aid: va-gov url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/va-gov/refs/heads/main/apis.yml apis: - aid: va-gov:va-facilities-api name: VA Facilities API tags: - Government - Healthcare - Facilities - Veterans Affairs - Geospatial humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/va_facilities/v1 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/facilities/v1/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-facilities-v1-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-facilities-v0-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: Look up information on more than 2,000 VA facilities — VA health facilities, benefits offices, cemeteries, Vet Centers — including addresses, geographic coordinates, hours, services offered, mobile/non-mobile status, satisfaction scores, and wait times. Open data API; no authentication required for v1. - aid: va-gov:va-forms-api name: VA Forms API tags: - Government - Forms - Veterans Affairs - Documents humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/va_forms/v0 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/forms/v0/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-forms-v0-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-forms/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: Search and retrieve the latest VA form information, including PDF URLs, revision dates, related forms, and benefit categories for every VA form. Backed by VA Forms data so consumers can keep their integrations aligned with the current canonical PDFs. - aid: va-gov:benefits-claims-api name: Benefits Claims API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Benefits - Claims humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/claims/v2 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/benefits-claims/v2/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-benefits-claims-v2-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-benefits-claims-v1-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/authorization-code type: Authentication - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: Lets Veterans, accredited representatives, and approved third-party consumers find existing benefits claims, submit Intent to File and 526EZ forms, upload supporting documentation, and check claim status for compensation, pension, education, and other VA benefits programs. Supports both authorization code and client credentials OAuth flows. - aid: va-gov:benefits-intake-api name: Benefits Intake API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Benefits - Documents - Uploads humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/vba_documents/v1 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/benefits-intake/v1/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-benefits-intake-v1-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: Provides a third-party submission path for veteran-facing PDF benefits forms with supporting documentation directly into VA's Centralized Mail Portal (CMP). Supports the same 4142, 686C, 526EZ, and dozens of other VA benefit forms — replacing the former eBenefits paper-equivalent upload flow. - aid: va-gov:benefits-documents-api name: Benefits Documents API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Benefits - Documents humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/benefits-documents/v1 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/benefits-documents/v1/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-benefits-documents-v1-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/client-credentials type: Authentication - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-documents/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: Upload supporting documents (PDF, JPG, PNG, TXT, BMP, TIFF) for a given Veteran's benefits claim directly into VBMS for adjudicators. Client credentials OAuth flow only. - aid: va-gov:benefits-reference-data-api name: Benefits Reference Data API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Benefits - Reference Data humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-reference-data/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/benefits-reference-data/v1 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-reference-data/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/benefits-reference-data/v1/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-benefits-reference-data-v1-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-reference-data/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: Authoritative reference values consumed across the VBA stack — contention classifications, disabilities, intake sites, special issues, treatment centers, and country/state codes. Used by claim-establishment and form-submission integrations to validate enumerated values. - aid: va-gov:appeals-status-api name: Appeals Status API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Appeals - Status humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/appeals/v1 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/appeals-status/v1/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-appeals-status-v1-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-appeals-status-v0-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: Returns the status of any benefits appeal — Higher-Level Reviews, Supplemental Claims, and Board Appeals under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) — including the docket position, alerts, and event history for a Veteran. - aid: va-gov:appealable-issues-api name: Appealable Issues API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Appeals - Decision Reviews humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appealable-issues/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/appeals/appealable-issues/v0 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appealable-issues/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/appealable-issues/v0/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-appealable-issues-v0-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appealable-issues/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: Lists the issues a Veteran could appeal for a given benefit type (compensation, pension, etc.). Drives the issue-picker on VA.gov decision review forms — Notice of Disagreement (NOD), Higher-Level Review (HLR), and Supplemental Claim (SC). - aid: va-gov:legacy-appeals-api name: Legacy Appeals API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Appeals - Legacy humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/legacy-appeals/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/appeals/legacy-appeals/v0 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/legacy-appeals/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/legacy-appeals/v0/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-legacy-appeals-v0-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/legacy-appeals/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: Returns pre-AMA legacy appeals (filed before Feb 19, 2019) on a Veteran's record. Used in tandem with Appealable Issues to determine whether the Veteran must opt-in to AMA before requesting a decision review. - aid: va-gov:decision-reviews-api name: Decision Reviews API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Appeals - Decision Reviews humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/decision-reviews/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/appeals/v2 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/decision-reviews/docs type: Documentation - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/decision-reviews/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: Composite of the three AMA decision-review filing endpoints — Higher-Level Review (HLR), Supplemental Claim (SC), and Notice of Disagreement (Board Appeal / NOD) — for submitting and tracking decision reviews under the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act. - aid: va-gov:patient-health-api name: Patient Health API (FHIR) tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Healthcare - FHIR - SMART on FHIR - HL7 humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/patient-health/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/fhir/v0/r4 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/patient-health/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/services/fhir/v0/r4/metadata type: OpenAPI name: FHIR R4 CapabilityStatement - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/patient-health/authorization-code type: Authentication description: Patient-context Veteran health record access conformant to HL7 FHIR R4 and SMART-on-FHIR — AllergyIntolerance, Appointment, Condition, DiagnosticReport, Encounter, Immunization, Medication, MedicationRequest, Observation, Patient, Procedure, and more, plus US Core profiles. Authorization code (Veteran consent) and client credentials flows. - aid: va-gov:clinical-health-api name: Clinical Health API (FHIR) tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Healthcare - FHIR - Clinical - HL7 humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/clinical-health/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/fhir/v0/r4 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/clinical-health/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/services/fhir/v0/r4/metadata type: OpenAPI name: FHIR R4 CapabilityStatement - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/clinical-health/authorization-code type: Authentication description: Provider-facing FHIR R4 read access to Veteran clinical records (Patient, Practitioner, Organization, Location, and related resources). Same SMART-on-FHIR authorization model as Patient Health but scoped for clinical decision support and care-coordination apps. - aid: va-gov:community-care-eligibility-api name: Community Care Eligibility API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Healthcare - Eligibility - Community Care humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/community-care-eligibility/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/community-care/v0 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/community-care-eligibility/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/community-care-eligibility/v0/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-community-care-eligibility-v0-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/community-care-eligibility/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: Determines whether a Veteran is eligible to receive care from a community (non-VA) provider under the VA MISSION Act of 2018. Returns eligibility decisions for the six community care criteria — distance, wait time, grandfathered status, hardship, no-full-service VA, and best medical interest. - aid: va-gov:veteran-verification-api name: Veteran Verification API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Identity - Verification humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-service-history-and-eligibility/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/veteran_verification/v2 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-service-history-and-eligibility/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/veteran-verification/v2/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-veteran-verification-v2-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-veteran-verification-v1-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-veteran-verification-v0-openapi.json type: OpenAPI description: Confirms a Veteran's service history, disability rating, and military service eligibility for benefits. Provides the data behind employer/lender/retailer Veteran-discount verification flows and downstream eligibility integrations. - aid: va-gov:veteran-confirmation-api name: Veteran Confirmation API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Identity - Verification humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-confirmation/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/veteran_confirmation/v1 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-confirmation/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/veteran-confirmation/v1/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-veteran-confirmation-v1-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-veteran-confirmation-v0-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/veteran-confirmation/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: Confirms Veteran status without revealing PII. Send a Veteran's name, date of birth, SSN, and gender; receive a simple confirmed/not_confirmed response. Powers Veteran-discount and Veteran-status checks for retail and SaaS integrators. - aid: va-gov:address-validation-api name: Address Validation API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Address - Validation - Geocoding humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/address-validation/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/address_validation/v3 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/address-validation/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/address-validation/v3/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-address-validation-v3-openapi.json type: OpenAPI description: Validates and standardizes addresses against the USPS and VA address-canonicalization stack, returning geocoded coordinates and confidence scores. Used across VBA, VHA, and VA.gov to keep Veteran addresses correct before mailing benefit decisions or scheduling care. - aid: va-gov:direct-deposit-management-api name: Direct Deposit Management API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Banking - Direct Deposit - Payments humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/direct-deposit-management/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/direct-deposit-management/v1 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/direct-deposit-management/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/direct-deposit-management/v1/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-direct-deposit-management-v1-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/direct-deposit-management/client-credentials type: Authentication description: Retrieve and update a Veteran's compensation, pension, and education benefit direct deposit information — routing number, account number, account type, and payment status. Client credentials only. - aid: va-gov:va-letter-generator-api name: VA Letter Generator API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Letters - Documents - Benefits humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-letter-generator/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/va-letter-generator/v1 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-letter-generator/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/va-letter-generator/v1/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-va-letter-generator-v1-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-letter-generator/client-credentials type: Authentication description: Generate official VA benefit letters (Benefit Summary, Service Verification, Civil Service Preference, Commissary, Proof of Service, etc.) on demand as PDFs — used by lenders, employers, and Veteran-service organizations that need authoritative VA documentation. - aid: va-gov:education-benefits-api name: Education Benefits API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Education - GI Bill - Benefits humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/education-benefits/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/education/v0 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/education-benefits/docs type: Documentation - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/education-benefits/client-credentials type: Authentication - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/education-benefits/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: School Certifying Officials (SCOs) and education benefit administrators read and submit GI Bill / Post-9/11 education benefit enrollment data — VA Form 22-1999 enrollment certifications — on behalf of enrolled student Veterans. - aid: va-gov:loan-guaranty-api name: Loan Guaranty API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Home Loans - Mortgages - Loan Guaranty humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-guaranty/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/loan-guaranty/v1 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-guaranty/docs type: Documentation - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-guaranty/release-notes type: ChangeLog description: Provides lenders and servicers the digital surface for the VA Home Loan Guaranty program — eligibility, appraisals, loan setup, and certificate-of-eligibility (COE) operations. Companion APIs handle Loan Review, Guaranty Remittance, and Health-Care-Costs Coverage. - aid: va-gov:loan-review-api name: Loan Review API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Home Loans - Loan Guaranty humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/loan-review/v1 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/docs type: Documentation - url: https://api.va.gov/internal/docs/loan-review/v1/openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: openapi/va-gov-loan-review-v1-openapi.json type: OpenAPI - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/loan-review/client-credentials type: Authentication description: Submits Loan Review file packages — Substantially Complete Real Estate (SCRE) appraisal and Substitution of Entitlement (SOE) — to VA's Loan Guaranty Service. Used by VA-approved automatic-authority lenders for prior-approval review. - aid: va-gov:guaranty-remittance-api name: Guaranty Remittance API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Home Loans - Loan Guaranty - Payments humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/guaranty-remittance/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/guaranty-remittance/v1 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/guaranty-remittance/docs type: Documentation - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/guaranty-remittance/client-credentials type: Authentication description: Lets VA Loan Guaranty servicers remit funding-fee, late, and other Loan Guaranty payments to VA electronically instead of through legacy paper-based remittance. Client credentials only; sandbox available. - aid: va-gov:health-care-costs-coverage-api name: Health Care Costs Coverage API tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Healthcare - Insurance - Coverage humanURL: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/health-care-costs-coverage/docs baseURL: https://api.va.gov/services/health-care-costs-coverage/v1 properties: - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/health-care-costs-coverage/docs type: Documentation - url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/health-care-costs-coverage/client-credentials type: Authentication description: Insurance-coordination API for VA's Consolidated Patient Account Center (CPAC) — submit and update third-party health insurance coverage on a Veteran's record so VA can correctly bill private insurers for non-service-connected care. Client credentials only; sandbox available. name: VA Lighthouse tags: - Government - Veterans Affairs - Veterans - Healthcare - Benefits - FHIR - Open Data - Federal kind: contract image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg access: 3rd-Party common: - type: Portal url: https://developer.va.gov name: VA API Platform (Lighthouse) - type: Portal url: https://api.va.gov name: api.va.gov - type: Documentation url: https://developer.va.gov/explore name: Explore VA APIs - type: GettingStarted url: https://developer.va.gov/onboarding - type: SignUp url: https://developer.va.gov/onboarding/request-sandbox-access name: Request Sandbox Access - type: Authentication url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/authorization-code name: Authorization Code Grant (OAuth) - type: Authentication url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/client-credentials name: Client Credentials Grant (OAuth) - type: Documentation url: https://developer.va.gov/onboarding/request-production-access name: Path to Production - type: Documentation url: https://developer.va.gov/api-publishing name: API Publishing (for VA teams) - type: Support url: https://developer.va.gov/support name: Developer Support - type: ContactEmail url: mailto:api@va.gov name: API Support — api@va.gov - type: StatusPage url: https://valighthouse.statuspage.io/ name: VA Lighthouse Status - type: TermsOfService url: https://developer.va.gov/terms-of-service - type: PrivacyPolicy url: https://www.va.gov/privacy-policy/ - type: Documentation url: https://www.va.gov/accessibility/ name: VA Accessibility Statement - type: Blog url: https://news.va.gov/ name: VA News - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs name: Department of Veterans Affairs on GitHub - type: SourceCode url: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/vets-api name: vets-api (Ruby) — VA.gov backend powering many Lighthouse endpoints - type: SourceCode url: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/vets-website name: vets-website — VA.gov frontend - type: SourceCode url: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/vets-api-clients name: vets-api-clients — Reference implementations and sample apps - type: SourceCode url: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/lighthouse-fhir-apis-consumer-docs name: Lighthouse FHIR APIs Consumer Docs - type: SourceCode url: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/health-apis-bulk-fhir name: health-apis-bulk-fhir - type: SourceCode url: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/health-apis-clinical-fhir name: health-apis-clinical-fhir - type: SourceCode url: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/lighthouse-oas-tests name: lighthouse-oas-tests — OAS conformance and contract testing - type: SourceCode url: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/VHA-Facilities name: VHA Facilities reference data - type: Documentation url: https://developer.va.gov/api-publishing/getting-started name: API Publishing — Getting Started (internal API teams) - type: Documentation url: https://developer.va.gov/onboarding/working-with-lighthouse-apis name: Working with Lighthouse APIs - type: Sandbox url: https://sandbox-api.va.gov name: Lighthouse Sandbox (sandbox-api.va.gov) - type: Authentication url: https://api.va.gov/oauth2/authorization name: OAuth2 Authorize endpoint - type: Authentication url: https://api.va.gov/oauth2/token name: OAuth2 Token endpoint - type: Authentication url: https://api.va.gov/oauth2/revoke name: OAuth2 Revoke endpoint - type: Documentation url: http://docs.smarthealthit.org/ name: SMART-on-FHIR (used by Patient Health and Clinical Health APIs) - type: Documentation url: https://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ name: HL7 FHIR US Core profiles - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-veteransaffairs/ name: VA on LinkedIn - type: TermsOfService url: https://www.va.gov/policy-and-compliance/notice-of-privacy-practices/ name: Notice of Privacy Practices - type: Features data: - 22+ Lighthouse APIs spanning Benefits, Health, Facilities, Verification, Forms, Appeals, and Loan Guaranty - HL7 FHIR R4 + US Core conformant Patient Health and Clinical Health APIs with SMART-on-FHIR launch - OAuth 2.0 with both Authorization Code (Veteran consent) and Client Credentials (system) flows - Full sandbox at sandbox-api.va.gov with documented synthetic Veteran test accounts (vets-api-clients/test_accounts) - Open-data facilities, forms, and reference-data APIs (no auth required for read endpoints) - VA address canonicalization and geocoding via Address Validation API v3 - Direct integration with VBMS (Benefits Documents) and Centralized Mail Portal (Benefits Intake) for claims documentation - AMA-era decision review filing — HLR, SC, Notice of Disagreement — plus legacy appeal status - Programmatic VA letter generation (Benefit Summary, Service Verification, COE, etc.) as on-demand PDFs - VA Home Loan Guaranty digital surface — Loan Guaranty, Loan Review, Guaranty Remittance, Health-Care-Costs Coverage - Veteran Confirmation and Veteran Verification APIs for retail/lender Veteran-status checks - GI Bill / Post-9/11 education benefit submission for School Certifying Officials - Path-to-Production process documented in developer-portal-backend / Path-to-Production.md - Lighthouse OAS contract testing via the public lighthouse-oas-tests repository - Public reference implementations and sample apps in vets-api-clients (Ruby, Node, samples) - vets-api (Ruby/Rails) — primary open-source backend powering VA.gov and many Lighthouse endpoints - vets-website — public open-source frontend for VA.gov - FHIR Bulk Data (Flat FHIR) endpoints via health-apis-bulk-fhir - StatusPage at valighthouse.statuspage.io - VA Lighthouse OAuth flow supports PKCE and SMART-on-FHIR scopes (patient/*, user/*, system/*) - Free at point of use for accredited consumers — no per-call pricing for approved third parties sources: - https://developer.va.gov - https://developer.va.gov/explore - https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs - https://api.va.gov/services/fhir/v0/r4/metadata - https://developer.va.gov/onboarding - https://developer.va.gov/sitemap.xml updated: '2026-05-25' created: '2026-05-25T00:00:00.000Z' modified: '2026-05-25' position: Providing description: VA Lighthouse is the US Department of Veterans Affairs' developer API platform. Published at developer.va.gov with production endpoints at api.va.gov, Lighthouse exposes 22+ APIs covering Benefits (claims, documents, reference data, intake), Health (HL7 FHIR R4 Patient Health and Clinical Health, Community Care Eligibility), Facilities, Forms, Veteran Verification and Confirmation, Appeals and Decision Reviews under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA), Address Validation, Direct Deposit Management, VA Letter Generation, Education Benefits, and the full VA Home Loan Guaranty stack (Loan Guaranty, Loan Review, Guaranty Remittance, Health-Care-Costs Coverage). All authenticated APIs use OAuth 2.0 with both Authorization Code (Veteran consent) and Client Credentials (system) flows; the health APIs additionally support SMART-on-FHIR. The platform is operated by the VA Office of the CTO with open-source backend code in github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/vets-api and reference clients in vets-api-clients. maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: info@apievangelist.com X: apievangelist url: https://apievangelist.com specificationVersion: '0.16'