# VeteranHQ

> VeteranHQ is a VA disability benefits reference and toolset for U.S. veterans, published by Silicon Vanguard LLC. It publishes 38 CFR Part 4 rating criteria one page per diagnostic code, secondary service connection pairings, federal and state benefit eligibility, VA compensation tables, a combined rating calculator, and a library of 75 guides. A free Chrome extension syncs a veteran's own VA.gov claim data into their encrypted account.

VeteranHQ is educational software. It does not prepare, file, or represent claims, it is not a law firm, and it is not an accredited claims agent. Only VA decides ratings, effective dates, and payment amounts.

Sourcing: Rating criteria under /conditions reproduce the criteria text of 38 CFR Part 4, refreshed from the eCFR API published on ecfr.gov. Each benefit record under /va-benefits carries the .gov or state agency URL it came from and the date it was last verified. Every guide carries a named reviewer, emitted as a reviewedBy Person in the page Article structured data, and the date its facts were last verified.

## Guides

- [Guides library](https://veteranhq.app/guides): 75 plain language guides on VA claims, appeals, benefits, family, and quality of life. Every title, URL, description, and last verified date is enumerated in llms-full.txt.
- [VA benefits news](https://veteranhq.app/news): VA benefits news, checked against the law. Every story cites the regulation or statute it rests on.

## Reference data

- [Rating criteria by diagnostic code](https://veteranhq.app/conditions): 38 CFR Part 4 criteria tier by tier, one page per diagnostic code, each citing the governing eCFR section and the date it was last verified.
- [Conditions discovery index](https://veteranhq.app/conditions/catalog.json): lightweight JSON containing only condition names, diagnostic codes, and canonical page URLs. Follow the linked pages for rating criteria, explanations, and regulatory sources.
- [Secondary service connection](https://veteranhq.app/secondary-conditions): primary to secondary pairings under 38 CFR 3.310, each with the medical rationale and the evidence a claim needs.
- [State and federal benefits](https://veteranhq.app/va-benefits): eligibility, administering agency, and application detail for every U.S. state, D.C., the five U.S. territories, and federal programs.
- [VA disability compensation](https://veteranhq.app/compensation): monthly rates by rating tier, dependent adjustments, and what each tier unlocks.
- [Combined rating tables](https://veteranhq.app/combined-rating): the 38 CFR 4.25 result for every pair of ratings from 10 to 100 percent.
- [SMC rates](https://veteranhq.app/smc-rates): 2026 VA special monthly compensation rate tables.
- [Presumptive conditions](https://veteranhq.app/presumptive): VA presumptive conditions by exposure category, each with its service era, service location, and the controlling 38 CFR section or statute quoted as written. A presumption removes the requirement to prove a medical link to service. A current disability (for most conditions, a diagnosis) and qualifying service are still required, and VA decides the claim.
- [BAH rates](https://veteranhq.app/bah): DoD published Basic Allowance for Housing by military housing area.
- [Space-A flights](https://veteranhq.app/space-a-flights): Space Available travel terminals, passenger categories, and current schedules.
- [VA claims glossary](https://veteranhq.app/glossary): definitions with the governing citation for 38 CFR, diagnostic code, combined rating, secondary service connection, TDIU, SMC, ITF, C&P exam, BDD, VASRD, nexus letter, bilateral factor, effective date, COLA, and BAH.

## Tools

- [Combined rating calculator](https://veteranhq.app/combined-rating-calculator): implements the 38 CFR 4.25 whole person formula, shows the step by step math, and returns the monthly amount with dependents. Runs in the browser, no account required.
- [SMC calculator](https://veteranhq.app/smc-calculator): estimates the Special Monthly Compensation level under 38 CFR 3.350 from what each service-connected condition causes, shows the regulation behind each step, and returns the monthly amount with dependents. Runs in the browser, no account required.

## Apps and integrations

- [VA Claim Tracker Chrome extension](https://veteranhq.app/extension): free, read only sync of a veteran's own VA.gov claims, ratings, appeals, payments, and service history into their encrypted VeteranHQ account. Chrome and Chromium based browsers.
- [Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/plklknooohjmfechmmkfcnjhiaeooleh): published by VeteranHQ under the title "VA Claim Tracker".
- [Chrome extension page](https://veteranhq.app/va-claim-tracker-chrome-extension): install steps, what the extension reads from VA.gov, how the synced data is protected, and answers to common questions about it.
- [Ways to track a VA claim](https://veteranhq.app/best-va-claim-tracker): what VA.gov, a VSO, a claims consulting firm, and VeteranHQ each cover for tracking claim status, with answers to common questions.
- [MCP server](https://veteranhq.app/mcp): VeteranHQ's free, public Model Context Protocol server for AI assistants, over streamable HTTP, listed in the official MCP Registry as app.veteranhq/va-disability-benefits. The page carries the endpoint, setup for Claude, Claude Code, and other MCP clients, and every public tool with its name. The public tools need no account and carry no personal data.
- [Benefits & Travel MCP server](https://veteranhq.app/mcp/benefits): a separate free, public, read only Model Context Protocol server for AI assistants, over streamable HTTP, with no account and no sign in. The page carries its endpoint and setup for Claude, Claude Code, and other MCP clients. It covers Space-A flights from the published AMC terminal schedules, AMC passenger terminals, veterans benefits programs, Basic Allowance for Housing rates, and VeteranHQ guides on those topics. It needs no account, cannot reach any VA record, and carries no health or disability information.
- [AI connector](https://veteranhq.app/connect): how a veteran connects Claude to their own VeteranHQ record through the same server. Account scoped tools appear only on a session the veteran has authorized, are bound server side to that account, and are preceded by an audit record on every read. One of them returns the stored text of one document at a time and only under a separate document-text permission the veteran switches on at sign in; the uploaded file itself never leaves. The public prompts review_evidence_gaps, explain_rating_decision, prepare_cp_exam, whats_changed and get_started_va_claims_101 are user selected workflow templates that take no arguments, carry no personal data, and need no sign in.
- [VeteranHQ on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/veteranhq/id6791018108): the native iOS app.

## Editorial

- [Editorial standards](https://veteranhq.app/about/editorial-standards): sourcing, review, and correction process for the guides library.
- [Rating integrity](https://veteranhq.app/about/rating-integrity): how rating and compensation figures are produced, and what the product will not do.
- [Dan Siagian](https://veteranhq.app/about/reviewers/dan-siagian): outside reviewer.
- [Jessica Sanchez](https://veteranhq.app/about/reviewers/jessica-sanchez): outside reviewer.
- [Abdul Basir Bari](https://veteranhq.app/about/reviewers/abdul-basir-bari): internal reviewer, labeled internal review rather than independent.

## Company

- Publisher: Silicon Vanguard LLC, a California registered company founded in 2024. VeteranHQ launched in 2025.
- Federal D-U-N-S number: 145988323.
- Chrome Web Store: verified publisher.
- HIPAA: Business Associate Agreements are executed with Anthropic, in effect since 2026-03-28 (current agreement dated 2026-04-14), and with Amazon Web Services, dated 2026-09-28. VeteranHQ runs on Amazon Web Services. Language model features run on Anthropic's Claude. Protected health information is restricted to vendors with an executed Business Associate Agreement.
- Founder: publishes under the pseudonym "Z", a U.S. military veteran with 9 years of Army and Air Force cyber operations service. Silicon Vanguard LLC is the accountable legal entity.
- Contact: support@veteranhq.app
- [About](https://veteranhq.app/about)
- [Features](https://veteranhq.app/features)
- [Pricing](https://veteranhq.app/pricing)
- [Security and privacy](https://veteranhq.app/security): the HIPAA Security Rule safeguards applied to systems that handle protected health information, encryption at rest and in transit, the sub-processors and their BAA status, breach notification, and how to report a security issue.
- [Support](https://veteranhq.app/support): help topics for the Chrome extension, account and login, billing, privacy, and the VA.gov connection, plus the support contact address and ticket desk.
- [Privacy policy](https://veteranhq.app/privacy)
- [Terms](https://veteranhq.app/terms)

## Optional

- [Complete resource index](https://veteranhq.app/llms-full.txt): every guide, every section hub, and worked examples for each programmatic content family.
- [Sitemap](https://veteranhq.app/sitemap.xml): the canonical URL enumeration.
- [Robots policy](https://veteranhq.app/robots.txt)