Countdown
Estimate days until separation, then use the timing label as a reminder to verify the official BDD window and your next filing path.
BDD claims
Prepare your BDD claim before separation.
Use this route to turn the Benefits Delivery at Discharge window into a practical prep plan: check your timing, gather evidence by condition, and leave with questions to verify through official channels.
BDD timing can affect which official path you use, but this page does not predict VA processing time, rating, payment, or outcome.
Practical countdown
BDD timing status: Inside the standard BDD window
You are in the common 180 to 90 day BDD planning window. Confirm eligibility and filing steps through VA.gov, transition staff, a VSO, or accredited help.
Move from collecting to verifying: check records, exam readiness, and official filing questions.
Status movement is a prep signal, not a forecast of VA processing time, rating, payment, or outcome.
Evidence readiness checklist
Check items as you gather them. Nothing is submitted from this page.
0 of 6 prep items checked
Collect copies you already have and list what you still need to request.
Pair each condition with onset notes, current symptoms, and day-to-day impact.
Capture dates, locations, units, duties, and records that may support each issue.
Keep only records you control and plan how you will upload them through official channels.
Draft questions that keep facts truthful, specific, and reviewable by the writer.
Write down eligibility, filing, exam, and handoff questions before you submit anything.
Evidence map
Group service treatment records, current diagnoses, deployment details, personal notes, and dependent documents by claimed condition.
Official handoff
Use the finished checklist to prepare questions for VA.gov, transition staff, a VSO, or accredited help before you decide what to file.
Evidence-gathering checklist
Build the packet before the calendar gets tight.
Work through the list before you file so each claimed condition has a record source, a symptom note, and a question to verify. The goal is a cleaner packet, not a predicted decision.
- 1Service treatment records and current diagnoses
- 2Condition list with current symptoms and onset notes
- 3Deployment, exposure, duty, and incident details
- 4Private or community-care medical records you control
- 5Personal statement notes and witness prompt questions
- 6Official filing questions for VA.gov or accredited help
Prep support only
ValorAI does not file claims for you, give legal advice, represent you before VA, or promise a rating, payment, timeline, or outcome. You stay responsible for reviewing, editing, and submitting anything through official channels.