slug: va-gov provider: VA Lighthouse generated_by: planning/capability-mapping/scripts/classify_capabilities.py model: claude-opus-5 frame: - Healthcare Providers min_confidence: 0.7 capability_model: source: https://github.com/vincentmakes/turbo-ea-capabilities license: CC-BY-4.0 attribution: Turbo EA Capabilities by Vincent Verdet — Turbo EA, https://github.com/vincentmakes/turbo-ea-capabilities, CC BY 4.0 notice: NOTICE edge_count: 12 edges: - tag: Appeals Status spec_file: va-gov-appeals-status-api-openapi.yml capability_id: BC-3220.50 capability_id_l1: BC-3220 capability_name: Appeals & Ombudsman Management confidence: 0.82 evidence: GET /appeals "Retrieve appeals status for the Veteran with the supplied SSN" ; schemas Appeal, Appeals, Issue, Evidence reason: Provides status of a veteran's appeals of agency decisions, i.e. administrative review/appeals administration. The misleading Address Validation title was ignored in favour of the operation. recovered_from: vertical-public-sector-government-edges.json - tag: Appealable Issues spec_file: va-gov-appealable-issues-api-openapi.yml capability_id: BC-3220.50 capability_id_l1: BC-3220 capability_name: Appeals & Ombudsman Management confidence: 0.78 evidence: '"Returns all appealable issues of the selected appeal type for a claimant." ; schemas appealableIssue, appealableIssues' reason: Enumerating appealable issues by decision review type supports administrative review/appeal of agency benefit decisions, matching Appeals & Ombudsman Management. recovered_from: vertical-public-sector-government-edges.json - tag: Claims spec_file: va-gov-claims-api-openapi.yml capability_id: BC-3230 capability_id_l1: BC-3230 capability_name: Public Benefits & Entitlements Management confidence: 0.78 evidence: '"Find all benefits claims for a VA claimant" ; "Find claim by ID."' reason: Retrieval of veterans' benefits claims is squarely public benefits and entitlements administration; the read-only claim lookup does not identify a single sub-capability (eligibility, award, or monitoring), so L1 only. recovered_from: vertical-public-sector-government-edges.json - tag: Disability Compensation Claims spec_file: va-gov-disability-compensation-claims-api-openapi.yml capability_id: BC-3230.20 capability_id_l1: BC-3230 capability_name: Eligibility Determination confidence: 0.75 evidence: POST /veterans/{veteranId}/526/synchronous Submits disability compensation claim synchronously reason: Operations submit, validate and generate the 526EZ disability compensation claim for a veteran — statutory benefit claim intake feeding eligibility determination under public benefits and entitlements management. recovered_from: vertical-public-sector-government-edges.json - tag: Disability Rating spec_file: va-gov-disability-rating-api-openapi.yml capability_id: BC-3230.30 capability_id_l1: BC-3230 capability_name: Benefit Calculation & Award confidence: 0.75 evidence: GET /summary/disability_rating Get information about a Veteran's VA disability ratings. Data returned includes individual and combined ratings and eligibility dates for compensation reason: Returns individual and combined disability ratings and compensation eligibility dates — the award/rating assessment underlying benefit calculation and award for a statutory entitlement programme. recovered_from: vertical-public-sector-government-edges.json - tag: Search spec_file: va-gov-search-api-openapi.yml capability_id: BC-2800.30 capability_id_l1: BC-2800 capability_name: Eligibility & Benefits Verification confidence: 0.75 evidence: Estimate the likelihood of a VA patient's eligibility for community care based on their Integrated Control Number (ICN) and requested medical service; schemas CommunityCareEligibilityResponse, EligibilityCode reason: Despite the generic 'Search' tag, the single operation determines a patient's coverage eligibility for a requested medical service before care is delivered, which is eligibility and benefits verification within Patient Access Management. Confidence tempered because the surface is a single endpoint and the vendor sits on the payer/agency side of the eligibility determination. - tag: 5103 Waiver spec_file: va-gov-5103-waiver-api-openapi.yml capability_id: BC-3230 capability_id_l1: BC-3230 capability_name: Public Benefits & Entitlements Management confidence: 0.72 evidence: POST /veterans/{veteranId}/claims/{id}/5103 "Submit Evidence Waiver 5103" reason: Submitting a 5103 evidence waiver is a step in adjudicating a veteran's benefits claim, i.e. public benefits/entitlements administration. The exact sub-capability (eligibility determination vs. case handling) is not pinned down by the single operation, so no L2. Note the OpenAPI title (Address Validation) belongs to a different tag and was disregarded. recovered_from: vertical-public-sector-government-edges.json - tag: DirectDeposit spec_file: va-gov-direct-deposit-api-openapi.yml capability_id: BC-3230.40 capability_id_l1: BC-3230 capability_name: Benefit Disbursement Operations confidence: 0.7 evidence: '"Create or update direct deposit account information." ; schemas EftInformation, DirectDepositResponse, ControlInformation' reason: Managing the EFT account into which VA benefit payments are made is part of benefit disbursement operations (payment channel setup). Could arguably be read as generic payment-method management, hence 0.7. recovered_from: vertical-public-sector-government-edges.json reanchored_from: va-gov-directdeposit-api-openapi.yml - tag: Disability spec_file: va-gov-disability-api-openapi.yml capability_id: BC-3230.20 capability_id_l1: BC-3230 capability_name: Eligibility Determination confidence: 0.7 evidence: POST /forms/526 Submits form 526 ... POST /forms/526/{id}/attachments Upload documents supporting a 526 claim reason: VA Form 526 is the veterans disability compensation benefit claim application; operations submit and validate the claim form and supporting evidence, which is public benefits/entitlements claim intake and eligibility determination. Sub-capability choice between intake/eligibility is somewhat ambiguous, hence moderate confidence. recovered_from: vertical-public-sector-government-edges.json - tag: Enrolled Benefits spec_file: va-gov-enrolled-benefits-api-openapi.yml capability_id: BC-3230 capability_id_l1: BC-3230 capability_name: Public Benefits & Entitlements Management confidence: 0.7 evidence: 'GET /enrolled_benefits Get enrolled benefits information. ... schemas: VeteranEnrolledBenefitsConfirmation, VeteranEnrolledBenefit' reason: Returns confirmation of the statutory benefits a veteran is enrolled in — benefit entitlement/enrolment status data. L1 only, as the endpoints just expose enrolment status without a clear sub-process. recovered_from: vertical-public-sector-government-edges.json - tag: Legacy Appeals spec_file: va-gov-legacy-appeals-api-openapi.yml capability_id: BC-3220.50 capability_id_l1: BC-3220 capability_name: Appeals & Ombudsman Management confidence: 0.7 evidence: GET /legacy-appeals Returns eligible appeals in the legacy process for a claimant. reason: Exposes a claimant's appeals in the legacy VA appeals process — administrative review of agency benefit decisions. Single read-only endpoint, so confidence moderate. recovered_from: vertical-public-sector-government-edges.json - tag: Veteran Verification spec_file: va-gov-veteran-verification-api-openapi.yml capability_id: BC-3220.20 capability_id_l1: BC-3220 capability_name: Citizen Identity & Authentication confidence: 0.7 evidence: Get confirmation about an individual's Veteran status according to the VA / Retrieve disability rating of authorized Veteran reason: Bundles veteran status confirmation, disability rating and service history retrieval — government verification of a citizen's status and entitlement attributes for third parties. Citizen Identity & Authentication is the closest fit, though disability rating also touches benefits eligibility. recovered_from: vertical-public-sector-government-edges.json