New or additional condition
Build a claim for a condition
Choose your conditions by name, medical code or body area, then describe their relationship to service.
Prepare my claim
Get organized for your VA claim.
Choose your conditions, work through relevant guidance, and keep your preparation together. You can do a little now and return later.
Read the guidance without an account. Sign in to open or save your personal preparation notes.
What are you preparing?
Choose what you want to work on. Opening a choice does not save anything, convert an existing claim or change its conditions.
Increase
A service-connected condition has worsened
Organize changes over time, symptoms, limitations, treatment and the saved material you choose.
Supplemental
Prepare to revisit a decision
Organize a past decision, disputed issues and evidence. This does not choose a review option for you.
How this works
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Choose what you're preparing.
Tell us your claim situation and select your conditions. No code is needed. You can search by name, use an ICD code or browse body areas.
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Use the guidance and save your work.
Each task explains what to do and opens the relevant tool. Save notes, requests and dates to My Preparation.
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Review a copy you can use.
Choose which saved items go into your packet. Print it for a discussion or keep it beside you while filing.