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ID.me helps millions of Veterans, beneficiaries and caregivers access VA’s online services, including VA.gov, the VA: Health and Benefits mobile app, AccessVA, and other VA online services.

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Along with accessing VA accounts, Veterans can use ID.me’s digital wallet to receive exclusive military discounts from hundreds of top brands, all in a way that puts Veterans in control of their data. Creating an ID.me account is safe, free and easy.

Learn more about creating an account online.

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Explore this opportunity as well as savings with other great brands such as Stanley, Under Armour, Adidas and more.

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ID.me is a digital wallet that helps people like you easily prove your identity so you can access online services and benefits online. This is to help make sure you’re you—and not someone pretending to be you.

ID.me provides the strongest identity verification system available to prevent fraud and identity theft, and it uses bank-grade encryption to keep your personal information safe. Users can control which services and businesses they share information with. ID.me does not sell your data.

Hundreds of well-known private-sector companies (such as Ford, Apple, Lowe’s and USAA) and government agencies, including VA and Social Security, have also chosen ID.me to help keep their customers’ personal information safe.

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21 Comments

  1. EJ Meisekothen September 7, 2024 at 00:43

    Please offer veterans Zepbound rx. Veterans can lose 30% of their body weight on this. This will greatly help veterans with heart conditions, diabetes, and high blood pressure.
    People taking Ozempic only lose around 10 pounds. The health benefits of Zepbound are much greater.

  2. Sandra A Tavares September 6, 2024 at 15:35

    I was told being a Gold star mom I should be able to do this, but I keep getting denied. I have found nowhere to call or email to ask questions.

  3. Geo P September 5, 2024 at 20:35

    No thanks to the data mining company!!! I guess you better hire more people. And kill more trees. If I can’t login anymore you can mail me or call me.

    Oh and I won’t be able to use my DS login either??? Seriously???????????

  4. Manuel Gallegos September 5, 2024 at 17:20

    I been trying to get ID.me with the VA since the begin of the year and then again with SSI they all keep telling me your phone doesn’t work. this is so frustrating. then i get email asking if that help and when i tell them no, they tell me I must be something else or it my website. i don’t understand why i can’t scan my driver license and send it in.

  5. Phillip Larry Childress September 5, 2024 at 15:02

    I’m trying to create a ID me account. I get a message that my email has already been used?

    • Apache 1/9 Cav September 7, 2024 at 19:30

      Login.gov is the only VA login service any Veteran should be using to access any government (.gov) website.
      Go to Login.gov and register.

  6. James September 5, 2024 at 14:32

    Why are there multiple 2-factor authentication services for government access?
    Even more puzzling, one a for-profit, private company with controversy and problems (ID.me) and the other a government service paid for with tax dollars (Login.gov)
    Pretty sure I know which one I’m going to use to access government sites.

  7. Samuel A. Harvey September 5, 2024 at 11:41

    I’m trying to create a ID me account. I get a message that my email has already been used?

  8. Steve W September 5, 2024 at 08:15

    While I appreciate a good discount, VA is trying to get people to move to login.gov, so this article should be removed.

  9. Gordy September 5, 2024 at 07:17

    Love that VA has this avenue of sharing VA information for us.
    Thank you

  10. Russell G Argent September 4, 2024 at 22:53

    IS THIS BEST WAY TO CONINTUE MY MEMBERSHIP

  11. Luis Quinonez September 4, 2024 at 22:35

    With the big data loss of hundreds of millions of Americans and other countries using another service merely exposes our privacy to abuse and loss of privacy. Why is a federal agency receiving billions using a third party to verify access to the benefits and information they provide is? When companies trade with our most private information and profit without our consent and we don’t know who the real investors and owners are, how else is the information used and of course we’ve learned our own government violates the constitutional rights by buying information from those same companies instead of obtaining court orders. We are told to give a third party our social security, date of birth, address and even copies of drivers license to access our own records which they’ll also have access to including medical treatment, medications and healthcare problems protected by HiPPA. Shameful our own government takes such a causal approach to protecting our privacy and rights . Europe has protected their citizens and the companies who compromised the information elected to operate from the USA We are pushing Congress to pass similar laws protecting f everyone and imposing severe penalties for those profiting from our personal information and privacy

  12. Robert Martin September 4, 2024 at 22:28

    You tell us it’s here, but you don’t tell us how to sign in or click on a link. What if you already have a ID.Me Account?

  13. Andrew Degiovanni September 4, 2024 at 21:12

    ID me is a joke. It’s almost impossible to use.

  14. Tom Herrick September 4, 2024 at 21:02

    I’ve browsed through the brands you listed as offering discounts to veterans, but they only seem to offer discounts to active military. Perhaps I’m missing something, but could use some direction. Also, is there a list available of the brands that have signed up to provide discounts to veterans? I’d like to see if any of them offer products I may be interested in. Stanley, a well-known tool company, only seems to be offering Barbie-related products…

    All the best,

    Tom

  15. Charles Eugene Threadgill September 4, 2024 at 19:50

    ID.me has a new verification requirement that requires a smart phone or a computer with a camera and microphone for verification. I have neither and thus ID.me is useless.

  16. james jamiel September 4, 2024 at 18:41

    I have been trying to sign up for ID.me and not making any progress. The customer service allows a person seeking help to select from 5 problems, all of which seem very easy to solve and have NOTHING to do with my request. Then you get an automated reply that has NOTHING to do with anything noted as the problem in the detailed description I provided. It is a real train wreck IMO. I suspect because I have my credit frozen because of the massive SSN / ID hacks of recent days and in the past. If the rejections would say, unable to confirm credit at this credit XXX bureau that would be great- but it does NOT. Or if I would say that I wasn’t tall enough then I would know the problem – but it says nothing to provide a reason with AI and customer service not helping so far.

  17. Mark A. Lovely September 4, 2024 at 18:24

    I created an account and login but you can’t do anything with it. I can’t get the messages from my doctor and can’t send anything to them. It’s really very frustrating to try and use it! Once you sign in you shouldn’t have to sign in again!
    Mark

  18. David Robertson September 4, 2024 at 18:20

    Yes I left a comment. Thank you for all your hard work

  19. David Robertson September 4, 2024 at 18:19

    Thank you. Yes I like the information you send. Keep in touch

  20. Nealy & Diana September 4, 2024 at 16:52

    ID.ME is a great tool for getting Verified for VA.GOV, SSI & a lot of other sites…one thing to remember, be really careful & make sure that your comfortable with any of the Verification sites….lots of Breeches & Scams going on right now, with it being a Election year #VETSAFE..

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