VA Claims Guides
Free, plain-English resources covering every step of the secondary claims process. No paywalls. Written by a Navy veteran who won.
How to File a VA Secondary Claim
Step-by-step: Intent to File, diagnosis, nexus letter, filing on VA.gov, C&P exam, and reading your decision letter.
What Is a VA Nexus Letter
The five words it must contain, who can write it, what gets it rejected, and how to hand your doctor a template.
VA Intent to File: Lock Your Effective Date
Why filing ITF before anything else protects your back pay, and how to do it in five minutes on VA.gov.
The PACT Act: Who Qualifies and How to File
Burn pits, Agent Orange, radiation exposure, no nexus letter required for presumptive conditions. Here's the breakdown.
VA Secondary Claim Denied: What to Do Next
Supplemental Claim, Higher-Level Review, and BVA appeal, how to choose and what evidence you need for each.
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