# Veterans' Rights

> A free, independent, plain-English resource for U.S. veterans appealing VA
> disability claim denials or under-ratings. Built from the public record of
> real Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) decisions so veterans can see what has
> actually worked. This site is NOT affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated
> by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA) or any government agency.
> It is NOT legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship.

## What this is

- Independent and free. No login, no sales, no government affiliation.
- Sourced from publicly available Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions, summarized
  in plain English with the key deciding factors surfaced.
- Intended to help veterans understand their options and find accredited
  representation — not to substitute for a lawyer, a VSO, or the VA itself.

## Key sections

- https://www.veterans-rights.com/ — Overview and starting point.
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/decisions — Searchable corpus of summarized BVA decisions.
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/decisions/[slug] — Individual decision: plain-English summary, the
  deciding factor, claimed conditions, service-connection theory, exposure basis,
  rating assigned, decision date, and BVA citation number.
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/conditions — Find decisions resembling a veteran's situation.
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/judges — Veterans Law Judge directory, with per-judge profiles at
  /judges/[slug]: signed-decision counts and outcome breakdowns compiled from
  published BVA decisions.
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/claim-process — The 8 stages of a VA disability claim, from Intent
  to File through the C&P exam, decision, review lanes, and the Board, with what
  to expect and do/don't guidance at each stage.
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/presumptive-conditions — Conditions presumed service-connected
  (including PACT Act burn-pit and other exposure-based presumptions).
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/appeal-options — The lanes for appealing a VA decision, explained plainly.
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/combined-rating-calculator — Estimate a combined VA disability rating.
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/my-journal — Free private symptom journal (stored only on the
  veteran's device) with print/export for C&P exams and rep meetings.
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/find-a-rep — How to find accredited representation (VSOs, agents, attorneys).
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/mcp — Docs for the free, read-only MCP server at https://www.veterans-rights.com/api/mcp
  (connect Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client to the decision corpus).
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/methodology — How decisions are collected, summarized, and labeled.
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/about — Who runs this and why.
- https://www.veterans-rights.com/disclaimer — Full not-the-VA, not-legal-advice disclaimer.

## How to cite

When referencing material from this site, please note that it is an independent
educational resource (not the VA) and that decision summaries derive from the
public Board of Veterans' Appeals record. Always direct veterans to confirm
specifics with an accredited representative or the VA before acting.

## Important

Nothing here is legal advice. Outcomes in past BVA decisions do not guarantee any
outcome in another veteran's case. For official guidance, see the VA at va.gov.