What Happens After I File My VA Claim

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Do you know what happens after you file and submit for your VA Claim? Do you know the process and the time it takes to process your claim? Here are the 5 steps to the VA Claims process. As of now the average claim is taking about 118 days to process.

After You File Your VA Disability Claim?

1. Your Claim is then received We’ll let you know when we receive your VA disability claim.
   

   • If you file your claim online, you’ll get an on-screen message from us after you submit the form.

   • If you mail your application, we’ll send you a letter to let you know we have your claim. You should get this letter about 1 week, plus mailing time, after we receive your claim.

2. Initial review We’ll review your claim. Your claim will move to step 3 if we don’t need any more

evidence to support it.

3. Evidence gathering, review, and decision During this step, we’ll do 3 things:

• Ask for evidence from you, health care providers, government agencies, or others

• Review the evidence

• Make a decision

If we need more evidence during the review, your claim may return to this step more than once.

4. Preparation for notification We’ll get your entire claim decision packet ready to mail.

5. Claim complete We’ll send you a packet by U.S. mail that includes details of the decision on your claim.

Please allow 7 to 10 business days for your packet to arrive before contacting a VA call

center.

If you need assistance with your claim and are struggling to get the help that you need please reach out to us at 904 605 0431 or email us at info@veteransclaimservants.com