Is Anyone Else Using The Va Ebenefits Site Yet?

[Bill (USAF Retired)]

I happened across this during my online wanderings, and it's awesome.

http://www.ebenefits.va.gov allows me to check my VA claim status, check my VA pay status for disability compensation, GI Bill and voc rehab, pull a home loan eligibility certificate, pull a copy of my Air Force service record (I'm retired), and other stuff. I've been kicking the tires on this for an hour or so.

Bill

[Pete53]

DEERS has my date wrong also off by 12 days. How do you get it fixed?

[LarryJ]

Okay, I was able to get a DEERS DS Login account. I had to enter maiden name (name I had in the Army). I am NOT retired; I got out back in 1984 and was really surprised to learn that I'm still in the DEERS system.

I talked to a nice woman at this phone number: 1-800-983-0937 and she helped me through the process.

She also told me that soon we would be able to be ID verified through our MyHealthEvet accounts. So if you've gone and gotten ID verified for a MyHealthEvet account, you won't have to go to the VARO to be ID verified. She said that there would soon be a link on the MyHealthEvet website to take us to the eBenefits site. It was supposed to be there by the end of April, but it's taking longer than they expected.

I also talked to someone at DEERS to get my mailing address updated. That phone number is 1-800-538-9552. The man I spoke to there was very helpful as well, and knew all about eBenefits.com coming online, and that we were soon going to be able to access it via MyHealthEvet.

Hope this helps!

HEY, that's it! I now know what my problem is.

I don't have a maiden name! :)

[LarryJ]

Oh, I get it now...you are part of The Few, The Loud, and The Depraved...right?

:)

All in fun...all the time. Have a great day.

.......and the stoooopid. Don't fergit, I VOLUNTEERED!

don't know what I wuz smokin' when I signed my name.................but, I've not found anyting to compare with it, since!

[68mustang]

Okay, I was able to get a DEERS DS Login account. I had to enter maiden name (name I had in the Army). I am NOT retired; I got out back in 1984 and was really surprised to learn that I'm still in the DEERS system.

I talked to a nice woman at this phone number: 1-800-983-0937 and she helped me through the process.

She also told me that soon we would be able to be ID verified through our MyHealthEvet accounts. So if you've gone and gotten ID verified for a MyHealthEvet account, you won't have to go to the VARO to be ID verified. She said that there would soon be a link on the MyHealthEvet website to take us to the eBenefits site. It was supposed to be there by the end of April, but it's taking longer than they expected.

I also talked to someone at DEERS to get my mailing address updated. That phone number is 1-800-538-9552. The man I spoke to there was very helpful as well, and knew all about eBenefits.com coming online, and that we were soon going to be able to access it via MyHealthEvet.

Hope this helps!

hedgey

Thank you for obtaining this helpful information. Talk about a wild goose chase. I wasted my time at Audie Murphy VA Hospital the other day. I asked in one office about ebenefits which sent me to the ROI office which then me sent to the library which then sent me to the DAV office there at the hospital. I did not go to DAV office and went home.

I do have level two on MYHealthevet and will wait till I am able to access ebenefits through that. Thanks again for letting us know.

68mustang

[Vync]

You can update DEERS by mailing/faxing your info to the folks at the 1-800 number on the site, which may take several days to complete. Or, you can go to a site which makes ID cards: http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/rsl/owa/home

Level 2 on myhealthevet is not the same thing as level 2 on the ebenefits site. Currently, they are supposedly indpendent, but eventually may be integrated with each other.

[Pete53]

VYNC

thanks