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VSO Handoff Brief

Organize Your Claim for Your Rep

A VA-accredited representative files your claim for free — and they work faster when you walk in organized. This tool builds a clean, one-page brief listing the conditions you're claiming, the evidence you have, and exactly what you're asking them to do.

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Your handoff brief

TO MY VA-ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVE

From: Jordan Sample
VA file number / last four of SSN: [fill in before sending]

Subject: Assistance preparing and filing my VA disability claim

Dear my accredited representative,

I am a veteran asking for your help, as my VA-accredited representative, to prepare and file a VA disability compensation claim. I have organized the summary below myself so our time together is efficient — it lays out the conditions I intend to claim and the evidence I have gathered so far.

CONDITIONS I INTEND TO CLAIM
1. Obstructive sleep apnea — secondary — caused or worsened by a service-connected condition (PTSD)
   Evidence I have: 2025 sleep study (moderate OSA); CPAP prescription; my wife's buddy statement
   Still needed: A medical opinion linking it to my PTSD

2. Lower back strain — increase — a service-connected condition that has worsened
   Evidence I have: March 2026 VA exam; 8 physical therapy visits
   Still needed: Records of my flare-ups

WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO
  - Review the conditions and evidence above and advise me on each.
  - Help me complete and file the correct VA form (e.g. VA Form 21-526EZ).
  - Note: I have already filed an Intent to File to protect my effective date.
  - Represent me with the VA on this claim.

I understand that you — my accredited representative — provide the representation on my claim, and that no software does. I prepared this summary myself to help us work efficiently.

Respectfully,
Jordan Sample

Example on a demo veteran. Built by the tool's own brief builder from a demo veteran's entries — no AI, the same page you'd get.

How it works

One page. A better meeting.

List what you're claiming
Each condition, how it connects to service, the evidence you have and what's still missing.
Get one clean page
Print it, copy it, or download a PDF. Edit anything before you hand it over.
Walk in organized
Your accredited rep sees your whole claim on one page — and nothing important gets missed.

Why it helps

Why hand your rep an organized brief?

Every veteran is entitled to free help from a VA-accredited representative — a Veterans Service Organization (VSO), a claims agent, or an attorney. They are the ones authorized to prepare, present, and prosecute your claim before the VA. Working with one is one of the best moves a veteran can make.

But reps are busy, and the veterans who get the most out of a meeting are the ones who arrive organized. When you can hand your rep a single page that says here are my conditions, here is the evidence I already have, and here is what I need help with, you save both of you time — and nothing important gets missed.

That's all this tool does: it turns what you already know into a clean brief you can print or email. You stay in command of your claim; your accredited rep provides the representation and does the filing.

VA Claim Commander is a self-service software tool — not a VSO, law firm, or VA-accredited representative — and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. It does not file, submit, present, or prosecute claims, and makes no guarantee of any claim outcome. Your accredited representative provides the representation.

Bring your rep the evidence, too.

The brief says what you have. VA Claim Commander helps you build the rest — statements, the medical opinion, and a cover sheet listing all of it — to hand your rep or file yourself.

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Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. VA Claim Commander is not a VSO, law firm, or accredited representative.