The Best VA Form Builder - Bounding Overwatch
Bounding Overwatch: a free self-help guide to filling out VA forms online.
Can I fill out VA forms online?
Yes, you can fill out VA forms online. This secure method guides you through the VA Forms process.
What is the Bounding Overwatch VA Form Builder?
The Blue Cord Patriots, LLC and their partners have built a VA Form Builder! We constantly strive to make the forms easier to follow and understand and also more accessible for veterans who may not have a computer and can only use their Smart Phones.
Why the name Bounding Overwatch Forms Builder?
The Blue Cord Patriots derived the name Bounding Overwatch for our forms builder due to the traditional squad and platoon tactics widely deployed by the United States Infantry.
According to wikipedia:
A Bounding overwatch is a military tactic of alternating movement of coordinated units to allow, if necessary, suppressive fire in support of offensive forward “fire and movement” or defensive “center peel” disengagement.
As members of a unit (element to platoon level) take an overwatch posture, other members advance to cover; these two groups continually switch roles as they close with the enemy. This process may be done by “leapfrogging” with fire teams, but is usually done within fire teams along a squad/platoon battle line to simulate an overwhelming movement toward[s] the enemy and make it more difficult for the enemy to distinguish specific targets.
How Does This Relate to VA Forms and Blue Cord Patriots?
The Blue Cord Patriots are intimately familiar with this tactic, and feel that it encompasses the attempt at covering the veteran as they strive to understand the VA forms.
The use of this form builder is entirely optional, and in no way affiliated with the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is an attempt to assist veterans in understanding the VA forms by referencing, 38 Code of Federal Regulations, and the various adjudication manuals such as M21-1 Adjudication Manual as used by the raters at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
How Do I Use the Bounding Overwatch VA Forms Builder?
- Click on any of the VA Forms Below
- Answer the questions
- Sign the form!
Blue Cord Patriots highly recommends that you create a login, as prompted by Jotform. This will allow you to save your form throughout the process. You may also want to look at Jotform for your own Veteran Owned Businesses.
Once you are complete with the form, you will be emailed a copy, and prompted to download your form. You will want to use this downloaded version to file for your VA Claim. You can also print and take these forms to your VSO if needed.
What VA Forms Do You Currently Have Built?
Click on any of the links to find out the status of these forms. We are constantly adding new VA forms as time goes on, so make sure to keep checking in!
VA Forms for Statements
- VA Form 21-4138 – Statement In Support of Claim
- VA Form 21-10210 – Lay/Witness Statement (Buddy Statement)
- VA Form 21-0781
- VA Form 21-0781a
VA Forms for Filing Claims
- VA Form 20-0995 – Supplemental Claim (You have new evidence to submit to the VA, and disagree with a claim decision)
- VA Form 20-0996 – Higher Level Review (You have NO new evidence to submit to the VA, and disagree with a claim decision)
VA Forms for Statements and Communication
VA Form 21-4138 Builder
VA Form 21-4138
Desktop Version
VA Form 21-10210
Lay Witness (Buddy) Statement
VA Form 21-10210
Desktop Version
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VA Form 21-10210
Mobile App
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VA Form 20-0995
DECISION REVIEW REQUEST: SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIM
VA Form 20-0995
Desktop Version
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VA Form 20-0995
Mobile App
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