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 ⟨11 unchanged words⟩ the question involves the 38 CFR 4.71a formula forVA ratinguses to rate intervertebral disc syndrome on incapacitating episodes, diagnostic code 5243. The tier it reports is an estimate from the episodes supplied, and it does not decide FMLA entitlement or apply to conditions rated outside diagnostic code 5243. Totals the calendar duration of those episodes inside  ⟨150 unchanged words⟩  not accumulate bed rest to reach a rating. The tier it reports is an estimate from the episodes supplied. It does not decide FMLA entitlement and does not apply to conditions rated outside diagnostic code 5243.

Use this when a veteran asks whether VA treats a condition isas presumptively service connected, or which conditions are presumptive for a given exposure or service era. Whether a particular veteran meets the service requirement depends on service records this tool does not read. Returns matching presumptive conditions with the service era, ⟨135 unchanged words⟩ exact combination, not that the condition is non-presumptive. Whether a particular veteran meets the service requirement depends on service records this tool does not read.

 ⟨9 unchanged words⟩ code and wants the rating criteria for it. It is not a lookup of what a rating pays and it does not combine ratings. Returns the VASRD criteria on file for that code (a code, not a condition name) at every tier, highest percentage first, with the condition name, body system and 38 CFR reference, so the findings each tier requires can be read side by side. It takes a diagnostic code rather than a condition name.reference. A code that 38 CFR 4.71a, 4.73  ⟨67 unchanged words⟩ notes whose stated scope includes the code. Notes printed in the same table whose applicability is not  ⟨60 unchanged words⟩ cannot be read it carries a message and a link to thean eCFR sectionlink instead, even with no criteria on file.  ⟨13 unchanged words⟩ carries a source block: the 38 CFR reference for the code, a link to the current rating schedule  ⟨58 unchanged words⟩  it is the date the snapshot was read. It is not a lookup of what a rating pays and it does not combine ratings.

Use this when a veteran gives an effective date and a VA rating increase and asks what the retroactive amount would be. It does not set an effective date and it does not report an amount VA has authorized. Returns an estimate of the difference in monthly  ⟨261 unchanged words⟩ one, and effective dates before 1990 are refused. It does not set an effective date and it does not report an amount VA has authorized.

Use this when a veteran asks who can help them with a VA disability claim, or when they describedescribes a crisis. TheVeteranHQ Veteransdoes Crisisnot Lineprepare comesor first,file inclaims full,or whenforms, needand isonly crisis,VA anddecides noa otherclaim. need returns crisis content. Settingputs urgentthe truefull putsVeterans theCrisis veteran’sLine first actionand atalone thereturns topcrisis ofcontent; routeNowurgent andtrue doestops notrouteNow changewith the crisis routing. Everyfirst resultaction, carriescrisis accreditedrouting representationunchanged. routes:Results VAlist accredited Veterans Service Organizations, whose services on VA benefit claims are (free), and accredited attorneys and claims agents, who may charge (fees only for representation provided after VA issuesVA’s notice of an initial decision on the claim, (38 CFR 14.636(c) and, 38 U.S.C. 5904(c)(1)). It also returns the VA Office of General, CounselVA’s accreditation search and therepresentative VA.govfinder, findVA aphone representativenumbers, tooldocuments to bring, theform statelinks, orand territorythe veterans agency matchingfor a two-letter state code, VA phone numbers suited to the need,(none theon documentsfile: worthstateAgency bringingnull, and links to the VA forms that need pointscoverage.stateResolved at.false). It names no individual, firm or private directory. It does not prepare, submit or file any form,directory and it reads no account data, so the answer is the same for every caller with the same inputs. A two-letter code with no agency on file returns stateAgency null and coverage.stateResolved false, with the national routes unchanged. Thedata. askedFor argument carries (the veteran’s own words. Itwords) does not change the routing and does notor withhold itthe routing: a request that this tool or the model calling itto act as the veteran’s attorney, agent or representative before VA, a request to supply words for a veteran or a clinician to use, which covers asking for a personal, buddy(statements or laynexus statementletters, a statement in supportnew, or a nexus letter the veteran already has to be rewritten, polished, tightened or cleaned up), to choose a decision review lane for the veteran, or to prepare or file a claim returns status ok with, the same findings, plusand a boundary objectboundary. whoseIts kind names the primary boundary crossed and whosecrossed; kinds lists every boundary the request crossed, in the fixed precedence representation_request, then words_for_testimony, then review_lane_choice, then preparation_request, so a request that crosses two keeps both.preparation_request. Its opening, rule and route state what VeteranHQ does not do, one sentence per kind in kinds, the accreditation rulewhat (38VeteranHQ CFRdoes 14.629)not anddo, the fee rule (38 CFR 14.636,accreditation 38and U.S.C.fee 5904(c)(1)),rules and where the work belongs; those instruments are merged into sourcesbelongs, and the same paragraph leadslead message, behind the Veterans Crisis Line when need is crisis. Provenance is indexedafter ratherany thancrisis repeated:line. sources is the registry of full references,holds each with a stable id, and every guidance line and the boundary carry sourceIds into it. A line’s citation is the sources entry whose id it names, and its passage is line.quote when that field is present and that entry’sreference quoteonce otherwise.by Anstable id is the citation for a regulation or statute (38 CFR 14.636(b))citation, a short slug for a VA page or form (va-find-accredited-rep, va-form-21-526ez)slug, andor product-boundary for the one entry that states what VeteranHQ does and does not do, which carries no url because there is no document to open. A form is), cited by its number, with its name in title. OnesourceIds; kinda ofline’s provenancepassage is absent from sources and stays on theline.quote lineor asits authority:entry’s thequote; state veterans agency page, which is one state’s own contact page andpages changesstay withon the state argument.line.

Use this when a veteran names a VA service-connected condition and asks what other conditions can follow from it. It does not diagnose, establish that a particular veteran's condition is secondary, or supply the medical nexus opinion a secondary claim needs. Returns the records whose own primary condition is the one searched for, each with theevidence strength of the supporting evidence, the medical rationale, key studies, filing notes, the diagnostic codes involved, and the primary condition the record itself names, so a row can be read against the query it answers.names. Other primary conditions thatprimaries the search terms reached are summarised separately under relatedPrimaries, with the term that matched term and a count, rather than beingnot returned among theas rows. Each row carries its provenance: the paragraph of 38 CFR 3.310 paragraph the link rests on, the rating schedule section and diagnostic code its evaluation comes from, thetheir eCFR URLs for those sections, and the date the codes and percentages were checked against the rating schedule. That check establishes that a code exists in the schedule and that an evaluation is one the schedule offers for it, which is a question of validity rather, thannot of whether a code fits a particular veteran. ⟨16 unchanged words⟩ which every row states in its provenance note. The limit parameter sets how manythe records oneper response carries, default 5 and maximum 15, and offset is how manyskips records of the same result are skipped before the first one returned, default 0 and maximum 100000. Records are  ⟨7 unchanged words⟩  by their primary and secondary condition names, so the order is the same on every call. A response is also held toPast a size budget of about 12 KB: when the records within the limit would exceed it, the last of themrecords are left out whole rather than shortened, a response with any record to serve carries (at least one, is kept) and responseTrimmedForSize is true. totalExactCount iscounts every record on file for the search, count and exactCount are the records in thethose response,returned; hasMore says whether any recordsmore follow them, and nextOffset is the offset that returns the next records andfetches isthem, null when none follow.do. relatedPrimaries is returned whole on every response. A ⟨26 unchanged words⟩  while totalExactCount still counts the records on file. It does not diagnose, it does not establish that a particular veteran's condition is secondary, and it does not supply the medical nexus opinion a secondary claim needs.

Use this when a slugveteran fromneeds search_guideswhat namesa theVeteranHQ guide on a veteranVA needstopic andsays, given a slug from search_guides. A guide states the answerrules shouldas carryVeteranHQ whatread them from the guidecited says.sources on the date it reports, and only VA decides a claim. Returns the slug, title and summary, the  ⟨157 unchanged words⟩  shortened answer is distinguishable from a complete one. A guide states the rules as VeteranHQ read them from the cited sources on the date it reports, and VA decides a claim. It reads no account data, so the  ⟨11 unchanged words⟩ 

 ⟨12 unchanged words⟩ for a given rating percentage and dependent situation. It gives the published rate for that combination, not what a specific veteran is paid, and it is not a back-pay calculation for a past period. Returns the monthly and annual amounts from the  ⟨48 unchanged words⟩  aid and attendance are outside what it models. It gives the published rate for that combination, not what a specific veteran is paid, and it is not a back-pay calculation for a past period.

 ⟨15 unchanged words⟩ condition and wants to know what it involves. It does not schedule, reschedule or contact VA, and the examiner's findings and VA decide the rating. Returns the examination type and typical length, what ⟨73 unchanged words⟩  exam guide. Educational reference about the examination process. It does not schedule, reschedule or contact VA, and the examiner's findings and VA decide the rating.

 ⟨8 unchanged words⟩ VA topic VeteranHQ has written a guide on. It searches only the VeteranHQ guide library and reads no account data, so the answer is the same for every caller with the same inputs. Returns the guides whose text matches the query, ⟨170 unchanged words⟩ second call: pass a returned slug to get_guide. It reads no account data, so the answer is the same for every caller with the same inputs.

Use this when a question calls for the textveteran's ofquestion aneeds VA rating regulationregulations, the wording of a legal standard,standards or case law, searched by keyword, by exact citation, or by diagnostic code. Returns 38 CFR rating criteria for matching conditions; doctrine entriesIt quoteddoes verbatimnot fromread thea regulationclaim, statutepredict ora decision they comeor from,give eachlegal withadvice. pinpointReturns citations,38 theCFR daterating thecriteria, textverbatim wasdoctrine captured(pinpoints, when thatcapture textand tookeffective effectdates, and the reviewed holdings that construe it;) and excerpts from Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims decisions(CAVC) withexcerpts (docket number, case name and, relevance); score.precedential CAVC decisions are binding precedent forbind the Board of Veterans' Appeals.Appeals; Thememorandum citationdecisions parameterdo takesnot. acitation sectionis sucha assection ("3.310", "38 CFR 3.310(b)" or "38 U.S.C. 5107(b)", and a citation that cannot be read as a section matches nothing rather than being guessed at. A citation on its own); isunreadable aones completematch call:nothing; query is optional when citation is supplied, and a call carries query, citation, or both. Thesupplied. limit parameter: capsper-source results per source, default 5 and, maximum 10; the doctrine block is cappedcaps at four entries per response and reportswith the true total. The status field describes the answer in one of four words.: "ok" means every component(all answered and this response carries, each matched resultselected itmatch selected.carried), "partial" means (a matched result ismatch missing from it, whether shed for the size budget, withheld as a criterion text too long to fit, or unreachable because a component could not complete its search.unfinished), "no_match" means every component(all answered and, none of them matched.matched), "unavailable" means (a component did not answer, sosilent: nothing in that response is readablereads as an absence of authority.authority); statusReason gives the reason for that word in one sentence, derived from the same values as the wordsays itself.why. A truncation object reports what was shortened, whatever the(any status): doctrinePropositionsTrimmed counts entries serving only their first propositions while reporting(each theirwith ownits true total,); textBounded says, a criterion text was withheld whole rather than(row: cutcriteriaOmitted, and resultsDropped counts the matched results thiswithheld responselength); doesresultsDropped, notuncarried carry,matches underper regulatory, caseLaw and doctrine. Shortening that keeps every selected result arrives as status "ok"doctrine; withresponseTrimmedForSize, truncationshed populated.for Docketsize. numbersDockets and case names come only from the returnedresults; results,it andsays whenif the case-law corpus is empty the response says so and returns the regulatory and doctrine results alone. When a response would exceed its size budget it sheds results rather than overrunning, reports responseTrimmedForSize alongside the true totals, and withholds a criterion text too long to fit whole rather than cutting it: that row carries criteriaOmitted and the length of what was withheld, so a partial rule does not arrive as a complete one.empty. citationResolved says whether any source carries the citation supplied: true on positive evidence, false only whereafter thea corpus-widefull membershipcorpus scan completed and nothing named the section, andelse null where that scan did not complete, which is an (open question rather than a finding of absence.); citationStatus renders the same answer as: resolved, unresolved, unknown, unparsed or not_supplied. The coverage block reports how far the search reached: citationScanComplete for that membership question, candidateScansComplete with, incompleteCandidateScans for (components whose scan window filled before everyall candidatecandidates waswere examined), truncatedComponents for the sources whose results were shortened, doctrineMatchedOn for whether the (doctrine entries came from the citation, the query or the standing authorities), and searchComplete for the conjunction of all ofsearchComplete; it.with totalsAreMeasuredCounts says whether the totals count everything that matched; where it is false, a zero is boundedspeaks byfor this search rather than by the corpus. It does not read an individual claim, it does not predict how a claim will be decided, and it is not legal advice.only.

 ⟨15 unchanged words⟩ available. It changes nothing about the routing and neverdoes withholdsnot withhold it. A request that this tool act as ⟨231 unchanged words⟩ 

 ⟨7 unchanged words⟩ a VA topic VeteranHQ has written a guide on, or when an answer should rest on the reviewed explanation this product publishes rather than on recall.on. Returns the guides whose text matches the query ⟨196 unchanged words⟩ 

 ⟨69 unchanged words⟩ a guide on file it also returns the ratingdiagnostic tierscode for that condition'scondition diagnosticand codewhere its rating criteria are published, which isare what the examiner's findings are scored against; any ⟨30 unchanged words⟩