# VetPulse TDIU Eligibility & Strategy API

> VetPulse TDIU Eligibility & Strategy API is a paid API for AI agents from api.vetpulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Returns AI-synthesized guidance on Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) eligibility, requirements, and claim strategy for US veterans (and international equivalents)

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.vetpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/vet/tdiu
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vetpulse-tdiu-eligibility-strategy-api-d30c4bf2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_TWK4HbocxmEyamHaBuhPd

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability vetpulse-tdiu-eligibility-strategy-api-d30c4bf2
```

Example prompt: I'm a US veteran with a 70% combined disability rating and I can't maintain substantially gainful employment because of my PTSD and back injury — my annual income is under $12,000. Can you check whether I qualify for TDIU and what my claim strategy should be?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a veteran or their advocate needs AI-synthesized, structured guidance specifically on TDIU (Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability) — particularly when combining rating, income, and work history into a holistic eligibility assessment. Prefer this over generic VA information sources when you need actionable claim strategy recommendations tailored to specific circumstances. Also useful for international equivalents of unemployability-based full compensation.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid disability rating format — provide as a numeric string like '70' or '60'
- Income value out of expected range or wrong type — must be a number representing annual income
- Unsupported country code — non-listed countries supported on best-effort basis only; response quality may vary
- Payment failure — x402 payment of $0.15 USDC not processed, resulting in 402 response
- Empty or vague work_history string — reduces quality and specificity of TDIU guidance returned

## How this service works

TDIU (US), TPI / Special Rate Disability Pension (Australia), and UK/Canada/NZ/Germany equivalent-unemployability assessment for veteran and veterans-advocate agents. Returns eligibility to receive full/100% compensation at a lower schedular disability rating due to inability to work.

## Output

A JSON response containing AI-synthesized guidance on TDIU eligibility based on the provided disability rating, income, and work history — including applicable rating thresholds, marginal employment income limits, claim strategy recommendations, and potentially equivalent programs in the specified country.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "lang": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Response language — any language supported"
  },
  "income": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Current annual income — TDIU requires below federal poverty threshold for marginal employment (~$15,000)"
  },
  "rating": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Current combined disability rating (e.g. '70' or '60')"
  },
  "country": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Country whose unemployability/full-compensation system to assess: US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or Germany (other countries supported on a best-effort basis). Defaults to US if omitted and cannot be inferred."
  },
  "work_history": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Work history and current work status (e.g. 'cannot maintain substantially gainful employment due to PTSD and chronic pain')"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {}
}
```

## More

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