Claim Forward
Actually free · Every dollar public · Veteran-built

Prepare your VA claim. Fund the next veteran's.

A free tool that helps you protect your effective date today, find the conditions worth claiming, put your story in your own words, and walk into an accredited VSO ready. You file. You keep every dollar. No cut, no catch.

No fees — everWe route you to a free accredited VSOYour records are purged after 72 hours

Not sure you even qualify or deserve it? Read this first.

Operating ledger (preview) · this monthOpen — accepting veterans
Monthly budget used$312 of $500
$1.90
Cost to prep one claim
164
Veterans served this month
98left
Capacity remaining
Every dollar in and out is public. That's the whole point.Read the full financial disclosure →

Plenty of services now say they're "not claim sharks." Some even mean it. But look closely and the same three things are almost always missing. Here's where we're different — in ways that can't be copied with a slogan.

01

The only one that's actually free

Not “free consultation.” Not “$1,250 flat.” Free. No fee, no percentage, no bill when your rating goes up — ever. You file your own claim and keep 100%.

02

The only one that shows every dollar

Our entire budget is public, down to the dollar, on a live ledger. No other option lets you see exactly what your support pays for. Transparency you can audit, not just trust.

03

The only one that won't inflate your claim

We help you claim what you earned and not a cent more. We refuse to coach you to stretch the truth. The sharks can't say that — inflation is how they justify their fee.

Four steps · about 30 minutes

You do it yourself. We make it fast, clear, and free.

This is a tool, not a middleman. You stay in control of your claim the whole way — and hand off to an accredited human to file.

Do this first
STEP 00

Lock your date

File an Intent to File in minutes. It protects your effective date — and potentially thousands in back pay — before you gather a single document.

STEP 01

Find your conditions

Upload your DD-214 and we map presumptive, secondary, and service-connected conditions worth discussing. You add anything you know about yourself.

STEP 02

Tell your story

A guided interview turns your own words — onset, severity, daily impact — into personal statements you review, edit, and sign.

STEP 03

Walk in ready

Get a clean package and buddy-letter templates, then we route you to a free accredited VSO near you to file. Prefer to file yourself? We'll show you how, step by step.

The difference

The claim sharks charge up to $20,000. We charge nothing.

Under federal law, only accredited representatives can charge to prepare a claim — and even they can't charge for an initial one. The sharpest operators know the fees look bad, so they say they're different — then charge $1,250 and keep their books closed. We just don't charge, and we show you everything.

Unaccredited claim companies

  • Take 20–40% of your back pay, or a flat $1,250+
  • Bill you when your rating goes up — sometimes for years
  • Operate outside VA oversight and accreditation
  • Keep their costs and methods hidden

Claim Forward

  • Free. No fee, no percentage, no bill, ever
  • You file your own claim and keep 100% of your benefit
  • We help you claim what you earned — never more
  • Our full budget is public, down to the dollar
Pay it forward

The tool runs on veterans helping veterans.

When the month's budget is spent, the tool pauses until donations reopen it. Your gift is the difference between a veteran starting today or waiting.

Choose an amount
52 veterans
Your gift covers claim preparation for about 52 veterans — at our real cost of $1.90 each. 100% goes to serving veterans.
Fund 52 veterans
Why give here

We can't advertise our way out of the claim-shark problem. We can out-trust it.

Every donation lands in our 501(c)(3), is credited to the public ledger net of fees, and is spent only on serving veterans — never on marketing your data, never as a funnel to a paid service.

You'll get a receipt with your real impact, and a note when the veterans you funded report their results.