VA: Health and Benefits

US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

About this app

With the official VA: Health & Benefits app, you can manage your VA health care, benefits, and payments from your mobile phone or tablet.

Features include:

Biometric sign-in
- Use your phone’s built-in security features—like fingerprint and face recognition—to securely access your information.

Health care tools
- Refill and track your VA prescriptions.
- Send and receive secure messages from your VA health care team.
- Review appointments and add them to your calendar.
- Get your records for VA vaccines, such as COVID-19.

Benefits tools
- Check your disability rating.
- Review your claim or appeal status.
- Submit evidence for your claim or appeal.
- Download common VA letters.

Payments tools
- Review payments we’ve sent you.
- Update your direct deposit information.

Facility locator
- Find VA facilities and services near you.

Veterans Crisis Line
- Get quick access to the VA Crisis Line.

Proof of Veteran status
- Show proof of your Veteran status.

Need help with this app? Call us at 800-698-2411 (TTY: 711). We’re here 24/7.

Ratings and reviews

I've edited this review from 1 star to 4 and down to 3. Prescriptions are working again but tracking isn't. The shipping status and dates are not updated and tracking doesn't work, it just goes to a page saying it only tracks for 15 days. Meds are shipped but status is pending. Then they'll arrive but stays in shipped for too long. As long as status is shipped, I can't reorder which is critical for some meds that I only get a 30 day supply of and will need for the rest of my life.

App only works about 50% of the time (if that) and is generally pretty slow to update even when it is working. Have gotten mail notifications (dated two weeks prior) before the app updated on multiple occasions. Have to get on the website to file claims anyway, app only lets you check on the status of (some) claims that are already filed. Somewhat helpful for that if you're away from your computer but otherwise pretty useless.

Love the ease of the app, easy to navigate. I would love to see when you click on upcoming appointments that it tells you what the appointment is for, not just the location. eg. annual, eye, dentist, heart, pain clinic, physical therapy and the like. Also to be able to remove or delete old prescriptions.

What’s new

We added general improvements and fixed a few bugs.