Understand your rating protections
Read the 5-year, 10-year, 20-year, and P&T protections that limit when VA can reduce a rating.
- Protect your rating (hub) The 5/10/20-year rules, reexams, proposed reductions, and the myths about what puts a rating at risk.
- Rating protections Deep-dive on every time-based protection and how they interact.
- Future reexaminations When VA can schedule a future exam, the over-55 and 5-year bars, and how to challenge a notice.
- Find a VSO rep Search accredited representatives by state or near you.
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