VA Visual Guide Library
Every RateMyVSO visual guide collection in one place. Each library is a set of free, printable one-page charts covering how a specific condition or benefit is claimed and rated, built from RateMyVSO's own research and analysis of the published Board of Veterans' Appeals record. Most research charts refresh weekly as new decisions publish, so the numbers stay current.
Pick a topic below to open its full library. Every chart is a free PNG download, sized for printing or saving to your phone, with the underlying sample size and data date printed on the chart itself.
Process, evidence, stressor verification, ratings, and Board-decision research.
Rating criteria, Board evidence and denial research, and the secondary-condition pathways.
The rating formula, impairment levels, service-connection pathways, and Board research.
Instability criteria, motion thresholds, IVDS, flatfoot, and Board research.
DC 8100 rating levels, prostrating attacks, evidence, secondary pathways, and Board research.
Presumptions, qualifying service and dates, TERA, and Board research.
The disability threshold, the required tests, the rating tables, and Board research.
The relaxed evidence standard, marker evidence, the forms, treatment, and Board research.
Every level and its legal predicate, the evidence, the 2026 rates, and Board research.
The unemployability threshold, the two regulatory routes, marginal employment, and Board research.
The two rating paths, the medication evidence, the PACT Act route, and Board research.
Presumptive pathways, the 100 percent rating, the review exam, residuals by cancer type, and Board research.
The current DC 7206 and DC 7355 criteria, evidence, and Board research.
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This library is for educational purposes only and is not legal or medical advice. For help with your claim, find a VSO representative near you.