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LEGEND.vet VA disability claim builder for veterans

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Continue to the free Claim Builder.

The entire process is online and self-guided, no calls or sales pitches. Your free access includes a self-guided claim interview, professional review, complete claim documentation package, A Statement in Support of Claim for each eligible condition claimed, Compensation and Pension exam preparation guide, Next Steps letter, and delivery of your documents by email within 24 hours.

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Do this first

An intent to file sets a potential start date for your benefits.

VA Form 21-0966 tells the VA you intend to file. If the VA approves your claim, you may be able to get retroactive payments for the time between when the VA processed your intent and when it approved your claim. It is free, it takes minutes, and it costs you nothing to have on file.

Read how the ITF works Open VA Form 21-0966
  • One ITF covers one benefit type. Compensation, pension, and survivors benefits each need their own box checked.
  • A second ITF filed while one is already active does not reset or extend the clock.
  • The intent date is the date VA receives it, so submit it before you start gathering evidence.

The toolkit

Condition library

Every rating percentage with its full 38 CFR Part 4 criteria, the matching DBQ, and the secondaries VA commonly links to it.

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VA Disability Calculator

Combine ratings the way VA does under 38 CFR 4.25, with the bilateral factor applied automatically and monthly pay with dependents.

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Symptom translator

Describe what you actually feel and see which rateable conditions it lines up with, in the language the regulation uses.

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Guided claim builder

Service profile, conditions, condition-specific intake, and a review step before anything is submitted for professional review.

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Active Duty Tracking Tool

Still in? Log injuries as they happen, map your BDD windows, and walk out with records that line up.

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Not sure where to start?

Let us point you at the right page.

1. What are you trying to do today?

Pick the closest one. You can start over at any point.

Every section, one place

Browse by benefit

Every statement in these sections carries a visible citation and a link to the VA.gov, 38 CFR, or the M21-1 manual, so you can verify it yourself.

Disability

Service connection, ratings, presumptives, and appeals.

Benefits

Burial, DIC, accrued benefits, insurance, housing grants.

Health

Enrollment, priority groups, community care, CHAMPVA.

Education

GI Bill, Yellow Ribbon, VR&E, chapter 35.

Pension

Wartime pension, net worth limits, Aid and Attendance.

Special Monthly Compensation

SMC K through R and what triggers each level.

VA Home Loan

COE, funding fee, IRRRL, cash out, and tips.

Claim Builder

Guided intake that tells you what goes on which form.

Veterans First.Every Time.

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