What is the VA Evidence Intake Center?
The VA has created two centralized evidence intake centers, also known as, EICs, to reduce incoming paper handling and shipping requirements. The VA has established EICs in both Janesville, Wisconsin, and Newnan, Georgia. The two EICs are essentially large warehouses that scan all of the mail received for veterans’ benefits claims and send the scanned material, digitally, to the appropriate VA Regional Office for inclusion in each particular veteran’s case file. EICs only accept information and documents pertinent to disability compensation claims, not education claims, home loan matters, pension claims, or vocational rehabilitation and employment matters.
Veterans can mail documents or fax documents to the EIC. If you are represented by an attorney or other representative, it is important to contact and confer with that person prior to submitting any documentation to the EIC to not only ensure completeness and accuracy of submitted materials, but to also make sure that the attorney or representative is kept apprised. The contact information for each EIC is listed below.
| IF YOU LIVE IN THIS LOCATION: | THEN MAIL YOUR DISABILITY COMPENSATION CLAIM AND/OR EVIDENCE TO: | OR FAX YOUR DISABILITY COMPENSATION CLAIM AND/OR EVIDENCE TO: |
| ALABAMA, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MISSISSIPPI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA, AND PUERTO RICO | DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CLAIMS INTAKE CENTER PO BOX 5235 NEWNAN, GA 30271-0020 |
TOLL FREE: 844-531-7818 DID: 248-524-4260 |
| ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, HAWAII, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, IOWA, KANSAS, LOUISIANA, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, SOUTH DAKOTA, TEXAS, UTAH, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN, WYOMING, AND THE PHILIPPINES | DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CLAIMS INTAKE CENTER PO BOX 5235 JANESVILLE, WI 53547-5235 |
TOLL FREE: 844-822-5246 (844VACLAIM) DID: 608-373-6690 |
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