Production Readiness
Accessibility is a release requirement, not a finishing step.
Veteran Mission Control uses WCAG 2.2 Level AA as its accessibility target. Automated protections and regression checks are active now, with keyboard, screen-reader, zoom, and physical-device testing repeated as ongoing release and maintenance assurance.
To report an accessibility barrier, email support@veteranmissioncontrol.com. Describe the page and interaction; do not send medical records or claim information.
Phase 7 Slice H
Record the manual release evidence
The browser-local evidence workspace ties route, screen-reader, keyboard, touch, viewport, and zoom results to an identified release candidate. It cannot report the manual gate complete while any required check is missing, failed, or blocked.
Routes in audit matrix
65
Automated route signoffs
0
Manual route signoffs
0
Manual reviews required
65
Implemented
Current accessibility protections
Global keyboard skip link and stable page-content target
Compact persistent complete top navigation without a redundant brand badge
Active primary navigation exposed with aria-current
Reduced-motion and forced-colors styles
Minimum global control height and larger checkbox/radio targets
Narrow-screen reflow styles for cards, headings, branch ribbons, action groups, document workflows, representative profiles, representative comparisons, and horizontally scrollable navigation
High-contrast ownership and legal footer treatment
Deterministic WCAG contrast-ratio regression checks for the core palette
No externally hosted production image assets
Route and viewport audit registries with explicit manual-review status
Full Graphics and Easy Reading mode requirements attached to every live route
Application-wide source audit for actionless buttons, live Planned controls, missing link destinations, and mouse-only custom controls
Ordered manual execution plan for keyboard, assistive technology, touch, zoom, reflow, contrast, and motion
Browser-local, fail-closed manual evidence records tied to an identified release candidate
Required matrix
Responsive and zoom profiles
The 320 CSS-pixel profile and the 1280-pixel viewport at 400% zoom represent the WCAG reflow test condition. Each profile must be checked without losing information or functionality.
Small mobile
320 × 568 at 100%
WCAG 2.2 reflow-equivalent narrow viewport review
Compact phone
375 × 812 at 100%
Compact iPhone-class browser reflow and touch-target review
Modern mobile
390 × 844 at 100%
Touch, keyboard, and compact navigation review
Large phone
430 × 932 at 100%
Large-phone responsive transition and form-layout review
Tablet portrait
768 × 1024 at 100%
Intermediate breakpoint and form-layout review
Tablet landscape
1024 × 768 at 100%
Tablet landscape navigation and dense-workflow review
Laptop
1366 × 768 at 100%
Representative laptop workflow and header-layout baseline
Large desktop
1600 × 900 at 100%
Large-desktop layout stability and maximum-width review
Desktop
1280 × 800 at 100%
Primary desktop workflow and visual-regression baseline
Desktop at 200% zoom
1280 × 800 at 200%
Text enlargement, focus visibility, and modal review
Desktop at 400% zoom
1280 × 1024 at 400%
WCAG 2.2 reflow review at a 320 CSS-pixel equivalent width
Manual gate
Core-route verification status
A static build cannot certify NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack, keyboard-only operation, or physical-device behavior. These entries intentionally remain open until a human test is documented against the release candidate.
| Route | Risk | Required review | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Waypoint Public Education Pilot/waypoint-pilot | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
Case Conditions and Body Context/case-conditions | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
My Mission/my-mission | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Medical Diagnosis Codes (ICD-10-CM)/clinical-codes | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Full Case Examination/full-case | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Symptom and Functional-Impact History/symptoms | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Mission Control/ | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, motion, touch | Manual review required |
Quick Estimate/quick-calc | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Quick VA Disability Estimate/quick-estimate | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Back Pay Estimator/quick-calc/backpay | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
My Veteran Profile/profile | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Benefits/benefits | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, motion, touch | Manual review required |
Jurisdiction Benefits Explorer/benefits/[jurisdiction] | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
New to VA? Start Here/start-here | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
VMC Knowledge Search/search | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Claims Assistance/claims | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, motion, touch | Manual review required |
SMC Workspace/smc | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Guided Planning/wizard | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Historical Workspace/workspace | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Scenario Planning/planning | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Payment Verification/payments | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Document Repository/documents | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Local OCR Foundation/documents/ocr | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
C-File and Service Record Analysis/documents/records | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
VA Rating Snapshot Import/documents/ratings | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
VA Decision Letter Intelligence/documents/decisions | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Document Comparison and Evidence Matrix/documents/compare | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Document-Derived Scenarios/documents/scenarios | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Representative Profiles/representatives | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Representative Discovery & Comparison/representatives/directory | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Reports and PDF/reports | print specialized | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
Data and Backup/data | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Knowledge Center/learn | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, motion, touch | Manual review required |
Fictional condition chart/learn/condition-map | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
VMC Music/music | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, motion, touch | Manual review required |
Veteran Supporting Businesses/veteran-supporting-businesses | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
0% VA Rating Guide/learn/0-percent-rating | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
VA C&P Exam Guide/learn/cp-exam | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
VA Intent to File Guide/learn/intent-to-file | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
VA Claim Evidence Guide/learn/claim-evidence | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
100% Schedular vs TDIU Guide/learn/100-percent-vs-tdiu | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
VA DBQ Guide/learn/dbq | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
VA Decision Review Options Guide/learn/decision-review-options | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
VA Effective Dates and Back Pay Guide/learn/effective-dates-back-pay | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
VA Nexus Letter Guide/learn/nexus-letter | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
Online VA Disability Claim Guide/learn/file-disability-claim-online | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
VA Service Connection Types Guide/learn/service-connection-types | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
VA Diagnostic Codes/diagnostic-codes | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Diagnostic Code Knowledge Base/diagnostic-codes/[code] | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Diagnostic Code Knowledge Base Redirect/learn/diagnostic-codes | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast | Manual review required |
User Guide/user-guide | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
Contact Developer / Feedback/feedback | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Service Identity Administration/service-identity | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
System Readiness/readiness | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Security and Operational Readiness/readiness/security | data dense | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Release Candidate and Owner Acceptance/readiness/release | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
About VMC/about | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast | Manual review required |
Privacy/privacy | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast | Manual review required |
Terms of Use/terms | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast | Manual review required |
Contact/contact | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
VMC Support/support | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
Disclaimer/disclaimer | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast | Manual review required |
Accessibility/accessibility | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast | Manual review required |
Accessibility Execution/accessibility/execution | standard | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, focus, contrast, touch | Manual review required |
Accessibility Evidence/accessibility/readiness | form heavy | reflow, keyboard, screen-reader, forms, focus, contrast, touch, errors | Manual review required |
Visual provenance
Military imagery and mark policy
The shipped visual system contains original VMC mission artwork and the product-owner supplied canonical six-branch symbol sprite. Public visibility or downloadability does not itself establish unrestricted commercial permission for a Military Service mark.
- Locally shipped visual assets
- 2
- Public-domain photo sources reviewed
- 2
- Externally hosted photos rendered
- 0
VMC remains an independent King Holdings tool and does not claim Department of Defense, Military Service, or Department of Veterans Affairs affiliation or endorsement. The product owner must verify any permission or licensing required for public or commercial display of supplied service marks. Reviewed DVIDS photographs remain unshipped source candidates.
Performance
Visual and interaction budgets
Production UI must not hotlink remote photographs or decorative image assets.
Limit: 0 count · automated
Any future locally shipped raster image must be optimized to 180 KB or less unless an explicit exception is reviewed.
Limit: 180,000 bytes · review-gate
Total locally shipped homepage hero media should remain at or below 320 KB.
Limit: 320,000 bytes · review-gate
Local calculator and workspace interactions should respond within 100 ms on a representative modern desktop.
Limit: 100 milliseconds · review-gate
No autoplay video, animated background, or motion-only instruction may ship in the production shell.
Limit: 0 count · automated
Each normal release slice should request one integrated Vercel preview after implementation and tests are assembled.
Limit: 1 count · review-gate
Ongoing accessibility assurance
Automated regression coverage is active in production. Manual screen-reader, keyboard, zoom, touch, and physical-device evidence is repeated for major releases and maintained as an ongoing quality-control activity. An accessibility barrier found during testing or reported by a Veteran is treated as a product defect to investigate and remediate, not optional polish.