Disability Benefits Questionnaire
The formraters weigh.
A DBQ is the VA’s own exam form. Use it when service connection is already settled and the fight is the rating — or when a C&P exam missed what your records show. $500 from records. $750 with an in-person exam in Evans, Georgia.
When a DBQ is the right product
Rating increase
Connection is already granted. The question is severity. A current, complete DBQ is the document the rater is trained to score.
Weak or rushed C&P
The VA exam missed range of motion, flares, or a diagnosis that is sitting in your treatment notes. A private DBQ puts those findings on the VA’s own form.
Not for first connection
If the VA has not accepted that the condition is related to service, you need a nexus opinion first. A DBQ without a nexus does not create service connection.
From records
$500
Completed from your file
Used when recent treatment notes already contain the findings the form asks for. Available to veterans nationwide. Online DBQ mills advertise $150–$425; they are not an in-person physician exam and they are not this.
With examination
$750
In person, Evans, Georgia
An examination by our PM&R physician, then the form filled from those findings. This is the hardest work in the practice and the version raters weigh most. Exam-based national services often start near $975.
Questions
- What is a DBQ, and when do I need one?
- A Disability Benefits Questionnaire is the VA’s own exam form. It is used to rate severity after service connection is already established, or to counter a weak C&P exam. We complete DBQs at $500 from your records, or $750 with an in-person examination in Evans, Georgia.
- Is the $350 records review credited if I move forward?
- Yes. If your claim continues after the written assessment, $150 of the $350 review is credited against the nexus opinion or DBQ. If we tell you in writing that the record cannot support the claim, you have spent $350 and we stop there.
- Do you only serve Georgia veterans?
- No. Record review and nexus opinions are written for veterans nationwide. The practice is based in Evans, Georgia, near Augusta and Fort Eisenhower. In-person DBQ examinations are performed locally. Veterans outside the CSRA use the records-based path.
- Can I pay over time?
- Yes. After the records review, the balance can be split in half 30 days apart, or into three equal monthly card payments, at no extra cost. Each stage of the work is completed and released once payments cover it. We do not work on credit, and no fee is contingent on the claim outcome.
Need the form, or the nexus first?
We will tell you which, in writing, after the records review.
Book a Consult