Most claims aren’t denied for eligibility.
They’re denied for evidence.
Legatus is a VA disability claim workspace. It shows you what the VA actually rates each condition on, what your file is missing today, and what closes the gap — until the record says what your service already proved.
- 922 guides free, no account
- Never a percentage of your backpay
- Encrypted & private
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- fixed, written-down rules behind every assessment
- 922
- condition rating guides, in plain language
- 282
- Compensation & Pension exam guides, one per condition
- $0
- of your backpay — ever. Flat pricing only
The file is the claim
A rating is decided by what’s in the folder on the day it’s read — not by what you lived through.
How well you prepare is the part of a claim you control. It decides what the file can prove on the day it is read.
The criteria are public. The process is not.
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Missing or weak evidence
Claims fail when nothing clearly links the condition to service. Without the right records, a doctor’s written opinion tying it to your service (VA calls this a nexus), and statements from people who knew you then, legitimate claims get underrated.
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Criteria written for adjudicators
The rating schedule is dense and technical. Most veterans never see which level of evidence matches which percentage — or that a second condition caused by the first was claimable all along.
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No structured process
Veterans file without a plan, skip exam prep, and submit incomplete packets — then wait months with no way to know whether the file was strong.
The evidence a claim needs is knowable before you file. A decision letter only tells you what was missing after it is too late to add it.
None of this is a mystery. It’s a process — and the process rewards preparation. Start free — map your conditions and try every AI tool at no cost.
A rating isn’t a number. It’s what the number pays for.
Care that doesn’t wait on paperwork
Being service-connected for the condition means VA treats it at no cost and moves you up the priority list. Getting the record right is what secures that.
Stability your family can plan around
Compensation is monthly and tax-free, with additional pay for dependents at 30% and above (38 CFR § 3.4). An underrated claim means appealing for what should have been paid from the start.
You don’t have to file alone
Find an accredited VSO near you, and share your live readiness with them the moment you choose to.
Start free — map your conditions and open every AI tool with one free run each. No card.
Three answers you can get right now, for free.
No account, no card, no email. Ten minutes here is usually enough to know what your next move is.
What do my ratings actually combine to?
VA math isn’t addition. Tap your ratings — 38 CFR § 4.25.
Planning estimate only — this leaves out the extra credit VA adds when both arms or both legs are affected. The full calculator applies that bilateral factor (§ 4.26) and shows the math step by step.
Am I covered by a presumption?
Choose your service era
Pick the closest match to see whether VA presumes exposure — and what you would still have to prove.
A presumption means VA accepts the link to service without a doctor’s opinion — you still have to document the diagnosis and how severe it is.
Know what the examiner is actually testing
A Compensation & Pension (C&P) exam is not a conversation — it is a checklist. Each guide walks the Disability Benefits Questionnaire, the form the examiner fills in for your condition.
- Range of motion, measured cold
- § 4.71a
- Flare-ups & repeat-use loss
- § 4.59
- Occupational impact, in your words
- § 4.1
- Nexus letter evaluator— free account required
- Buddy statement builder— free account required
- Denial letter analyzer— free account required
- Hearing preparation— free account required
- AI chat— free account required
Every AI tool includes one lifetime free trial — see the output before you pay.
- Claims Navigator
- Mission dashboard
- Evidence vault (5 GB)
- Deadline tracker
- Per-claim AI assistant (15/day)
- Raised AI limits
One claim. Five phases. Nothing left to guesswork.
Progress is measured by evidence completeness, not checked boxes — so there is always one clear answer to “what do I do next?”
Identify every condition you can claim
Map your symptoms, service history, and existing ratings against 922 rating guides. Legatus surfaces secondary conditions and presumptive eligibility many veterans never know they have.
Prove the diagnosis, the service, the link, and the severity
Upload to the evidence vault and AI classification tags each document against every condition you are claiming — then flags exactly what’s missing and why it matters. Progress here is measured by requirements met, not tasks checked off.
Forms and evidence, validated before they go out
Assembly opens once your evidence requirements are complete. Legatus prepares the forms, indexes your evidence, flags contradictions, and scores submission readiness — before anything leaves your hands.
File it right the first time
Choose your filing path — Fully Developed Claim, standard, or, if you are still serving, one of the pre-discharge routes — then file on VA.gov, by mail, or through your VSO. Legatus keeps the submission record: what was filed, when, and how.
Track the claim — and understand the decision
VA currently averages about 80 to 125 days, longer with a C&P exam. Legatus logs development letters, preps you for the exam, and when the decision arrives, breaks it down section by section with your review lanes and their real deadlines.
The full Navigator — all five phases, the mission dashboard, and the evidence vault — is a Pro feature. A free account gets you the AI tools — one free run of each, plus a daily chat allowance — no cost, no card. The workspace to map your conditions and plan the filing is already open, no account needed.
No AI guessing at your score.
Readiness, risk, and evidence gaps are scored by fixed rules we wrote down — not by a model’s opinion. You can check the reasoning yourself, factor by factor.
When one of your claimed conditions reads not ready, it tells you exactly why — and exactly what changes it.
Start free. Upgrade only when you’re building the claim.
Flat pricing, cancel anytime, 30-day money-back guarantee. Legatus never takes a percentage of your rating or backpay — that money is yours.
Free
$0Research every condition, and try each AI tool once — free.
- 922 condition guides & 282 C&P exam guides
- VA disability calculator
- Secondary & presumptive conditions explorer
- DBQ walkthroughs & hearing prep
- 5 AI chat messages a day
- 1 lifetime trial of each AI tool
Legatus Pro
Most popularEverything you need to prepare and organize — before you file.
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Full Claims Navigator — all 5 phases
- Mission dashboard with readiness & risk scoring
- Evidence vault (5 GB) with AI auto-classification — 10 documents a day
- Deadline tracker
- 15 per-claim AI assistant messages a day
- 20 AI chat messages a day
- 10 AI tool uses a day — Nexus, Buddy, Denial
Managing a caseload? Organization plans start at $199/mo with a free 14-day trial. Verified 501(c)(19) and 501(c)(3) nonprofits receive 25% off all paid plans.
A command center for your whole caseload.
Multi-contention cases, AI evidence classification, decision review strategy, and operational reporting — plus a consent-gated bridge that shows you a veteran’s live readiness data the moment they grant access.
- Command Center with 9 operational panels
- 7-tab case detail, multi-contention
- AI evidence classification & gap analysis
- Decision review strategy with appeal lanes
- 8 report types with CSV export
- Consent-gated veteran intelligence bridge
Questions veterans ask
Show up to your claim the way you showed up to everything else: prepared.
A free account opens the AI tools — one free run of each, plus a daily chat allowance. The workspace where you map your conditions and plan the filing is already open, no account at all.
Free to start · No card required · Never a percentage of your backpay