Veterans deserve advocates who fight as hard as they served. At Summit Vocational, we understand the pressure of looming hearings and tight filing deadlines — and we know how much weight a well-written vocational opinion carries in securing the benefits these men and women have earned. Learn how we work
We offer a complete vocational package — not just an opinion.
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Most vocational experts take 6-8 weeks. We work on your timeline — with expedited delivery available for tight deadlines and upcoming hearings.
We're CRCs with SSA Vocational Expert experience. Our reports cite specific evidence, connect limitations to job requirements, and hold up under VA scrutiny. Veterans deserve nothing less.
Send the referral and we handle the rest. We schedule the interview, gather the information, and deliver the report. No chasing. No back-and-forth.
We offer a complete vocational package — attorney briefs, counter-argument sheets, medical-vocational crosswalks, and hearing prep sheets. Everything you need to fight for the benefits they've earned.
Email us the veteran's name, file number, and claim type (TDIU, A&A, or both). Attach the claims file or let us know how to access it.
We review the claims file, identify the relevant medical evidence, and schedule a telephonic interview with the veteran or their caregiver.
We conduct an in-depth vocational interview and cross-reference the veteran's statements with the medical record to build the vocational argument.
You receive a comprehensive, citation-heavy report ready for filing — plus any add-on documents you've requested.
Questions about the process? Reach out — we're happy to walk you through it.
Every veteran's situation is unique. We tailor our approach to match their claim.
Special Monthly Compensation
A rehabilitation assessment documenting the veteran's need for regular assistance with activities of daily living due to their service-connected disabilities. We interview caregivers and analyze the functional impact on independence.
Total Disability Individual Unemployability
A comprehensive vocational evaluation demonstrating the veteran's service-connected conditions prevent them from securing and following substantially gainful employment. We connect medical evidence to occupational requirements and labor market realities.
TDIU + Aid & Attendance
For veterans pursuing both claims, we provide a unified assessment that addresses unemployability and caregiver needs in a single, cohesive report. Streamlined for your workflow and the adjudicator's review.
Generic reports get dismissed. Ours get cited in favorable decisions.
Add any of these to your vocational assessment — or bundle and save.
A ready-to-file legal argument that translates our vocational findings into persuasive language for adjudicators. Saves you hours of drafting.
Anticipates the most common VA objections and provides evidence-backed rebuttals. Be prepared before they push back.
A visual map that connects each medical finding to its functional limitation and vocational impact. Makes complex cases clear.
Key talking points, questions to anticipate, and evidence highlights — everything you need to prep for testimony in one page.
Nationally certified Rehabilitation Counselors
Experience defending opinions under cross-examination
Advanced training in rehabilitation counseling
Currently serving individuals with disabilities daily
Summit Vocational was founded by two CRCs who spent years on the front lines — conducting vocational assessments, counseling individuals with disabilities, and serving as vocational experts in federal hearings. We started Summit because we kept seeing the same problem: veterans with strong claims getting denied over weak vocational evidence.
Our reports are different because our experience is different. Every opinion we write is grounded in the same rehabilitation principles we apply in daily practice — translated into the specific, citation-heavy analysis that adjudicators can't dismiss. Attorneys deserve a vocational partner who understands the medical-vocational connection as well as they understand the law.
Send us a referral and we'll take it from there. Expert reports on your timeline — because they've waited long enough.