VA Ready

Version 2.0 is the biggest update since launch. Until now, every screen assumed you had already separated. That assumption is gone. VA Ready now serves service members still in, starting years before you get out, alongside the veterans it already served. The day you sign out, your service treatment record is frozen. Nothing can ever be added to it. That is the only window that closes permanently, and 2.0 is built to help you use it while you still can. PRE-SEPARATION MODE A new Service Status control works out where you are from your separation date, and you can override it either way. It turns the Filing tab into a runway with five stages: More than two years out: get your complaints into your service treatment record now Two years to one year: chase down missing diagnoses while you still can One year to 180 days: pull your records while you still have base access 180 to 90 days: the BDD window Under 90 days: a standard pre-discharge claim BDD SCREENER A five question screener that covers the situations the VA handles outside the BDD program, so you know which path is actually yours. BDD does not promise a faster decision. What it does is move the waiting to while you are still in uniform and still getting paid, so you separate with your rating already decided. NO NEXUS LETTER WHILE YOU ARE IN A nexus letter bridges your service to a later diagnosis. While you are still serving, there is no gap to bridge. So Claim Readiness now counts four items instead of six, and complete is actually reachable. VR&E CHAPTER 31 GUIDE A full guide to Veteran Readiness and Employment, including the rule most people get wrong: if you were discharged on or after January 1, 2013, there is no time limit on your eligibility. ALSO IN 2.0 Bilateral factor corrected in three places under 38 CFR 4.26, so some ratings may move a step What-If now runs the real rating engine Eye and ear conditions no longer split left and right Diagnostic codes print correctly on the VSO packet The Symptom Tracker is renamed and easier to find VSO reviews can be stars only, no writing required Search finds conditions the way a rating decision words them A reminder to export a backup before you change phones Everything still stays on your device. No account, no server. VA Ready is built by a veteran, points you to a free accredited VSO to file, and is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.