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The complete VetForge content library — VA rating guides for every common condition, deep-dive resource pages, the C&P exam checklist, and the combined-rating calculator.
Rating Guides
VA Radiculopathy Disability Rating — Complete Filing Guide
Radiculopathy is one of the most frequently claimed VA peripheral-nerve conditions. Upper and lower extremity nerve codes (DC 8510–8730), four service-connection routes, the EMG/NCV requirement, and the bilateral-equality pitfall that costs veterans 10–20%.
VA Tinnitus Disability Rating — How to Get 10% (or More)
Tinnitus is the #1 most-claimed VA disability. Here's exactly how the VA rates it, what evidence closes the claim, and how to combine it with hearing loss.
VA Hearing Loss Disability Rating — Complete Filing Guide
Hearing loss is the #3 most-claimed VA disability. How audiograms determine your rating, what evidence closes the claim, and how to combine it with tinnitus.
VA Sleep Apnea Disability Rating — 50% or 100% Guide
Sleep apnea only rates at 0%, 50%, or 100% — there's no middle ground. How to lock in the 50% guaranteed CPAP rating.
VA PTSD Disability Rating — How to Get 50%, 70% or 100%
PTSD is the #2 most-claimed VA disability. How the VA evaluates PTSD claims, what rating levels mean for your monthly payout, and how to build the evidence stack that wins.
VA Hypertension Disability Rating — From 10% to 40% Guide
Hypertension is the most commonly rated VA cardiovascular condition. How the VA rates it on diastolic pressure thresholds, three service-connection routes, and the 6-step filing path.
VA Back Pain Disability Rating — Complete Filing Guide
Back pain only rates when tied to a diagnosed spine condition (DC 5237/5242/5243). Four service-connection routes, common pitfalls, and the appeals lane menu.
Deep-Dive Resource Pages
VA Education Benefits — GI Bill, Chapter 35 & VR&E Overview
Three VA education programs most veterans never unpack side by side: Post-9/11 GI Bill tuition and BAH, Chapter 35 DEA for spouses and children, and VR&E Chapter 31 for employment-barrier disabilities — what each program pays, eligibility, and the 6-step application path.
VA PTSD Claims — Deep Dive
PTSD is the #2 most-claimed VA disability — built on a four-piece evidence stack: verified in-service stressor, current DSM-5 diagnosis, mental-health nexus letter, and corroborating buddy statements. Stressor rules, nexus language, buddy-statement structure, and mental-health C&P exam tactics.
VA Tinnitus Claims — Complete Filing Guide
Tinnitus is the #1 most-claimed VA disability — built on a three-piece evidence stack: current diagnosis of chronic tinnitus, in-service noise exposure (STR threshold shift, MOS, DD-214, buddy statement), and private nexus letter. DC 6260 flat 10% ceiling, pre-2000 bilateral carve-out, three service-connection routes (direct, secondary to TMJ, secondary to TBI and ototoxic PTSD medications), secondary chains most veterans miss, and three appeal lanes.
VA MST Claims — Military Sexual Trauma Filing Guide
Military Sexual Trauma has its own claim rules: no nexus letter required, separate evidence standards, no dishonorable discharge bar, no time limit. Eligibility criteria, MST Coordinator evidence sources, and the 6-step filing path.
VA Secondary Claims — How to File a Service-Connected Secondary
The most common secondary service connections (PTSD → sleep apnea, sleep apnea → hypertension, back pain → radiculopathy) with the nexus letter, intent to file, and 6-step filing path.
How to File a VA Claim — First-Time Walkthrough
Filing for the first time? Walk the decision tree: confirm eligibility, pick your condition, gather evidence, file, prep for the C&P exam, and read your rating decision — with each step inline-linked to the right resource.
VA TBI Claims — Traumatic Brain Injury Filing Guide
Traumatic Brain Injury claims use the DC 8045 rating framework — how residuals get rated, what secondary conditions stack with TBI, and how to prep for the C&P exam.
C&P Exam Prep
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