Department of Veterans Affairs (VA Lighthouse)

VA Lighthouse Disability Compensation Claims API

Allows authenticated and authorized users to automatically establish a Disability Compensation Claim (21-526EZ) in VBMS

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Business capability

Eligibility Determination BC-3230.20

Operations 3

POST /veterans/{veteranId}/526/synchronous Submits disability compensation claim synchronously (restricted access) #

POST /veterans/{veteranId}/526/validate Validates a 526 claim form submission #

POST /veterans/{veteranId}/526/generatePDF/minimum-validations Returns filled out 526EZ form as PDF with minimum validations (restricted… #

Documentation

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/authorization-code

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/client-credentials

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-reference-data/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appealable-issues/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/legacy-appeals/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/patient-health/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/patient-health/authorization-code

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/clinical-health/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/clinical-health/authorization-code

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/community-care-eligibility/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-service-history-and-eligibility/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-confirmation/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/address-validation/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/direct-deposit-management/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/direct-deposit-management/client-credentials

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-letter-generator/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-letter-generator/client-credentials

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/docs

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/client-credentials

Specifications

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/va-gov/refs/heads/main/openapi/va-gov-disability-compensation-claims-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/release-notes

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/release-notes

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/release-notes

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/release-notes

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/release-notes

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-reference-data/release-notes

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status/release-notes

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appealable-issues/release-notes

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/legacy-appeals/release-notes

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/community-care-eligibility/release-notes

https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-confirmation/release-notes

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Benefits Claims Disability Compensation Claims API
  version: v2
  description: '## Background


    The Benefits Claims API Version 2 lets internal consumers:


    - Retrieve existing claim information, including status, by claim ID.'
servers:
- url: https://sandbox-api.va.gov/services/claims/{version}/
  description: Sandbox
  variables:
    version:
      default: v2
- url: https://api.va.gov/services/claims/{version}/
  description: Production
  variables:
    version:
      default: v2
tags:


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