Accuracy you can verify
How we keep our AI accurate — and honest
Every tool promises accurate AI. Few will tell you how. Here is exactly what we do so the information you get is grounded, not guessed — and where a human, not a model, stays in charge.
The math runs in code, not a language model
The numbers that decide your claim are computed by deterministic code that follows the regulation step by step — so they can't be hallucinated. A language model never invents a rating.
- Combined ratings follow the 38 CFR §4.25 table and the §4.26 bilateral factor, then round to the nearest 10 — the same engine across the calculator, the back-pay auditor, and the CUE finder.
- Back-pay, effective-date, and presumptive checks are rule-based, not generated.
- Where we do use AI (reading documents, drafting letters), its output is constrained and checked by the guardrails below.
Every legal citation is verified — no fabricated cites
The biggest risk with legal AI is a confident citation to a regulation or case that doesn't exist. We assemble an allow-set of citations directly from the sourced legal corpora we maintain — VA precedent authorities, the rating schedule (VASRD), and the presumptive-condition rules — and check every citation in AI output against it.
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sourced legal authorities in the citation allow-set the guardrail checks against
Any citation in a draft that doesn't match a sourced authority is treated as a fabrication and removed before you ever see it — so a letter never cites a regulation we can't back up. The same grounding runs in the nexus-letter builder, the appeals guidance, and Ask VDP.
The number above is computed from the live citation-grounding engine the product runs — it widens automatically as we expand our sourced corpora, with no hand-editing.
Personal information is redacted before any AI sees it
Documents are redacted of personal identifiers before analysis, your SSN and banking details are session-only, and you can export or delete your data at any time. Privacy isn't an afterthought — it's built into the pipeline.
A human stays in the loop
Our drafts are tools, not testimony. A nexus or medical-opinion draft is meant to be independently reviewed and signed by your treating clinician or an accredited physician (38 CFR §3.159) — a draft is not competent medical evidence on its own. We are an independent technology platform, not an accredited representative, and we point you to free VA-accredited VSOs for representation.
Informational only — not legal or medical advice, and not a guarantee of any outcome. VA Disability Pro is an independent platform, not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and is not an accredited representative. The VA makes every final decision.