Denied or underrated

Three appeal lanes, deadlines, and rating math.

3 guides in order44 minutes end to end

Read in this order

AppealsYour VA Claim Was Denied — Here Are Your Three Appeal OptionsYour three VA appeal options explained: Supplemental Claim, Higher-Level Review, and Board Appeal. When to use each, real timelines, and the one-year deadline.16 min
RatingsVA Math: How Your Combined Rating Is CalculatedWhy 50% and 30% combine to 70% and not 80% — the whole-person table, the rounding rule, and the bilateral factor, worked through step by step.12 min
RatingsVA Proposed to Reduce Your Rating — What to Do NowWhat a proposed VA rating reduction is, the 30- and 60-day clocks it starts, which ratings are protected, and what VA must prove to reduce you.16 min

This order is ours, not the VA’s — it is the sequence these guides make the most sense in. Nothing here depends on reading them in order, and every guide stands on its own.