How Do I Register For Veterans Benefits

Overview

To participate in the VA Mobile Health Family unit Caregiver Airplane pilot, Veterans and Caregivers must accept an eBenefits premium account (DS Logon). eBenefits is a secure Web site used by Servicemembers, Veterans, and their families that allows access to many Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) online benefits and resource. Getting an eBenefits premium account (DS Logon) allows you lot to admission your personal information held by VA and DoD and ensures the privacy and security of Veteran and Caregiver participants' information.

Who needs an account for the VA Mobile Health Family unit Caregiver pilot?

Both Veterans and Caregivers volition demand an eBenefits premium account (DS Logon).

What do I demand to obtain an eBenefits premium account (DS Logon)?

Both the Veteran and the Caregiver must be enrolled in Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) to obtain an eBenefits premium business relationship (DS Logon). Enrollment in DEERS is automatic for all Servicemembers and Veterans (merely not necessarily Caregivers) who have served since 1982. Those who served prior to 1982 are being added from VA/DoD records. If you are not enrolled in DEERS the eBenefits system will notify you during the registration process.
Both the Veteran and the Caregiver must register for an eBenefts Basic Registration (Level 1) from the secure eBenefits Web site.
Both the Veteran and the Caregiver must upgrade to an eBenefits premium account (DS Logon) byperforming "Remote Proofing" – which verifies your identity.

What practice I need to practice?

For a Veteran and Caregiver to obtain an eBenefits premium account (DS Logon) several steps are needed depending on the level of access the Veteran and Caregiver have previously obtained. Please note:

Veterans and Caregivers can utilize their Common Admission Cards (CAC) to obtain an eBenefits premium business relationship (DS Logon) from the eBenefits Web site (www.ebenefits.va.gov) or;
Veterans and Family Caregivers can cosign with their Defense Finance and Accounting Service(DFAS) myPay account from the eBenefits web site or; (This method is not recommended)
Veterans and Family Caregivers tin can register for an eBenefits Bones Registration (Level 1) from the eBenefits Web site then upgrade to an eBenefits premium account (DS Logon) by performing "Remote Proofing." (This method is the preferred)

Stride one - Visit the eBenefits Web site at www.ebenefits.va.gov and Click Register to access the DS Logon Business relationship Registration Wizard, Side by side, Click Begin.

Click Register in the upper correct hand corner Click Begin

Pace 2 - If you accept a DoD Common Admission Card (CAC) and a smart carte du jour reader Click YES to receive your eBenefits premium account (DS Logon) instantly. If you do non have a (CAC) card Click NO and proceed to step three.

Click Yep if you take a (CAC) card Click Register

STEP 3 – Click NO. Even if you have a DFAS myPay account, this option is not ever reliable and will crusade unnecessary delay in the process. Click NO for "Do you currently have a Defense force Self-Service (DS) Logon?"

Click NO to having a DFAS myPay account Click NO to currently having a DS Logon

Stride 4 - Click Register to utilize for the eBenefits Bones Registration (Level i) business relationship.

Click Register Complete the registration form and then Click Next

If you fill out the registration class and receive an Fault, your personal data was not institute in DEERS. Y'all must follow the "How to Enroll in DEERS" instructions below.

If you receive this mistake please keep to "How to Enroll in DEERS"

STEP 5 - Once you lot have completed you eBenefits Basic Registration (Level 1) select the choice to upgrade your account to an eBenefits premium account (DS Logon). This footstep will crave you to verify your identity through "Remote Proofing."

Note: The "Remote Proofing" questions are used to verify your Identity. You will take two chances to respond the questions correctly. If yous are unable to complete the "Remote Proofing" process, call the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Back up Center at 1-800-827-m, Option 7, to hash out the best fashion to proceed.

How to Enroll in DEERS

If your record was not found while registering for eBenefits Basic Registration (Level ane) you will need to enroll in DEERS. Please follow the steps below:

STEP 1: Call the VBA National Call Eye at one-800-827-one thousand, Option 7.

Footstep two: Inform the operator that you are a Veteran or a Caregiver and demand to be enrolled (Added) in DEERS.

STEP 3: Provide the operator with an e-mail address and tell them you want to be notified past email in one case yous take been added in DEERS.

STEP 4: In one case you receive the DEERS enrollment confirmation email, Login to the eBenefits Web site at www.ebenefits.va.gov and follow the "How to Obtain an eBenefits Premium Account (DS Logon)" instructions above.