Claims

Veterans can now access key VA letters and notices online, including documents outlining the evidence needed to support disability claims, through VA.gov.

VA recently enhanced the Claim Status Tool to improve your digital, self-service experience. The tool now shows a breakdown of the eight-step disability claims process, making it easier to understand where your claim currently is

VA’s Claim Status Tool allows Veterans to quickly view the status of their VA claim, decision review, or appeal online through VA.gov. It's now better than ever.

The National Association of County Veteran Service Officers (NACVSO) partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Colorado Division of Veterans Affairs to host their first-ever NACVSO VA Claims Clinic during the organization’s annual conference in Denver, Colorado. The claims clinic boasted 500 CVSOs, representatives from VA benefits and healthcare, memorial specialists, loan experts, and state Veteran-serving partners – all working together to assist the over 800 participants who attended the event. This claims clinic was especially helpful as they hosted onsite examinations for VA compensation & pension claims, completing over 430 exams during the clinic.

If you weren’t ready to file a claim for VA benefits related to the PACT Act last fall, but did submit an intent to file (ITF) on or before Aug. 14, 2023, you still have time to file your claim. To protect the earliest potential effective date, you must file your claim within one year of the date that you filed your ITF. 

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The PACT Act required increasing VBA’s workforce to the largest number in its history, and a significant shift in the way VBA approached, delivered and enhanced the customer experience.

VA has launched a new online tool to help Veterans file supplemental claims. The new tool, which is available on the VA.gov website, makes it easier for Veterans to file claims and receive the benefits they deserve.

You can easily check the status of your PACT Act claim once it has been submitted.

VA’s Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) is hosting on-site and virtual hiring fairs in February and March that are designed to connect job seekers with positions related to the PACT Act, the new law that may make Veterans exposed to toxins while serving eligible for benefits and care. The fairs are part of VA’s PACT Act initiative to hire processors to handle the many claims that have been submitted since the PACT Act became law in August 2022.

Veterans filing disability claims may feel a sense of relief when they submit their claim but still have lingering questions about what comes next in the claims process.

Veterans with cancer conditions related to toxic exposure, including reproductive cancer of any type, including breast cancer, can now more easily access VA benefits.