Veterans Affairs (VA) Award Letter

This letter is issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) when a decision has been made regarding a veteran's claim for benefits issued A VA award letter. Specifically, this letter indicates a veteran's disability rating(s) along with the corresponding amount of monthly compensation.

To use the Upload PDF endpoint for this document, you must use va_award_letter in the form_type parameter.

Field descriptions

The following fields are available on this form type:

JSON AttributeData TypeDescription
va_award_letter-Part1-General:documentDateDateDocument Date
va_award_letter-Part1-General:claimNumberTextClaim Number
va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryNameTextBeneficiary Name
va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:addressLine1TextBeneficiary Address
va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:addressLine2TextBeneficiary Address
va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:cityTextBeneficiary Address
va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:stateStateBeneficiary Address
va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:zipCodeZIP CodeBeneficiary Address
va_award_letter-Part1-General:branchOfServiceTextBranch Of Service
va_award_letter-Part1-General:characterOfServiceTextCharacter Of Service
va_award_letter-Part1-General:service-connectedDisabilityYES, NOService-connected Disability
va_award_letter-Part1-General:grossBenefitAmountMoneyGross Benefit Amount
va_award_letter-Part1-General:netAmountPaidMoneyNet Amount Paid
va_award_letter-Part1-General:effectiveDateDateEffective Date
va_award_letter-Part1-General:benefitExpirationDateDateBenefit Expiration Date
va_award_letter-Part1-General:evaluation%PercentageEvaluation %
va_award_letter-Part1-General:enteredActiveDutyDateEntered Active Duty
va_award_letter-Part1-General:released/dischargedDateReleased/Discharged

Sample document

Sample JSON result

{
    "pk": 47612218,
    "uuid": "2a9ba47d-f2e3-4790-9574-e25698b505f3",
    "name": "VA_AWARD_LETTER (API)",
    "created": "2024-03-15T14:55:15Z",
    "created_ts": "2024-03-15T14:55:15Z",
    "verified_pages_count": 1,
    "book_status": "ACTIVE",
    "id": 47612218,
    "forms": [
        {
            "pk": 53740230,
            "uuid": "4b5236da-fbad-4839-b070-39067ace8246",
            "uploaded_doc_pk": 68384153,
            "form_type": "VA_AWARD_LETTER",
            "raw_fields": {
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:claimNumber": {
                    "value": "XXX-XX-1234",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:evaluation%": {
                    "value": "60%",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:documentDate": {
                    "value": "07/21/2023",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:effectiveDate": {
                    "value": "12/01/2022",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:netAmountPaid": {
                    "value": "",
                    "is_empty": true,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryName": {
                    "value": "ROBERT FAKE",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:branchOfService": {
                    "value": "COAST GUARD",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:characterOfService": {
                    "value": "HONORABLE",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:grossBenefitAmount": {
                    "value": "1588.65",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:benefitExpirationDate": {
                    "value": "",
                    "is_empty": true,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:city": {
                    "value": "NEW CITY",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:state": {
                    "value": "NY",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:zipCode": {
                    "value": "12345",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:service-connectedDisability": {
                    "value": "YES",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:addressLine1": {
                    "value": "123 FAKE MEMORIAL STREET",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:addressLine2": {
                    "value": "",
                    "is_empty": true,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:enteredActiveDuty": {
                    "value": "03/30/2009",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "va_award_letter-Part1-General:released/discharged": {
                    "value": "03/28/2013",
                    "is_empty": false,
                    "alias_used": null,
                    "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
                    "confidence": 1
                },
                "form_config_pk": 390037,
                "tables": [],
                "attribute_data": null
            }
        }
    ],
    "book_is_complete": true
}