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font-heading-xl">How to Apply</h2> <ul class="usa-card-group"> <li class="tablet:grid-col-6 usa-card"> <div class="usa-card__container bg-transparent radius-0 border-1px border-white"> <header class="usa-card__header"> <h3 class="usa-card__heading text-thin">Apply <span class="text-heavy font-heading-xl">Online</span></h3> </header> <div class="usa-card__body"> <p>The fastest and easiest way to get access to your benefits is to apply using your computer or mobile device.</p> </div> <div class="usa-card__footer text-center"> <a href="https://www.va.gov/disability/how-to-file-claim/" class="usa-button usa-button--secondary radius-md" aria-label="Apply for health care benefits"><i class="fad fa-edit fa-fw icon-left"></i>Apply today!</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tablet:grid-col-6 usa-card"> <div class="usa-card__container bg-transparent radius-0 border-1px border-white"> <header class="usa-card__header"> <h3 class="usa-card__heading text-thin">Contact an <span class="text-heavy 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also file a claim for disability benefits up to 180 days before leaving the military. Visit the <a href="https://www.va.gov/disability/how-to-file-claim/when-to-file/pre-discharge-claim/">Pre-Discharge Claim</a> webpage for more information. </p> <h2 id="req">VA Requirements</h2> <p class="measure-6 text-bold">To support a claim for service connection, the evidence must show the following:</p> <ul class="usa-list list--checklist"> <li>You have a current physical or mental disability.</li> <li>You had an injury or disease in service or experienced an event in service that caused or aggravated an injury or disease.</li> <li>There is a link between your current disability and the event, injury or disease in military service.</li> </ul> <p class="measure-6 text-bold">If you have any of the following relevant items, you should submit them with your claim:</p> <ul class="usa-list list--checklist"> <li>Discharge or separation papers (the <a href="https://www.va.gov/records/get-military-service-records/">DD-214</a> or equivalent).</li> <li>Service treatment records and supporting statements.</li> <li>Private medical provider records and hospital reports.</li> </ul> <div class="margin-y-6"><a href="https://www.va.gov/disability/" class="border-2px radius-md padding-2 border-gray-cool-40 text-no-underline hover:bg-gray-warm-10 text-black"><i class="fal fa-compass icon-left"></i>Explore VA Disability Benefits Today</a></div> <h2 id="process">VA Application Process</h2> <p class="measure-6">The simplest way to obtain a VA decision on a compensation claim is to submit all supporting documents and evidence together in a <a href="http://www.va.gov/disability/how-to-file-claim/evidence-needed/fully-developed-claims/">Fully Developed Claim (FDC)</a> online at VA.gov or by mail. 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