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 Attribute | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
va_award_letter-Part1-General:documentDate | Date | Document Date |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:claimNumber | Text | Claim Number |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryName | Text | Beneficiary Name |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:addressLine1 | Text | Beneficiary Address |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:addressLine2 | Text | Beneficiary Address |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:city | Text | Beneficiary Address |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:state | State | Beneficiary Address |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:zipCode | ZIP Code | Beneficiary Address |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:branchOfService | Text | Branch Of Service |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:characterOfService | Text | Character Of Service |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:service-connectedDisability | YES, NO | Service-connected Disability |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:grossBenefitAmount | Money | Gross Benefit Amount |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:netAmountPaid | Money | Net Amount Paid |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:effectiveDate | Date | Effective Date |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:benefitExpirationDate | Date | Benefit Expiration Date |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:evaluation% | Percentage | Evaluation % |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:enteredActiveDuty | Date | Entered Active Duty |
va_award_letter-Part1-General:released/discharged | Date | Released/Discharged |
Sample document
drive.google.comSample 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
}
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