Medical Evidence See the peer-reviewed research and case precedent connected to your conditions. When you're building a claim or fighting for approval, review the studies that establish service connection, read what applies to your situation, and export it to bring to your VSO, your provider, or your C&P exam. Every source is peer-reviewed or pulled from the regulations. VA Form Helper Confused about which VA form you need and what it actually does? The form helper walks you through the key VA forms in plain English — what each one is for, when to use it, and what it does for your claim. No more guessing whether you need a 21-526EZ, a 20-0995, or a 21-4138.Service Date & Period Calendars Enter your service dates and deployment periods with a clean calendar interface. Accurate dates mean accurate timelines, eligibility windows, and presumptive matching.Enhanced Export Generate cleaner, better-organized PDFs of your symptom logs, claim notes, and supporting evidence — ready to hand to your VSO, attach to your claim, or bring to an appointment.As always: free, private, no data leaves your device. Built by a veteran, for veterans.Keep the feedback coming. The system gets better because of you.

Minor bug fixes, and backing up your data for recovery if errors are made.

Two new features built from veteran feedback, plus fixes from everyone who hit "Send Feedback" this month. RATE AND RECOMMEND A VSO You know which VSOs fight for you and which ones phone it in. Now you can share that with other veterans walking through the door. Tap any representative in Find Help to rate them and see average ratings from veterans who actually worked with them. GUARD & RESERVE DUTY STATUS CHECKPOINT If you served National Guard or Reserve, not every period of your service counts the same way for VA claim purposes. Title 10, Title 32, ADT, IDT, full-time National Guard duty, drill weekends — the rules get complicated fast, and most veterans don't realize their drill periods have a different standard than mobilizations.The new checkpoint walks you through your service periods and explains which ones establish service connection under what conditions, which need Line of Duty documentation, and where PACT Act presumptions might apply regardless of your duty status. Built for Guard and Reserve veterans who've been getting the short end of generic claim tools. BUG FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS Left/right toggle now works on conditions with analogous diagnostic codes (PFPS, ganglion cyst, shin splints, chronic pain) Add the same base multiple times with separate date ranges for multiple deployments (Bragg 2007 and Bragg 2010 stay distinct) MOS picker sorts alphabetically by title — Security Forces and other common roles surface immediately Navy and Coast Guard rate search handles paygrade suffixes (typing "MM3" finds MM) NEW DATA 5 new MOSes including Air Force 1C0X2 ARMS and Marine Corps 6469 RTCASS Diesel generator exhaust and JP-8 fuel added to Air Force tactical comm AFSC exposures (1D7X1, 3D0X2, 2E2X1) 20 Germany duty stations added — Friedberg, Kitzingen, Schweinfurt, Würzburg, Grafenwöhr, Vilseck, Wiesbaden, Stuttgart, KMC, and more Heat injury residuals (DC 8099-8045) with the rate-by-system framework Chronic idiopathic constipation (DC 7399-7319) with prescription medication guidance for evidence Search aliases added for cardiac conduction conditions (RBBB, LBBB) and post-op scars POLISH VoiceOver labels added across icon buttons for accessibility Benefits tab caches your state after first load — instant on return visits Review prompts respect long-time users (no asking during a 20-condition claim build) KEEP THE FEEDBACK COMING Almost everything in this build came from veterans hitting "Send Feedback" in the app. Hit a dead end? Send it through. Most data fixes go live same day. Code fixes ship in the next build.You served. Now get what you've earned.

v1.1.1 — Exposure Calculator Tell the app where you served. It cross-references your bases, airframes, and deployments against the PACT Act, Camp Lejeune, AFFF/PFAS, K2, Agent Orange, and 30+ other registries. Then it shows you every presumptive condition you may be eligible to claim. What's new: Exposure Calculator — personalized exposure profile based on your MOS, bases, and service dates Per-condition notes — track medical record references, evidence, due-outs, and appointments for each claim 8,949 accredited VSOs in the Find Help directory, sortable by distance All 749 conditions audited against current 38 CFR — corrections to carpal tunnel, peripheral nerve codes, TBI, amputations, sleep apnea, and more Multiple smaller fixes from user feedback Free for the whole flow. Pro unlocks the full exposure profile, all 50 state benefits, and complete filing guides. Built by a retired CW2 who just went through the VA claim process himself.

Find Help is now national. 8,949 accredited VSO representatives across all 50 states, pulled directly from the VA's official accreditation API. Up from 1,496 in v1.0.14. What's new: - Search by name, county, city, or ZIP across the full directory - "Closest to me" — sorted by distance, miles shown on each row - Tap to switch states instantly for veterans helping family elsewhere - Larger Call and Email buttons with haptic feedback - County grouping for states with 50+ representatives Other fixes: - MOS picker now finds names with apostrophes (Torpedoman's Mate, etc.) - Punctuation-tolerant search across the database - Help screen numbers updated to reflect current database scope: 741 filing guides, 1,044 MOS profiles, 749 conditions, 211 state benefits Free to download. No login. No tracking. Built by a retired CW2 because veterans should be able to find help without paying for it.

v1.0.14 — International support, VSO Finder, more MOS coverage NOW WORLDWIDE FOR US VETERANS A US veteran living in Australia messaged me asking when he could use the app. The honest answer should always have been now — US veterans living abroad file the same VA claims under the same 38 CFR. The app applies to them the same way. This release adds country selection and abroad-specific content: Foreign Medical Program enrollment, the Pittsburgh Regional Office that handles foreign claims, international banking for direct deposit, and country-specific tax considerations. App Store availability now includes Australia, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand to start, with more to follow. VSO FINDER (BETA) The app has always told you to file your claim with a free accredited VSO. Now it helps you find one. New "Find Help" tab pulls from American Legion, VFW, DAV, AMVETS, and VA-accredited Field Benefits Units. Beta launch covers six states + 21 FBUs + national HQs. State coverage will expand based on user feedback. If you're a VSO and want your post or chapter listed, message me at support@vareadyapp.com. MORE MOS COVERAGE Added this release: - Marine avionics: F/A-18, AV-8B Harrier, F-35B - Marine bandsman 8151 - Army 35Y / 94Y / 94W with proper era flagging (pre-2004 IFTE through current Automated Test Set) - Navy Surface warrant designators 7161 and 7181 (with EMO/STO/CSMO/SMMO billet titles searchable) - Air Force Fire Protection AFSC family with shred-out coverage - Continued audit pass across niche and outlier codes — if your code is missing, message me and it's added same day SEARCH HARDENING Three small but real fixes from your feedback: - Trailing punctuation (typing "shoulder," with a comma) no longer breaks the search - Common phone keyboard typos (b/v, n/m, o/p, etc.) are caught in fuzzy match - Single-character searches no longer trigger noisy database queries BUG FIXES - Various stability improvements - State benefits now correctly defaults to user's selected state for Pro users - Improved handling of legacy MOS codes during profile import BY THE NUMBERS - 750+ conditions with DBQs - 1,000+ MOS / AFSC / Designator / Rating profiles - 17 filing guides - 56 state benefits - 34 federal benefits - 7,000+ veterans using it - Zero crashes across 30 days Built by a retired CW2 for veterans. Same database. Same Chief. — Chief

v1.0.13 — Math fixes, broken picker fixed, 123 new MOS codes MATH FIXES - SMC-K (and other additive levels) now correctly stack on top of SMC-S/L/M. Some Pro users were missing $100+/month in benefits because of this bug. - 38 CFR 4.26(d) compliance — the bilateral factor calculation now picks the most-favorable result for the veteran instead of blindly applying the 10% bonus. Edge case, but it can mean the difference between 90% and 100%. PICKER FIXED A single malformed entry was silently breaking the entire MOS cache, making Combat Engineer 1371, AFSC 47G3, Navy designators, and others appear "missing" for many users. Fixed at the data layer + hardened the app to tolerate it. Won't happen again. BROWSE THE DIRECTORY Don't remember your code? New "Browse the full directory" sheet with branch filter and search. Plus typed codes that don't match are no longer lost — the picker auto-commits and shows you a chip explaining the generic profile fallback. BRANCH-AWARE LABELS Navy users see "Rating or Designator." Air Force users see "AFSC." Coast Guard users see "Rating." No more Army-centric defaults. +123 OFFICER CODES Massive expansion across Air Force (pilot, medical, JAG, cyber, finance officers), Navy (LDO, CWO, Information Warfare), and Marines (officer MOSs across the full range). Now 879 total codes. 5 NEW FILING GUIDES - Secondary Service Connection (sleep apnea ← PTSD, ED ← SSRIs, etc.) - TDIU — the 60/70% thresholds and Form 21-8940 - Buddy Statements — Form 21-10210 - Supplemental Claims — § 3.2501 and the 1-year effective date window - MST Claims — § 3.304(f)(5) relaxed evidentiary rules RESTORE FROM BACKUP Profile → Restore From Backup. Bring back your full profile, claim list, symptom log, and reminders from a JSON backup. Cross-platform — iOS exports work on Android and vice versa. SEARCH IMPROVEMENTS 80 new search aliases across 12 conditions. "Rosacea," "CKD," "claustrophobia," "shoulder impingement" — natural language and common misspellings now match. ADD button on the condition picker always visible (previously only appeared after tapping a rating tile). Thanks to Kim, MJ, and the veterans who flagged 4.26(d) and the SMC bug. This release exists because you wrote in. — Chief

Veteran-driven update. Bilateral nerve support — diabetic peripheral neuropathy, sciatica, and other nerve conditions now accept Left/Right as separate entries with the 10% bilateral factor applied automatically. Search fixes — "seizures" finds epilepsy DCs 8910-8914. "DPN", "diabetic peripheral neuropathy", "Adie's tonic syndrome" all map correctly now. 14J Air Defense C4I added to MOS database. 50-state benefits audit — about 40% of state benefit entries had material errors. Georgia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, West Virginia, Wyoming, New Mexico, Connecticut, Indiana all corrected. Every state now carries a 2026 verification stamp. We'd rather tell you the truth than have you walk into a county office expecting a benefit you don't qualify for. 27 new search aliases added — carpal tunnel, trigger finger, knee pain, low back pain, GERD, and more. Conditions now cross-list under body systems where you'd actually look for them. TDIU toggle — one tap to turn off if you enabled it by accident. No more stuck at 100%. Backup export — save your profile, claims, and symptom log to Files, email, or Drive from the Profile screen. Layout fix — submit buttons no longer sit under the home indicator on small iPhones.

v1.0.9 — Lifetime Pro, persistent claims, 17 exposures, pyramiding alerts. LIFETIME PRO. $59.99, one payment, yours forever. Same full Pro access, no subscription. YOUR CLAIMS STAY. Free users no longer lose their condition list on close. Build over days, weeks, whatever pace you need. 17 NEW EXPOSURES. Gulf War, MST, AFFF foam, K2, asbestos, blast TBI, Fort McClellan, mefloquine, cold injury, hazardous noise, contaminated water, lead/firing range, JP-8, depleted uranium, mustard gas testing, Project SHAD/112, radar/RF. Each linked to associated conditions in Claim Intel. PYRAMIDING WARNINGS. Adding two mental health conditions? Migraines on top of TBI? You'll get a plain-language heads-up before you stack what the VA won't pay together. Stacking opportunities (Esteban exceptions) surfaced too. CLAIM INTEL. MOS Intel is now Claim Intel — your MOS conditions, PACT Act presumptives, and exposure-linked conditions in one combined view. SYMPTOM LOG PDF. Export a branded printable report — severity charts, daily entries, branch logo, service details. Bring it to your C&P exam. Pro feature. BODY RATING METER. Visual body silhouette fills as your combined rating climbs. See what the VA sees. Backdate symptom entries up to 90 days. Daily reminder with time picker. Display name for exports. Bug fix for blank filing guides in 1.0.8.

v1.0.8 — Symptom Log, Smart Search, Full Coverage NEW: Daily Symptom Log. Track severity and notes per condition every day. Build real evidence over 30-90 days with a color-coded history grid your examiner can't ignore. Search actually works now. Misspellings find the right condition (neurapathy → Neuropathy). Abbreviations like PTSD, TBI, IBS, ED, OSA just work. Type "DC 7806" and get dermatitis. No more dead ends. Legacy MOS supported. Old Army (11M, 98G), Air Force (904X0), Navy ratings (BT), Marine (2531) — search your era, find your profile. 730 filing guides. Every condition in the rating schedule now has a full DBQ playbook with examiner tips and evidence checklists. Up from 50. 0% rating selectable on every condition per 38 CFR 4.31. C&P exam notes field — log what you forgot to mention before you leave the parking lot.

Puerto Rico & US territories now supported. 50 Filing Guides, claim reminders with push notifications, TDIU & P&T math. Don't miss a deadline — or a benefit. Added changes to allow changing of primary MOS.

NEW: Filing Guides Tap any condition on your claim for the complete playbook — DBQ form, what the examiner measures, rating breakpoints from 38 CFR, service-connection paths, key evidence, C&P exam tips, and nexus letter language. 50 conditions at launch. Free users get a preview. NEW: Claim Reminders Never miss a deadline. Set reminders for appeal deadlines, Intent to File expiry, appointments, records requests, and follow-ups — with push notifications up to a month before. 8 quick-add templates for common VA milestones. NEW: C&P Exam Tracker Log your exam date, mark it scheduled or completed, and get a reminder 1–7 days before. Live countdown right on your claim. NEW: TDIU & P&T Support Mark yourself as TDIU or Permanent & Total — the app pays you at the 100% rate, unlocks the right benefits, and flags 38 CFR §4.16(a) eligibility. NEW: Secondary & Prior MOS Add every MOS you've held. MOS Intel merges conditions across all of them. NEW: Filing Prep Claimed conditions appear as tappable rows on the Filing tab — one tap to their DBQ and filing guide. NEW: In-App Feedback Report bugs, request a missing MOS, or suggest a condition. Goes straight to the dev team. 523 MOS profiles across all branches. Smarter benefits matching — no more false positives. TDIU correctly unlocks 100%-tier benefits. Polish across the app.

**MOS Search & Discovery** • Live MOS / rate / AFSC search — start typing your code or job title and pick from real results. No more guessing if the app recognizes your specialty. • 54 new officer and warrant officer profiles: Navy SWO, Submarine, SEAL, EOD, Pilot, NFO, Medical/Dental/Nurse Corps, JAG, Supply, CEC. Army 12A–92A officers plus 13 warrant officer specialties. Marines 0202, 0402, 1302, and 8 more officer MOSes. • Smart general service fallback — if your MOS isn't in the database yet, the app builds a personalized baseline from your branch, deployments, and exposures instead of showing nothing. **New Features** • Top VA Claims Data — browse the 20 most-claimed conditions with real stats from the VA Annual Benefits Report: how many veterans are rated, grant rates, typical first ratings, and one-tap add to your claim. • Share with a Vet — one-tap referral button on the Profile tab with a pre-written message. If the app helped you, pass it along. **UX Improvements** • Cleaner My Claim screen — secondary actions (Top Claims, Suggestions, What-If, Export) consolidated into a single Tools & Insights sheet. • Restart Setup now confirms before erasing and properly clears your claim conditions. **Bug Fixes** • MOS picker selection now persists correctly. • Dependent counter displays properly on all screens. • Duplicate-condition alert no longer false-positives on empty diagnostic codes.

• Full dependent support — the calculator now handles every family situation, including 3+ children, children without a spouse, children combined with dependent parents, and spouse Aid & Attendance. • New in-app Help guide — tap the ? button on any screen (even during setup) to open a step-by-step walkthrough of every tab, how combined ratings are calculated, and how to file. • Accidental delete protection — removing a condition now asks for confirmation and shows an UNDO banner for 5 seconds so you can recover if you tap the wrong thing. • Cleaner claim list — the delete button is now red (was confusingly yellow), and the redundant condition counter has been removed. • Smoother onboarding — removed confusing wording on the "Have you filed a VA claim?" step. Thank you for serving. Keep the feedback coming — every update is shaped by what veterans tell us.