. Always work with a VSO or VA-accredited attorney for complex claims.
A demo veteran, not a customer. VA decides every claim.
Know what your examiner is looking for
Commander Prep walks you through exactly what the C&P examiner evaluates for each condition — the rating criteria thresholds, what to describe, and how severity is measured.
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