Intent to File: what the one-year window may protect
A plain-language field brief on effective dates, deadlines, and the action to take before gathering evidence.
Official VA guidance ↗VETERAN BENEFITS INTELLIGENCE + HUMAN GUIDANCE
Clear tools, trustworthy benefits reporting, and experienced veterans who help you turn information into a practical next move.
WHERE ARE YOU IN THE PROCESS?
Start with the official Intent to File action.
Use focused tools instead of generic search results.
Put veteran judgment on the questions that matter.
Stay informed after the rating—not just during a claim.
VETERAN TOOLS
Begin privately and at your own pace. Our tools teach the logic, surface better questions, and show where experienced review can help.
Combine ratings, account for paired extremities, and see the distance to your next threshold.
Open tool →Explore commonly missed connections and the evidence questions worth reviewing with a human.
Open tool →Prepare accurate examples, understand the exam, and leave with a clean debrief.
Open tool →Find tax, education, license, housing, and family benefits beyond a federal rating.
Open tool →
OFFICIAL VA ACCESS
The official VA Health and Benefits app gives veterans a direct path to appointments, prescriptions, claims information, letters, payments, and secure messages. Veteran Claims tools help you prepare; the VA app remains one of the official places to manage the benefits themselves.
Explore the official VA app ↗VETERAN CLAIMS BENEFITS DESK
We track official sources and turn changes into concise, original field briefs: what changed, who it affects, and what to do next.
A plain-language field brief on effective dates, deadlines, and the action to take before gathering evidence.
Official VA guidance ↗Go directly to the official rate tables, then use our tools to understand the rating behind the payment.
VA.gov ↗A state-by-state research system for the tax, education, housing, and family benefits that ratings can unlock.
Veteran Claims Benefits Desk ↗Source first: every brief identifies the official record and links readers to it. No scraped article farm. No manufactured urgency.
AI + HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP
A tool can surface a possibility. A person can hear what you minimized, ask the next question, and help prioritize the evidence gap that matters first.
WHAT STAYS HUMAN
AI supports the work. It does not replace the veteran relationship.
YOUR NEXT MOVE
Start with the free mission scan. Leave with a clearer picture of what deserves attention next.