An accredited VA claims agent and a fellow veteran who prepares, files, and fights your claim from the first form to the final rating decision.
From vets in my own community to those stationed overseas, I work around your schedule and time zone.
The VA denies or underrates thousands of legitimate disability claims every year, not because veterans don't qualify, but because the paperwork, the evidence, and the medical language weren't lined up correctly.
Most veterans file alone, once, and accept whatever rating comes back. You don't have to. You served. These benefits are not a handout. They are earned compensation for what your body and mind gave to this country.
You deserve an advocate who knows the system, has been through it, and has a real stake in advocating for the benefits you may be owed.
The VA doesn't adjudicate the benefit of the doubt. It adjudicates the paperwork. What you file, and how you file it, is everything.
Full preparation of your initial disability claim or a Supplemental Claim (VA Form 20-0995), building the medical evidence, identifying service connections, and submitting a complete, well-documented claim built to withstand scrutiny.
If the VA got it wrong on a prior rating decision, a Higher-Level Review puts a senior adjudicator on it. I review the record, identify the errors, and make the strongest possible case for a rating that accurately reflects your condition.
The Compensation & Pension exam is where many legitimate claims fall apart. I prepare you: what to say, what to document, what the examiner is actually evaluating, so your real condition is accurately reflected.
A VA Form 21-4138 written well can make or break a claim. I craft detailed, well-organized statements and help you gather buddy statements, service records, and nexus letters that build a complete file.
When a decision comes back wrong, there's more than one path forward. I map the right lane for your case, whether Supplemental Claim, Higher-Level Review, or Board Appeal, and build the record each one requires.
When your back pay award arrives, my 30% fee is due. I accept Zelle, Venmo, and wire transfer. Mail-In Checks not accepted at this time.
Navigating state unemployment systems after separation is its own challenge. I help you file correctly and completely.
I translate your military experience into civilian language employers understand and value.
I work through your story, your answers, and your presence so you walk in prepared and confident.
Practical, hands-on help tailored to where you are in your transition.
Billed at a mutually agreed fee, separate from the claims contingency model.
"My fee is 30% of the back pay the VA awards. If no back pay is awarded, my fee is zero. My incentive is perfectly aligned with yours."
— Jesse Schultz, VA-Accredited Claims Agent
Post-Service Reintegration services are billed at a separate, mutually agreed fee.
I start with a no-obligation conversation. You tell me your service history and what conditions you're dealing with. I assess where your claim stands and what a realistic path forward looks like, honestly, with no pressure.
I gather your service records, medical evidence, and supporting documentation. I structure the claim to establish clear service connections and submit a complete, well-organized file to the VA.
If the VA schedules a Compensation & Pension exam, I prepare you for it. I go through what the examiner will focus on, how to describe your symptoms accurately, and what documentation to bring.
The VA issues its rating decision. If the outcome is right, that is the win. If it's wrong, whether underrated, denied, or missing conditions, I evaluate next steps: Supplemental Claim, Higher-Level Review, or appeal.
When your back pay award arrives, my 30% contingency fee is due. I accept Zelle, Venmo, and wire transfer. Mail-In Checks not accepted at this time.
Jesse Schultz is a fellow veteran and a claims professional with over a decade inside the insurance industry. For more than 10 years he has handled detailed, nuanced, high-stakes insurance and disability claims on both sides of the table, working both for the carriers and against them. He knows exactly how a claim is built, scrutinized, and decided from the inside out.
A VA disability claim is, at its core, workers' compensation for the military, and like any claim it is won or lost on evidence and precise language, not good intentions. Jesse spent years learning what makes an adjuster approve or deny a file, and he puts that same insider knowledge to work for the veteran on the other side of the desk.
He has navigated this system firsthand in the most personal way there is: Jesse is a 100% Permanent and Total (P&T) disabled veteran who built and won his own claim to that rating by hand. He knows exactly what it feels like to file and then wait on a decision, because he has done it for himself. He works one-on-one with each veteran through every step, and he is willing to work outside traditional hours because veterans keep every kind of schedule and live all over the world. He has helped everyone from local Vets in his own community to Air Force firefighters ETSing out of Japan, accommodating time differences and odd hours, and he is as sharp at midnight as he is at noon.
That hard-won experience extends to the claims most agents avoid. Jesse has a strong track record submitting and winning claims for Conventional and Special Forces combat veterans, for veterans holding TS/SCI clearances whose service is bound by non-disclosure agreements, for survivors of Military Sexual Trauma (MST), and for veterans pursuing Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU). These cases demand discretion, precision, and the skill to build a strong record even when the details are difficult or sensitive to document. That is exactly the work Jesse does best.
Estimate your combined rating and monthly compensation with the current VA figures. These tools are for planning only and do not guarantee any rating or amount.
The VA does not add ratings together. It uses the “whole person” method, so conditions rated 50% and 30% combine to 65%, which rounds to a 70% rating, not 80%. Enter each condition, then your dependents, for a current monthly estimate.
Your conditions
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Estimate based on VA rates effective December 1, 2025. Dependents apply at ratings of 30% and above. Verify at va.gov.
A disability rating is a percentage reflecting how much a service-connected condition reduces your overall health and ability to function. With more than one condition, the VA combines them using the “whole person” method (never simple addition) and rounds the final figure to the nearest 10%.
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Monthly amounts, tax-free, effective December 1, 2025 (Source: VA). Full tables: va.gov compensation rates and how VA ratings work.
Jesse walked me through my very first claim one step at a time and never once made me feel rushed. The rating came back right where it should have been.
After years of being underrated, Jesse built the Higher-Level Review that finally got me the decision I earned. He knew exactly where the old claim went wrong.
He prepped me for my C&P exam so thoroughly that I walked in calm and clear instead of nervous. That preparation made all the difference.
Jesse handled my case with total discretion and knew how to build a strong record around a complicated service history. I never had to explain twice.
Jesse took care of our family like we were his own. He was there whenever we had a question, even late at night, and he got it done.
He treated a difficult, sensitive claim with real respect and care, and fought for me the whole way through. For the first time, I felt heard.
First names only, to protect client privacy.
No pressure, no commitment, just an honest conversation about where your claim stands and what a path forward looks like. If there's a case worth fighting, I'll fight it. If there isn't, I'll tell you that too.