Copyedit for 2023 audit: Standard disability claims

[RLHecht]

Issue Description

For the rolling audit of all the pages in the disability hub, OCTO content lead assessed these content issues on the Standard disability claims page and made changes that need copyediting before we republish the page:

• The intro paragraph has no more than 2 to 4 sentences, is within 200 to 400 characters with spaces, and follows our pattern and style for intros (short sentences, paragraph ends with a CTA, etc.). Note: I rewrote this.
• Relevant terms from page are in content brief and any relevant backlog work is noted.
• Assess the content in the blue box. Note: I moved all content out of the blue box. There's no need for a blue box on this page at all since we don't talk about eligibility.
• Fix any lead-ins to bulleted list so they are complete sentences.
• Rework "What evidence will VA gather..." section.

Copyeditor will check these in addition to copyediting the above-mentioned edits:

• Header levels are hierarchical
• The page has no broken links
• Text links have purpose and target
• The content is free of ability-focused language (view, walk, see, hear) Note: We allow "show" and "appear" when talking about evidence related to disability compensation.
• Flesch-Kincaid before and after grade level

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Tasks

• [x] Copyedit the OCTO changes made (review revisions only, not the full page) to https://www.va.gov/disability/how-to-file-claim/evidence-needed/standard-claims/
• [x] Check each item in the 5 bullets above.
• [x] Request review from Paul Shute, SME
• [x] Incorporate his changes in Drupal
• [x] Add Flesch-Kincaid before and after grade level to Github
• [x] Add notes from him to the record of audit for this page
• [x] Publish page

Acceptance Criteria

• [ ] Updates are live on the site

[megzehn]

Update: We sent this to the new SME and he submitted feedback 12/7. Next steps are to work with Beth to incorporate.

[megzehn]

Update: We incorporated the SME feedback and got permission to go live.

@chelsealevinson could you do one final look at the changes and publish when you get a chance?

[chelsealevinson]

Confirming I copy edited the changes and published this page. Thank you!