Read the list
See the criteria in plain language and the specific parts your description supports or leaves open.
Start here
See the gap.
A rater does not read your story. They read your words against a list of criteria. This shows you the list.
Keep going
There are three more tools.
Secondary condition mapper, personal statement builder, and a reader for your rating decision. Enter your email and they open. No password, no card, nothing to cancel.
What Ruck does
Start with what you know.
Ruck helps you compare your own words with the rating schedule, look for connected conditions, write from your own experience, and understand the file in front of you.
Check the connections
Map recognized pathways from conditions that are already service connected.
Use your own words
Shape a short personal statement from what you actually remember, without adding facts.
Read your file
Paste one section of a decision or exam and get a plain-language readout. It is discarded after analysis.
Built from experience
I learned the system because I had to.
Ruck is owned and operated by a disabled Coast Guard veteran who spent years navigating and learning the VA system on his own.
Ruck is the process I wish I had when I started: a clearer way to organize what happened, what is wrong now, and what still needs to be connected.
Your claim is still yours. Ruck does not represent you, file for you, or tell you what VA will decide.
The price
Start free. Keep the work yours.
The gap checker is free to use. The rest of the tools open with an email so Ruck can follow up when something needs attention. There is no subscription and no payment screen.
A clear boundary
Ruck is software for veterans filing their own claims. It does not file anything, represent you, or promise an outcome.