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A former VA Rater (RVSR) who reviews the VA laws and regulations for VA compensation. The purpose of the channel is to educate newer Rating Veteran Service Representatives (RVSRs), Veteran Service Representatives (VSRs), and the lay person about the M21-1 manual, 38 CFRs, and VA policies and the ways in which they should be applied based upon my interpretation and to sometimes have an overall discussion about VA regulation topics where there might be differing opinions among the VSR, Rater, and Quality Review Teams.


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Hey all,

I would like to take a moment and mirror what other content creators have said recently by stating that if someone is actively claiming to know everything about the VA disability claims process, I would question the reality of that.

However, I would also like to say that simply having more knowledge about something than somebody else is not the same as reporting that you know everything. It just simply and factually might mean you might have more knowledge on a given topic. It's not good or bad. If you wanted to discuss welding with me I'm going to say you know more than I do. It doesn't make the other person a bad person, it just means they know more than I do on that topic, because they put in the work to know more than me.

Have a wonderful night,

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21 hours ago | [YT] | 58

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Hey all,

I just want to put this out there to qualify that there are going to be some things moving forward that I cannot directly speak about or explain, so if I do a "if it were me, I'd............" in my video just understand there might be a little bit more to it than just my opinion and personal experience and that is all I have to say on the matter.

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1 day ago | [YT] | 80

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Turbovets blind first impressions from 09/26/2026 from my live stream. BLUF - I'm neutral, but the website is the biggest swing and a miss I think I've ever seen. The website is very bad at the moment - it didn't overtly tell me what the product is OR what it does to make me want to use whatever their program.

Based upon the structure of the website I could not find a reason to sign up and actually try the product. Not being negative, just a candid reaction. I hope they fix it and I will come back and review the product. Many people in my chat said the website looks like a scam or vaporware.

Why you might ask?

1. Less Pew Pew sizzle images please - Turbovets' websit looks like it's trying to sell Call of Duty 11 to Combat Veterans only and NOT trying to educate veterans as to what their product is, what it does, and why anyone should use it.

2. The majority of the website is name-dropping Veterans who I've never heard of as a Veteran myself and frankly they forgot to tell me why I should research who these people are and why they are "important". Now couple this with the fact that they didn't even explain what their product is on all of this digital real-estate and now I have people who I don't know trying to sell me something I don't understand what it is.

3. In the FAQ section of their website they discuss a lot of very bizarre things like they have spent a lot of time discussing things that seem like they're not as important as explaining your product to potential consumers.

Example 1- they talk at great length about why whatever this thing is it's free. Real talk - Nobody cares if something is free, they care if it's good.

The Veteran community as a whole has a lot of issues trusting free things from a competence standpoint and it is why non-accredited claims companies even exist. If turbovets wants people to even think about using this product, they need to do a 180 and focus on the product and why it does what they say it does, well.

Hurts to type this on my phone.

Summary- Total website overhaul. If you build a good product they will come. Tailor it for all Veterans. Less battle Chad and more focus on here is what it is and what it does (provide actual examples of what it does shown on the website)



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1 week ago (edited) | [YT] | 1

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Sorry, I put in the wrong day for the live stream. It's tomorrow.

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1 week ago | [YT] | 0

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Sorry all,

I have to move the live stream again. My wife needs some help with some things and it lines up with the stream time. I forgot I promised to help and I will pick happy wife every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Move the live stream to tomorrow.

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 64

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It created two separate streams at the same time, so I'm working through that lol. Please go out of the stream you are in and refresh to get into the live one.

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 24

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Short Notice Live Stream - Parking Lot Chronical

Discussing recent events with the VA and how well they're doing with their claims.

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 22

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Hey all,

Just a PSA to remind you to be wary about promises of blind outcomes of increases to your VA disability rating for new VASRD changes before the changes are even implemented and without the m21-1 guidance.

If you get a proposal to reduce based off these assurances, they will not be there to make it right and fight the proposed adverse action.

Best to wait until things are implemented and staff learn the process and then see if the future changes are advantageous to you.

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 58

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Hey all,

My internet is down for today. My neighbor decided to do backhoe therapy on the local fiber internet line. This is my alibi for those that had appointments with me today

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 34

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Hey all,

I had to move the live stream to tomorrow due to a scheduling conflict. I will be posting a video today instead which will be showing a diagram of the internal process of how private DBQ's and medical opinions are evaluated for sufficiency.

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 43