Free VA Claims Tools

Check the statutory housebound rule (a single 100% plus 60% — not a combined 100%) and count intermediate-rate SMC steps under 38 CFR § 3.350(f) after Barry v. McDonough.

Three questions to identify which review lane fits — Higher-Level Review, Supplemental Claim, Board appeal, or a CUE motion — with the form number and governing regulation.

Combine multiple ratings using VA math (not simple addition) and apply the bilateral factor.

Check if your ratings meet the schedular threshold for Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability.

Model retroactive back pay from your effective date and rating change, and see exactly what a 20% contingency fee on past-due benefits would come to.

Estimate retroactive benefits from your effective date through current month.

Walk through 38 CFR 3.400 to find the date your benefits should be paid from — original, increase, supplemental, HLR, Board, and CUE pathways.

Use puretone thresholds and Maryland CNC scores to estimate a hearing loss rating.

Find out if your service era and location qualify you under PACT Act presumptives.

Visual timeline of Agent Orange exposure locations and presumptive condition lists.

Estimate annual property tax savings as a disabled veteran in any of the 50 states + DC.

Browse the full library of VA benefits, eligibility criteria, and how to claim them.