Elementor #10459 - Veterans Guardian VA Claim Consulting

Starting your VA claims journey can seem overwhelming, especially the first step.

Don’t worry! We’re here to help you every step of the way to increase your VA Rating. The first step is obtaining four essential documents.

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DD214

There are several different ways to request your DD214, the simplest being to sign into milConnect.

MilConnect

Go to Milconnect.dmdc.osd.mil to sign in or register. Then upgrade your DS Logon account to Premium.

From your signed-in homepage, click or tap on Correspondence/Documentation. Then select Defense Personnel Records Information (DPRIS) from the drop-down menu.
Choose the “Personnel File” tab
Select “Request My Personnel File”
Fill out the form. In the Document Index section, check the boxes next to the document(s) you’d like to request.
Click or tap on the “Create and Send Request” button

You can request your DD214 from your Official Military Personnel File to view and download when this is complete.

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How else can I obtain my DD214?

Mail or fax a Request Pertaining to Military Records (Standard Form SF 180) to the National Personnel Records Center.

Write a letter to the NPRC. Send it to 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63138.
Visit the NPRC in person.
Contact your state or county Veterans agency.
Hire an independent researcher

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Call The VA

First, make sure you have your Claim Specialist's fax number available. Then, call the VA at 1-800-827-1000. When the voice prompt asks for the reason for your call, request to speak with a representative.

Once a representative is on the line, ask for the following: “Please fax a copy of my VA Breakdown Letter with diagnostic codes verifying my service-connected disabilities to {Claim Specialist's Fax Number} and address it to my name.

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VA Disability Breakdown Letter

Requesting your VA Disability Breakdown Letter

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VA Rating Decision Letter

Obtaining a copy of your VA Rating Decision Letter can be achieved like a VA Disability Breakdown Letter.

Call The VA

Call the VA at 1-800-827-1000 When the voice prompt asks for the reason for your call, request to speak with a representative.

Once a representative is on the line, ask for the following:
- FAX Option: “Please Fax a copy of my VA Rating Decision Letter to {Fax Number} and address it to my name.”
- Email Option: “Please email me a copy of my VA Rating Decision Letter to {Good email address}.”
  - If you choose the email option, you will receive two emails.
  - The first email is the requested document. However, the document will be locked.
  - The second email contains the security passcode to download the document in the first email.
  - Download the document, and save it to your computer.

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Call The VA

Call the VA at 1-800-827-1000. When the voice prompt asks for the reason for your call, request to speak with a representative.

Once a representative is on the line, ask for the following:
- “Please Fax a copy of my VA Rating Decision Letter to {Fax Number} and address it to my name.”

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Benefit Summary Letter

There are two main ways of obtaining your Benefits Summary Letter, Call the VA or go online to eBenefits.

eBenefits Option:

Navigate to https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/homepage Click the blue “Log In” button in the top right corner of the page. Scroll down, and check the consent checkbox. This allows you to log in either with a DS or a CAC.

Once at your home dashboard, hover over the manage tab on the top navigation and click ‘Documents and Records.’
Click the ‘VA Letters’ Link, and then click the top “Benefits Summary - Veteran Benetifs’ link.
On the Benefit Summary Letter page,make sure ALL checkboxes are selected.
- Please make sure that the ‘combined service-connected evaluation’ is checked.
Once all the boxes are selected, please click the blue ‘Generate Benefit Summary Letter’ button at the bottom of the page.
This will open your completed Benefits Summary Letter in a PDF viewer on your computer.
Save the PDF to your computer.

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Starting your VA claims journey can seem overwhelming, especially the first step.

DD214

MilConnect

How else can I obtain my DD214?

Call The VA

VA Disability Breakdown Letter

VA Rating Decision Letter

Call The VA

Call The VA

Benefit Summary Letter

eBenefits Option:

Address List

Social Networks

Links List