If you are in crisis, call or text 988, then press 1 — or chat at VeteransCrisisLine.net (opens in a new tab). This platform is not a crisis line.
Origin
We didn't start with AI. We started with the defects.
VBB was not designed from a requirements document. It was designed from the failure points.
VetBattleBuddy was founded to help U.S. veterans and Tribal members see claim-readiness questions more clearly. The public website is an educational assessment and a condition checklist. It is not a chatbot that decides a claim, and it is not a filing service.
Lean Six Sigma + engineering + lived veteran experience = Vet Battle Buddy™
Combat service → injury and exposure → military records → treatment → transition → VA → disability evidence → examinations → benefits → appeals and changes → family and caregiver → lifelong veteran needs. Along that path: fragmented records, disconnected organizations, evidence gaps, repeated storytelling, waiting, uncertainty, and rework.
Leigh Ann’s discipline catches missing evidence before a file is submitted, so veterans and reviewers spend less time on avoidable rework.
Principals
Co-founder · Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Leigh Ann is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with more than thirty years in military and federal environments. That is her background. This website does not publish a yield or a savings figure.
Co-founder · Engineering, development, and security · CISSP
Tanner owns the system. CISSP-certified disabled veteran — combined Active Duty and civil service — and principal engineer for security and the Evidence Gate. He teaches DevOps and Cyber Security at PC Professor in South Florida. Priorities: God, family, and service to veterans. AI is the enabler. The redesigned process is the product.
Voice of the Veteran
Voice of the Veteran
Tom Asbury's lived experience informs the requirement. A combat veteran whose service includes Somalia (Mogadishu era) and later Iraq and Afghanistan environments, he has spent decades navigating the fragmented military, healthcare, benefits, and civilian systems veterans encounter after service. He identifies the failure points because he lived them. His story defines the problem. It is not used as a marketing prop.
Integrity is non-negotiable. The public site should say only what a visitor can do today.
What the platform covers
The live public tools are the Claim Readiness Assessment and the condition checklist. Anything else on this list is not offered.
The public Claim Readiness Assessment, Heat Map, and Mission Brief. Educational. Not a filed claim and not a rating.
Not offered on this website. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, then press 1.
Not offered. This website does not accept medical uploads.
Not offered on this website.
Not offered. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, then press 1.
Not offered on this website.
Leigh Ann Bryson’s discipline catches missing evidence before submission, rather than adding inspection after the fact. That keeps the work focused on the person using the system. Tanner Tobey is responsible for engineering and security.
| Master Black Belt | VBB application |
|---|---|
| Ready the first time | Evidence a reviewer can use without avoidable rework |
| What goes wrong | Missing or disconnected evidence |
| Rework | Repeated requests, exams, and follow-up claims |
| Waiting | Time lost by veterans and reviewers |
| Handoffs | Service, care, and benefits records that do not arrive as one file |
| Variation | Uneven evidence quality from one file to the next |
| Cause | Evidence that was never captured or never connected |
| Who it serves | Veteran, family, reviewer, and clinician |
| What good looks like | Evidence a person can review with confidence |
| Prevention | Fewer incomplete packages before a person reviews them |
We build for veterans. We design for public trust. We do not claim results we have not measured.
Vet Battle Buddy LLC is registered on SAM.gov. Registration is not a contract, a certification, a FedRAMP authorization, or a HIPAA certification.
