Veterans Affairs: Fax Number for Disability Claims

The VA confirms fax as an official option for filing a disability compensation claim, Form 21-526EZ, with domestic and international numbers.

Sarah Mitchell

Published on

September 18, 2026

Last updated on

September 22, 2026

The VA's confirmed fax, 844-531-7818 (domestic) or 248-524-4260 (international), is listed as "Option 4: By fax" on its own official disability claims page.
It's for filing Form 21-526EZ, the initial Application for Disability Compensation.
The VA promotes online filing first, but fax remains a real, current, documented option, addressed to the VA Claims Intake Center in Janesville, WI.

Who This Page Is For

Veterans filing an initial disability compensation claim by fax rather than online. Appeals and supplemental claims may follow a different process, see below.

What is the VA's fax number for disability claims?

Veterans Affairs confirms a fax directly on its own current disability-claims page, listed as one of five official filing options.

Where to fax

Application for Disability Compensation (Form 21-526EZ), domestic (veteran): fax 844-531-7818. Source: VA's own official disability claims page, "Option 4: By fax."
Application for Disability Compensation (Form 21-526EZ), from outside the U.S. (veteran): fax 248-524-4260. Source: VA's own official disability claims page.

Fax numbers verified 2026-09-17.

Which route should I use?

Filing your initial disability compensation claim from within the U.S.: fax 844-531-7818.
Filing from outside the U.S.: use the international number, 248-524-4260, instead.
Appealing an existing decision or filing a supplemental claim: check that specific process's own instructions, it may use a different form or channel than the initial claim.

Several other government and public benefits pages in our directory follow a similar pattern. Our directory also covers how to fax MassHealth and CHAMPVA's application fax, each with its own scope and confirmed sources.

Filing a VA disability claim? Fax.Plus's Auto Retry (up to 3 tries) helps if the intake center's line is busy.

FAQs

Can I fax a VA disability claim appeal to the same number as a new claim?

The confirmed fax on va.gov is for filing Form 21-526EZ, the initial disability compensation claim. Appeals and supplemental claims may use different forms and channels, check the specific appeal type's own instructions before faxing.

Why does the VA list an international fax number separately?

The domestic number (844-531-7818) may not be reachable from outside the U.S. using standard dialing, so the VA publishes a separate direct-dial international fax (248-524-4260) for veterans filing from abroad.

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