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Filing a Pre-Discharge (BDD) Claim has twelve steps: work out your 180 to 90 day window, confirm you qualify, copy your records, build a conditions list, complete the Separation Health Assessment, file VA Form 21-526EZ, and attend your exams. Education only.
Three versions of the same buddy statement: weak, strong and harmful. Includes a two-page fillable handout your witness can complete, sign and hand back, plus a checklist to run before you submit.
Your back is measured on one day. This log puts your bad days into the file. Covers the spine flexion bands and the painful-on-use rule, with a fillable flare log.
Five review lanes, and two of them cannot see new evidence. Sorts supplemental claim, Higher-Level Review and the three Board dockets, with a fillable sorting worksheet and one-year deadline check.
For a mental health C&P exam. Shows how a good morning can hide a hard year, and gives a two-week symptom log to fill in before the exam.
Why 50, 30 and 20 make 70, not 100. Walks through VA's combined ratings math, the bilateral factor and rounding mistakes, then gives a fillable worksheet to check your own decision letter.
With a presumption, the proof moves to your personnel file. Covers what you still have to establish, where to get your records, and a fillable service timeline worksheet.
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