The option to fax applications to the VA has given all of us who practice in this area an instant confirmation, but this is going away after January 1st.

I am hoping that the VA will add an upload option to the much anticipated Veteran benefit application. The VA has been given a deadline to have military and health records readily available through an app that can be downloaded for Apple or Android devices by January 2021 .  Of course, the original launch date was January 2020, but the VA extended the launch date due to staffing issues and the coronavirus crisis.

The fax number is good until January 1st:

844-531-7818

The mail-in address will not change:

Department of Veteran Affairs

Claims Intake Center

PO Box 4444

Janesville, WI 53547-4444