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Military Disability Navigator™Independent • privacy-first • official-source driven

START MDN — FOUNDING PUBLIC BETA

Tell us what your military-to-Veteran picture actually looks like.

No acronym guessing. No one-size-fits-all Veteran profile. MDN separates your lifecycle stage, service history, claim history, conditions, retirement/pay questions, benefits, family issues, records, and timing so important interactions do not disappear inside one dropdown.

✓ No account✓ Answers stay in this tab✓ No medical-record upload✓ Unknown stays unknown✓ Official sources control

STEP 1 — PERSON

Who are you here for?

This keeps MDN from forcing a spouse, survivor, Reservist, retiree, or currently serving member into the wrong starting assumptions.

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STEP 2 — LIFECYCLE

Where are you right now?

Choose the closest primary stage. You can still select issues from other stages later.

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STEP 3 — SERVICE HISTORY

What does your service history contain?

Select every item that applies. MDN treats service periods and statuses separately because one latest DD214 should not erase the rest of a career.

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Components and status

Career complexity and records

STEP 4 — ISSUES

What are you trying to solve?

Select everything that belongs in the picture. These are separate lanes on purpose because several can exist at the same time.

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Serving, medical disability, and transition

VA disability claim, decision, and rating

Military retirement, disability pay, and DFAS interactions

Health care, benefits, family, and survivor

Records and administrative problems

Still do not see your issue?

This stays in your browser tab. MDN will preserve it as an unclassified issue rather than forcing it into the wrong category.

STEP 5 — VA / DECISION HISTORY

What has happened with VA disability so far?

Select the closest current status, then mark any history or protection questions that also apply. If VA disability is not part of your situation, choose “not part of my issue.”

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Current VA disability status

Decision / rating history factors

STEP 6 — CONDITIONS

Add conditions only if they matter to this picture.

Keep medically distinct conditions separate. Short labels are enough. Do not paste medical records or identifying information.

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You can skip this step completely when the issue is retirement pay, family benefits, records, survivor benefits, or another non-condition question.

STEP 7 — TIMING

Is anything time-sensitive or already in motion?

MDN does not need exact dates here. Select the clocks or official actions you know about so deadlines do not get buried under the rest of the case.

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YOUR MDN PICTURE

Here is what deserves attention.

MDN is organizing the facts you selected. It is not deciding eligibility, diagnosis, fitness, a rating, or the outcome of a claim.

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Verify before acting. Official notices, current regulations, agency decisions, and qualified professionals control. When the picture depends on individualized representation, legal analysis, a medical judgment, or an official eligibility determination, MDN should hand you off rather than pretend to be the decision-maker.

WHAT THE BUILDER IS DESIGNED TO CATCH

One person can have several systems moving at once.

The builder keeps these dimensions separate so a complicated career or old case does not get flattened into a single “Veteran” label.

LifecycleServing • DES/IDES • transition • recent separation • established Veteran • returning years later
Service continuityBranches • components • activations • IRR • breaks • multiple DD214s • discharge differences
VA disabilityInitial claims • evidence • decisions • increases • secondary • reviews • old claims • SMC • TDIU
Military retirement & payChapter 61 • TDRL/PDRL • CRDP • CRSC • offsets • severance recoupment • DFAS
Benefits & familyHealth care • education • VR&E • caregiver • dependents • survivors • housing • insurance
Records & timingMissing/conflicting records • corrections • former names • deadlines • official notices • transition clocks
Found a case the builder still does not catch?That is exactly what public beta is for. Tell us the missing pathway without sending private medical or claim information.

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