Like many veterans, our founder's initial experience with the VA claims process was a fight on a second front. He was met with a lack of results, empathy, and expertise from VA personnel and Veteran Service Organizations alike. Paperwork disappeared. Answers contradicted each other. Ratings came back that had nothing to do with reality.
While recovering from surgery, he made the command decision to master the VA claims process himself — every regulation, every rating criterion, every evidence standard — and to use those skills to help U.S. military veterans around the globe get the care and benefits they are entitled to.
That decision became Gablestone Optimization: an education-based consulting operation run by a veteran, for veterans, with one standard — win the rating the evidence supports.
A GWOT veteran whose career spans the infantry, federal law enforcement, and the U.S. Intelligence Community — with high-level clearances, deployments worldwide, and various awards and accolades along the way.
You should understand your own claim. We teach the process while we build it, so you're never at anyone's mercy again — including ours.
Real conditions, real evidence, honest claims. We don't exaggerate and we don't invent — and we turn away people who ask us to.
Worldwide, 24/7/365 — because the veteran who needs help at 0300 in Okinawa matters as much as the one down the street.
We are veterans helping veterans. We are not lawyers, Veteran Service Officers, VA-accredited claims agents, or medical professionals — and we will never pretend to be. If your case requires one, we'll tell you straight and encourage you to seek their counsel. What we offer is education-based consultation built on hard-won expertise with the VA claims process. Results are never guaranteed by anyone honest.
