Whether you live in Ohio or overseas, you can fax a VA disability claim and the evidence that supports it to the fax numbers VA publishes. This guide lists only the numbers we found on official VA pages and forms, explains what to put on top of your packet, and shows how to send it from any browser without a fax machine.
📠 Fax the VA for $2.99VA's compensation page lists (844) 531-7818 for faxing a disability claim and its evidence from inside the United States, and (248) 524-4260 for faxing it from outside the United States. VA's Supplemental Claim form also lists (844) 655-1604 for pension and survivors claims and (888) 581-5826 for fiduciary matters. Many VA forms, such as Intent to File and Higher-Level Review, give no fax number at all, so those go online or by mail. OverseasFax sends to any VA fax number for $2.99 for up to 3 pages, from the US or from more than 100 other countries.
Most people who fax the VA live in the United States and want to send a claim or a stack of evidence without waiting for the mail, without a trip to an office, and without scanning everything into an upload tool one file at a time. Veterans who live abroad have the same need with an extra problem, since international mail to a VA post office box can be slow. VA itself says on its Supplemental Claim form that it recommends sending correspondence electronically because that is the fastest way for VA to receive it, so if the VA.gov online tool covers what you are sending, it is a good choice. When you have paper in hand, a signed form, or records from a doctor, a fax to the right VA number is a simple and quick alternative.
These are the only VA fax numbers we found printed on official VA pages and forms when we checked in November 2026. Use the number that matches your benefit, and if your own VA letter or form gives a different number or address, follow your letter.
| What you are sending | Fax number | Where VA lists it |
|---|---|---|
| Disability compensation claim (VA Form 21-526EZ) and evidence, from inside the US | (844) 531-7818 | VA compensation "How to apply" page |
| Disability compensation claim and evidence, from outside the US | (248) 524-4260 | VA compensation "How to apply" page |
| Supplemental Claim (VA Form 20-0995), compensation | (844) 531-7818 | VA Form 20-0995 |
| Supplemental Claim, pension and survivors (including DIC) | (844) 655-1604 | VA Form 20-0995 |
| Supplemental Claim, fiduciary | (888) 581-5826 | VA Form 20-0995 |
| Request for your own VA records (VA Form 20-10206) | (844) 531-7818 | VA Form 20-10206 |
The (248) 524-4260 number is a regular US number and not toll-free, which matters only if you dial it from a phone. Our service dials it the same way as any other US number, at the same price.
No fax number on these: We found no official VA fax number for Intent to File (VA Form 21-0966), Higher-Level Review (VA Form 20-0996), GI Bill and other education applications, the VA health care application (VA Form 10-10EZ), or new pension and DIC applications on the VA.gov pages. Those pages list online filing, mail, phone or in-person options instead, so use the route the page or form gives you rather than guessing at a fax number.
The Foreign Medical Program is VA's health care benefit for veterans who live or travel outside the United States and need care for service-connected conditions. FMP claims use VA Form 10-7959f-2, which serves as the claim cover sheet, and registration uses VA Form 10-7959f-1. Earlier versions of this page listed fax numbers for FMP registration and for care received in Canada, but we could not find those numbers on any official VA or Veterans Affairs Canada page when we checked in November 2026, so we removed them. To get the correct FMP fax number, mailing address or online option, look at the instructions on the current version of the form you are sending and on the Foreign Medical Program page on VA.gov, and for care in Canada also check the Veterans Affairs Canada website.
VA does not ask for a special cover sheet form when you fax claim evidence, so a plain first page that clearly says who you are and what the fax is for will do the job. Put your full name, your VA file number or your Social Security number, the claim or form that the documents support (for example "Evidence for my disability claim, VA Form 21-526EZ" or "Supplemental Claim, VA Form 20-0995"), a phone number, and the total page count. VA's Supplemental Claim form also asks you to list your name and file number on each page of the records you attach, and the Higher-Level Review form asks the same for extra pages, so it is a good habit to write them at the top of every page. If you would like a neat first page without any effort, our free cover page builder on the homepage makes one for you and adds it as page 1 of your fax.
Checking that it arrived: VA's claim status tool on VA.gov says that documents you sent by mail or fax will not be listed in the online document list, so do not worry if a faxed page does not show up there. Keep the confirmation email we send you, which shows the destination number, the page count and the time in US Eastern Time, as your record of exactly when it was sent. To ask whether VA has received something, call the VA benefits hotline at 800-827-1000 (TTY 711).
Scan or photograph your pages into a clear PDF, upload it at overseasfax.com, choose the United States, and type the 10-digit VA number with no leading 1. A fax to any US number costs $2.99 for up to 3 pages and $0.99 for each extra page, so an 8-page packet costs $7.94. There is no account to create, nothing is printed on your document, delivery usually takes a few minutes, and if a fax fails you get an automatic refund. You can send it from a phone with no fax machine or account, from home in the US or from abroad, including the Philippines, Mexico and Germany. If VA or anyone else needs to fax something back to you, our sister service GetAFax.com gives you a private US fax number for 24 hours for $5. For Social Security paperwork, see our Social Security fax guide.
Upload your PDF, enter the VA fax number, and pay $2.99 for up to 3 pages. You get an email confirmation with the time it was sent, and an automatic refund if delivery fails.
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