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Fix Your VA Rating
Episode 7
Wednesday, 28 October, 2026
If your injuries trace back to service but your VA rating feels like a bad joke, you’re not alone.We sit down with Christian Irvine — National Guard Special Forces Green Beret medic and co-founder of Veritas Ratings — on why tough, squared-away veterans end up underrated, and what it actually takes to fix it.We get into the ugly mechanics: medical records that never got written in high-tempo units, rushed or clueless C&P exams, and a system where one documentation gap becomes a denial. Christian’s team treats a claim like a precision problem — former VA raters, tight evidence packages, current case law — so the rater can approve it without guessing. We’re also fair to VSOs: not villains, just good people buried under impossible caseloads and outdated tools.Then we zoom out to what too many of us have normalized. Blast overpressure. Burn pits. Tinnitus. Joints. TBI. The mental load that follows you home. We talk about why “free” gets expensive in time and stress, how to think about ROI when the payoff is tax-free monthly compensation for life, and the single biggest red flag in this industry: anyone asking for money up front.If this one hits close to home, send it to a veteran who’s stuck. Then subscribe and leave a review so it reaches more of them.Follow us on your favorite social media platforms @eodgear
