585 veterans servedsince December 2023

Empowering Veterans. Transforming Lives.Get the Benefits You Earned!

Without the Battle at Home

30% → 100%
30% → 100%
10% → 100%

Operation Beacon was built by a veteran who spent eight long years navigating the VA system—confusion, delays, denials, and frustration. He knew there had to be a better way. So, he built one. Today, we help veterans increase disability ratings, secure back pay, and maximize their benefits—faster, clearer, and with confidence.

See what success other veterans have achieved when they started where you are at today.

What's your VA rating today?

Most veterans go it alone. Operation Beacon clients don't.

Filing alone usually means guessing which conditions to claim, missing the evidence the VA needs, and walking into a C&P exam unprepared. Then comes the denial letter, and years of starting over.

Operation Beacon puts a coach beside you from the first form to the final decision:

One-on-one with a fellow veteran.

Every Operation Beacon coach is a veteran, someone who has walked in your shoes and knows the VA system.

A strategy built for you, not a template.

Which conditions to claim, which secondary conditions connect to them, and which PACT Act presumptives apply to where you served.

Your evidence, gathered and organized.

Medical records, personal statements, and supporting evidence, assembled into a Fully Developed Claim.

Filed with you.

We submit together, so nothing goes in incomplete.

Ready for every C&P exam.

We prepare you before each exam, so you know how to describe what you actually live with.

A guarantee.

Every veteran gets a guaranteed rating increase, set by where you start, or you get your money back.
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Not great with computers? Not a problem.

We walk you through every step and answer every question, so you understand your claim and feel confident in it.

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What a higher rating has meant for our veterans

Operation Beacon clients added an average of $1,497 a month($17,961 a year) to their bank accounts in tax-free VA compensation.

That's about $2.9 million a yearacross all our veterans with a final decision from the VA.

And monthly pay is only part of it. A higher rating can also bring back pay, VA health care, and other benefits for veterans and their families. None of that is counted in the numbers above.

Past results of Operation Beacon clients as of October 2026, not a prediction for you. Pay figures use 2026 VA rates for a veteran with no dependents and leave out back pay and other benefits.

And you keep all of your back pay.

There's a reason veterans choose Operation Beacon.

You are service connected more than you think!

Our veterans have been granted service connection for conditions many veterans never think they can get approved. We can do it.

Toxic Exposure (PACT Act)

Agent Orange Locations

Burn Pits

Gulf War Illness

Lung Cancer

Prostate Cancer

Skin Cancer

Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)

Radiculopathy (Nerve Pain from the Spine)

Diabetes Type 1 or 2

Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Heart Disease

Chronic Kidney Disease

Plantar Fasciitis / Flat Feet

Barrett's Esophagus / GERD

Atrial Fibrillation / Arrhythmia

Thyroid Conditions

Ulcerative Colitis / IBS / Crohn's

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Stroke

Eye Conditions

Temporomandibular Joint, TMJ (Jaw Pain)

COPD

Carpal Tunnel

In their words

"I started a claim in 2016 and got denied on everything, gave up and accepted the decision… Don't give up there are people that care about us."

— Bob C.

U.S. Army ·

30% → 100%
"I went from 0–40% 57 years after my time in Vietnam. Paul and his team couldn't have been more supportive and knowledgeable. I have recommended 3 other vets to Operation Beacon."

— George S.

U.S. Air Force, Crew Chief (Vietnam) ·

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"They are kind, professional, courteous, and they know what they are doing. I am so grateful that I met them and trusted in them with my journey."

— Marlon B.

U.S. Army, Combat Engineer ·

20% → 100%
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Start with the free training.

A free 90-minute live training with Paul Schwartz. Learn the Fully Developed Claim process, bring your questions, and decide from there.

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