Cover a veteran’s bill.
That’s the whole ask.
Right now a veteran somewhere is paying $25 a month for the tools that are getting their claim filed — out of a check that hasn’t arrived yet. Or $289 for a nexus letter they can’t afford to skip. You can pick that up.
- Veteran-owned, zero venture capital
- Flat rate — never a percentage of an award
- No contract, no minimum, cancel any month
- 6
- Seats funded right now
- 0
- Nexus letters funded
- 0
- Codes redeemed by veterans
- 2
- Sponsors
What sponsorship is
Four things, and none of them involve a veteran’s name changing hands.
Access
A seat is a full Valor membership — the same one a veteran pays $25 a month for — with no card on file and nothing to cancel. A letter code is one provider-signed nexus letter, start to finish.
Privacy
You are never told who redeemed a code. The veteran never sees your email address — only the name you chose for the sponsor wall, if you chose one. Their records stay theirs.
Names and lists
No contact lists change hands in either direction. Hand the codes out yourself, or tick “Let Valor Rating place them” and we offer each one to a veteran who is actively working a claim and can’t cover the cost.
The arrangement
Flat rate, billed to you. Resize or cancel a membership sponsorship any month; a veteran on a seat keeps it through the period you paid for, and is told plainly when it ends.
How sponsorship works
- 1
Decide how many
One seat or a hundred. Memberships bill monthly per seat; nexus letters are one-time.
- 2
Receive your codes
Instantly on the confirmation page and by email, with an invoice for your books. Or let us place them — your call at checkout.
- 3
A veteran redeems
They sign in, paste the code at valorrating.com/redeem, and the seat or letter is theirs.
- 4
If funding ends
Unused codes are withdrawn and every affected veteran is told in writing. Nothing they built is lost.
What you’re paying for
A membership seat
$25 / seat / month- Unlimited applications
- Unlimited AI chat messages
- Premium AI models — smarter, more capable chat
- Unlimited nexus drafts + regen
- Nexus letters signed by a provider in our network — $229
- Unlimited personal statements
- Supplemental claim forms (20-0995)
- Higher-Level Review (20-0996)
- 526EZ auto-fill + regeneration
- Study guides for each condition
- Full claim strength + evidence checklist
- 5 GB document storage
A provider-signed nexus letter
$229 / letterSponsors pay the member rate. A veteran buying alone without a membership pays $289.
- Drafted from the veteran's own records — dated findings, not boilerplate
- Reviewed and signed by a licensed clinician matched to the condition
- Written to the VA's “at least as likely as not” standard
- Delivered as a signed PDF that goes straight into the claim packet
- Refunded automatically if no provider can support the opinion
Is this tax-deductible? We’re working on it — here’s where it stands.
We are setting up a 501(c)(3) route so that sponsoring a veteran can be a charitable gift for individuals. It is not live yet, and until it is we won’t pretend: Valor Rating is a veteran-owned company, so a payment made directly to us is not a charitable contribution. What is real today is the business case — recognition you can point to and an invoice you can file. When the nonprofit route goes live, this section will name the organisation and its EIN.
Sponsoring as a business
A company that sponsors seats and takes public credit for it — your name on the sponsor wall, a “Sponsored by” line veterans see when they redeem — is buying advertising, which is generally an ordinary and necessary business expense (IRC §162). We make the recognition real and hand you a proper invoice with your business name and tax ID on it. Whether and how you deduct it is a call for your own tax advisor, not for us.
- A Stripe invoice with your company name and tax ID
- Your name or logo on the public sponsor wall
- Redemption codes to hand to veterans, or to us to distribute
Sponsoring as an individual
Valor Rating is a veteran-owned company, not a 501(c)(3), so a sponsorship you pay us directly is not a charitable contribution and cannot be claimed as one on a personal return. We would rather tell you that here than have you find out in April. We are actively setting up a nonprofit giving route; if deductibility matters to you, wait for it (leave your email and we’ll tell you the day it is live) or give through a veteran-serving charity you already trust and tell them about the program.
- A receipt for your records
- Redemption codes to give to a veteran you know, or to us to distribute
- Optional recognition on the sponsor wall (first name and city is plenty)
Sponsoring as a nonprofit or VSO
Posts, chapters, foundations and VSOs sponsor seats for their own members. You get an invoice, a block of codes, and — if you want it — a co-branded redemption page so your members know it came from you. The seats are a program expense on your side; we don’t need anything but the invoice on ours.
- An invoice addressed to your organisation
- Codes to hand to your members
- Recognition on the sponsor wall, or none, your call
Valor Rating is not a tax advisor and nothing on this page is tax advice. Deductibility depends on your circumstances and your jurisdiction; confirm the treatment with your own accountant.
Sponsor wall
The people and organisations covering veterans right now.
- Robert Gero· 1 seat
- John McShane- Valor Rating· 5 seats
Questions sponsors ask
Who gets the seats I pay for?
Whoever you give the codes to. Hand them to veterans you know, post them in your unit group, or reply to your confirmation email and we will place them with veterans who have asked for help. You are never told who redeemed a code, and they never see your email address.
What does a sponsored veteran actually get?
A membership seat unlocks everything a paying Valor member has: unlimited claims, unlimited AI chat on the premium models, unlimited nexus-letter drafts, personal statements, buddy statements, decision-letter analysis and 5 GB of document storage. A nexus-letter code covers one provider-signed nexus letter — a licensed clinician reviews the evidence and signs the medical opinion.
Is there a contract or a minimum?
No. One seat or five hundred, and you can resize or cancel a membership sponsorship any month from the billing link in your confirmation email. Veterans already sitting on a seat keep it until the end of the period you paid for.
What happens if I stop sponsoring?
Unused codes are withdrawn and the veterans on your seats are told, in writing, that the sponsorship ended and that nothing they built is lost — their claims, documents and letters stay in their account on the free tier. If they had since bought their own membership, nothing changes for them at all.
Do you take a percentage of the veteran's award?
Never. Valor Rating charges a flat rate, is veteran-owned, and has taken no venture capital. Sponsoring a seat costs exactly what the veteran would pay for it themselves.
Can a veteran redeem a code if they already have an account?
Yes. They sign in, go to valorrating.com/redeem, and paste the code. A membership seat applies immediately; a nexus-letter code shows up as a $0 checkout on their next provider-signed letter.
Is Valor Rating accredited by the VA?
No. Valor Rating is software that helps a veteran organise evidence and prepare their own claim. It does not represent veterans before the VA, and we recommend every veteran also work with an accredited VSO, which is free.
Valor Rating is software a veteran uses to prepare their own claim. We are not VA-accredited, we do not represent veterans before the VA, and we recommend every veteran also work with an accredited VSO — which is free. Sponsoring a seat buys a veteran tools and a signed medical opinion, never a promise about the outcome.
Have a code already? Redeem it here. Veteran, but no sponsor? The free tier is real and starts here.