A complete, veteran-built education system — 13 modules, 180+ lessons, and every template, tracker, and checklist you need to document your conditions, organize your evidence, understand the VA process, and prepare a complete first claim.
One flat price · Never a percentage · Never a "success fee"
"I built my own 277-page benefits packet at the kitchen table — regulations, records, statements, all of it. The Academy is everything I learned, in the order I wish someone had given it to me."
Loy O'Kelley · Founder · U.S. Army Infantry (Ret.), CIB, 2× Afghanistan
Most veterans don't lose claims because their conditions aren't real. They lose because the file they submitted didn't prove what their body and their record already know.
The pattern repeats every day: a veteran separates, means to "deal with it later," and files years afterward — with scattered records, no current diagnosis on paper, a personal statement written the night before, and a C&P exam they walked into blind.
The decision that comes back reflects the file. Not the truth.
The Academy walks you through the entire preparation process in order — the same discipline our founder used to assemble his own 277-page benefits packet. You'll learn how to:
Build your condition list, start symptom tracking, and turn medical appointments into a clear written record — starting before you separate, if you still can.
Pull your STRs and VA records, audit them like a pro, and assemble a claim binder a stranger could follow — evidence named, ordered, and complete.
Understand service connection, write personal statements that say what you mean, prepare for the C&P exam, and know exactly what happens after you file.
And when you need more than education — an accredited VSO, claims agent, or attorney — the Academy tells you when and how to find one. That honesty is the whole point.
Plus 7 bonus tracks: Real Claim Breakdowns · 7-Day & 30-Day Build Sprints · Red Team (the mistakes that sink claims) · the Transitioning Service Member Roadmap · the Already-Rated Veteran Roadmap · the Spouse & Family Support System · and the VA Claims Update Center.
See All 187 Lessons → Read a Full Sample Lesson Free →There's an entire industry of unaccredited companies that charge veterans a "success fee" when their rating increases — commonly six times your monthly increase, sometimes capped as high as $15,000. In 2026, courts and state attorneys general have been ruling against that model, and federal legislation is moving. We built the Academy on the opposite premise:
Math worth doing: a typical consultant fee on a 30%→50% increase runs about $3,400. The entire Academy — every module, every template, lifetime updates — is $247. And free help from accredited VSOs always exists; we'll point you to it when that's the right move.
one-time · lifetime access · or 3 payments of $97
Price increases to $497 when the founding window closes. That's the actual plan, not a countdown gimmick.
Standfast Veterans Group was founded by Loy O'Kelley — a combat-injured Army Infantry retiree with two Afghanistan deployments and a Combat Infantryman Badge. When it came time to assemble his own benefits file, he built a 277-page packet at the kitchen table: reading regulations, organizing records by hand, and learning one mistake at a time what the process actually requires.
Standfast now prepares CRSC packets for military retirees across every branch. The Academy is the education arm: everything we know about preparation, organized into a system any veteran can execute — without paying someone a percentage of anything.
Vet-built. Vet-led. Flat and honest.
No. The Academy is education only. We teach you how the process works and how to prepare your own claim. We do not review your individual file, prepare your claim for you, or represent you before VA. Assisting with individual VA claims for a fee requires VA accreditation; when your situation calls for that, the Academy shows you how to find an accredited VSO, claims agent, or attorney.
Nobody can promise you a rating — not us, not anyone. Ratings are decided by VA based on the evidence and the law. What we teach is how to document conditions accurately, organize complete evidence, and avoid the preparation mistakes that commonly weaken first claims. Preparation is the part you control; the decision is theirs.
It's the best possible time. The Transitioning Service Member Roadmap covers what to do at 12 months, 6 months, and 90 days before separation — including BDD claims, final physicals, and documenting conditions while your records are still being written.
Module 8 covers exactly that: how to read your decision letter, identify what evidence was missing or ignored, and understand the differences between Supplemental Claims, Higher-Level Reviews, and Board Appeals — plus when a denial is the point to bring in an accredited representative.
Completely different model. Consultants typically charge a "success fee" tied to your rating increase — commonly six times your monthly increase, in some cases up to $15,000 — and recent court rulings and state attorney-general actions have targeted unaccredited companies charging for individual claims assistance. The Academy is flat-price education: $247 once, you keep 100% of your benefits, you learn to prepare your own claim, and we tell you plainly when free accredited help (a VSO) or paid accredited help (a claims agent or attorney) is the right move.
Sequence and completeness. Free content gives you scattered pieces; the Academy is one system in execution order, with the templates and trackers built in, taught with one consistent standard: accuracy, never exaggeration.
Founding members get the launch modules immediately; the remaining modules release on a published weekly schedule (the full calendar is on the curriculum page). Lifetime access means you get everything as it drops, plus all future updates.
14 days, no questions asked, stated plainly here. One honest caveat: refunds aren't available after you've consumed a large share of the course or downloaded the full template pack — that protects the product for everyone else.
No. Standfast Veterans Group is a private, veteran-owned company. We are not affiliated with VA, DoD, DFAS, or any government agency.
Every month you wait is another month of evidence that doesn't exist yet — appointments not documented, symptoms not logged, records not requested. Start preparing today.
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