Can I substantiate and file my own VA benefits claim? The better question is, how many pages is the U.S. Tax Code?

Remember, you can process and file your own VA benefits claim, but, why would you?

Do you know all the pitfalls?

The time clock?

The VA rater language and accepted verbiage?

The process to move past the denial stage?

The U.S. tax code starts with the Internal Revenue Code, which is currently 6,871 pages according to the current release point of the United States Code through Public Law 117-154(06/23/2022).

However, other sources are not included in the U.S. Tax Code. They are regulations, interpretations, and official guidance of the tax law, which, when included, will increase the length of the tax code to about 75,000 pages.

These Treasury regulations, also referred to as Federal Tax Regulations, continue from where the Internal Revenue Code stops by providing the official interpretation of the code by the U.S. Department of Treasury.

Additionally, the IRS Publication, a regular series of official tax guidance that includes revenue rulings, procedures, notices, and announcements, are all important sources of tax information. They may use them to establish precedents.