Ruck Ready

Free Veteran resource center

Know what to get, where to find it, and what happens next.

Official-source education and practical tools for building a complete record before paying for deeper analysis.

Find your county veterans service officer

Free, VA-accredited help near you: your state's official directory of county and state service officers, and when to see one.

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Prepaid review codes for counties, posts and employers

Buy one-time codes that give a Veteran a full review at no cost to them. Sponsors see a count, never a name or a record.

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For spouses and family

What a spouse can do on a claim, what the Veteran must sign, and VA benefits for spouses and survivors.

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Get your VA decision and complete C-file

Step-by-step official VA links for decision letters, the complete claims file, and VA medical records.

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Check PACT Act eligibility and prior denials

Connect toxic-exposure locations, current diagnoses, presumptive rules, and the correct path after an old denial.

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Screen possible secondary conditions

Understand causation, aggravation, evidence requirements, and why individualized record review matters.

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Check for special monthly compensation (SMC)

SMC-K, SMC-S and aid and attendance pay above the 100% rate, and VA often never decides them.

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Military sexual trauma (MST) claims

VA's special evidence rules for MST, the markers that can support a claim, and free MST-related care.

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Aid and Attendance and Housebound

VA pension, survivor and SMC-R aid and attendance: who qualifies, current limits, and VA Form 21-2680.

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Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)

Who qualifies for Chapter 31, the FY2027 monthly allowance, and how VR&E works with TDIU.

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Request and audit your C-file

Where to request the complete file, what to ask for, and how to verify that every document was inventoried.

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Find and use official DBQs

Where VA publishes DBQs, what they document, and why a DBQ is not automatically a nexus opinion.

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Prepare for a C&P exam

What the exam is for, what to bring, how to describe flare-ups and functional loss, and what to do afterward.

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Estimate a possible back-pay difference

Compare current-rate scenarios while seeing the assumptions and limitations.

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Review 2026 disability rates

Current base rates plus direct links to VA dependent and SMC tables.

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Never delay a filing deadline while waiting for a C-file, DBQ, examination report, or optional evidence. These resources are educational and do not create an attorney-client relationship.