Free claim kit
A filled-in VA Form 21-526EZ, a letter for your doctor, and an evidence plan for each condition. Built on your device.
Free initial-claim education
Organize a stronger initial VA claim—without paying ClaimScope.
Before VA issues its first decision, use this free workspace to understand the process, organize evidence, and avoid common omissions. No credit card is required.
Secondary-condition screen
Learn when one condition may be caused or aggravated by another without inventing a medical nexus.
Official filing path
Open VA’s official claim page and preserve proof of submission.
Your initial-claim roadmap
- 1List each condition
Use the medical name when known, but also record symptoms, functional limits, and when they began.
- 2Connect it to service
Identify the in-service event, injury, illness, exposure, or service-connected condition that may support the theory.
- 3Collect current evidence
Gather diagnoses, treatment records, imaging, prescriptions, lay statements, and relevant service records.
- 4Choose the theory
Screen direct, secondary, aggravation, presumptive, and toxic-exposure pathways without assuming entitlement.
- 5File through an official channel
Use VA.gov, a VA-accredited representative, or a free VSO. Save the submission confirmation. Not ready yet? File a free intent to file first to protect your start date.
- 6Return with the decision
Upload the complete decision when VA responds so ClaimScope can explain the options and deadlines.
Open VA’s official filing guide
File directly with VA or learn what evidence VA requests.
Find accredited helpVSOs provide claim representation free of charge.
Why this is free. ClaimScope does not charge for assistance with an initial benefits claim before VA issues its first decision. This page is educational and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Do not delay filing while collecting optional evidence.
Free Decision Alert
We'll check in while VA decides
Filed already? We'll email you about 4 and 6 months from now so a decision doesn't sit unread while the one-year review window runs. When it arrives, the Decision Preview is free. Two emails, nothing else, and you can stop anytime.
When VA issues a decision, come back.
Upload the entire decision—not only the first page. ClaimScope can then explain HLR, Supplemental Claim, and Board options and identify which post-decision services are available.
See post-decision options