The 3 Things VA Raters Look for in Your Disability Claim

Want me to help with your VA claim? Click here: vaclaims-academy.com Need help? Start here 👉 https://quiz.vaclaims-academy.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic_video&utm_campaign=video_description The 3 Things VA Raters Look for in Your Disability Claim | Lesson 1 Most VA disability claims come down to three questions and if your evidence doesn't clearly answer all three, you're making the rater connect dots they may not be able to connect. In this video, we go through your claim from the rater's side and breaks down exactly what they're trying to establish: 1. Do you have a current condition? What evidence shows that the disability actually exists today 2. Is it connected to your military service? How the evidence establishes the link between your current condition and an in-service event, injury, illness, or qualifying circumstance 3. How severe is it? Why proving service connection is only part of the process — and how the documented severity of your symptoms affects the eventual rating The goal isn't to find a loophole or "beat" the VA. It's to understand what the evidence actually needs to communicate. Once you start looking at your claim through the rater's eyes, it becomes much easier to see where your case is well-supported — and where there may still be gaps you need to address. — I'm Jordan Anderson, Air Force veteran and founder of VA Claims Academy. I've helped thousands of veterans understand what the VA actually needs—not what you think they want to hear. Welcome to the All You Need VA Claims course. This is Episode 1, and we're starting with the foundation: understanding how the VA actually looks at a disability claim. Throughout this course, we'll break the process down step by step — from building evidence and understanding service connection to C&P exams, ratings, secondary conditions, appeals, and the mistakes that can weaken an otherwise strong claim. The goal is simple: help you understand the system well enough to look at your own claim, recognize what matters, identify potential gaps, and make more informed decisions about what to do next. SUBSCRIBE for regular VA claims strategies that actually work. #vaclaims #veteranbenefits #finance #financialfreedom #financialeducation #financialplanning #socialsecurity #ssdi #vadisability