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 %

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": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:evaluation%": {
          "value": "60%",
          "is_empty": false,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:documentDate": {
          "value": "07/21/2023",
          "is_empty": false,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:effectiveDate": {
          "value": "12/01/2022",
          "is_empty": false,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:netAmountPaid": {
          "value": "",
          "is_empty": true,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryName": {
          "value": "ROBERT FAKE",
          "is_empty": false,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:branchOfService": {
          "value": "COAST GUARD",
          "is_empty": false,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:characterOfService": {
          "value": "HONORABLE",
          "is_empty": false,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:grossBenefitAmount": {
          "value": "1588.65",
          "is_empty": false,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:benefitExpirationDate": {
          "value": "",
          "is_empty": true,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:city": {
          "value": "NEW CITY",
          "is_empty": false,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:state": {
          "value": "NY",
          "is_empty": false,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:zipCode": {
          "value": "12345",
          "is_empty": false,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:service-connectedDisability": {
          "value": "YES",
          "is_empty": false,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        },
        "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": 1.0
        },
        "va_award_letter-Part1-General:beneficiaryAddress:addressLine2": {
          "value": "",
          "is_empty": true,
          "alias_used": null,
          "source_filename": "VA_AWARD_LETTER.pdf",
          "confidence": 1.0
        }
      },
      "form_config_pk": 390037,
      "tables": [],
      "attribute_data": null
    }
  ],
  "book_is_complete": true
}