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(217) 854-5249

VA Claims Intake Form

Complete before your appointment — for VA benefit claims

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Send us your contact information and what you need through our secure Request Assistance form and a VAC team member will follow up. Please do not enter your Social Security number online — we collect that in person.
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Welcome to the Veterans Assistance Commission of Macoupin County. Completing this form before your appointment helps us serve you faster. Every service we provide is free — we will never charge you any fees.

Please fill out and return this packet before your appointment. Prefer paper? Download the fillable PDF, type or print your answers, and bring it with you.

⬇ Download the fillable PDF packet Call (217) 854-5249

Before You Begin — Acknowledgments
These confirmations mirror the Acknowledgment, Release of Information, and Signature pages of our paper packet. You will sign the originals in our office.

Section 1 — Veteran Information
We collect this in person. Never send a Social Security number by email — email is not a secure channel.

Preferred type of contact

Marital Status

Optional Demographic Info

Section 2 — Disability & Rating Information
Section 3 — Disability History
Section 4 — Combat & POW
Section 5 — Military Service

Service Type (check all that apply)

War Era (check all that apply)

Section 6 — Dependents

Spouse

Collected in person.

Dependent Children

Collected in person.
Part 1 — Compensation & Pension Claims

If you wish to file an increase you will be required to sign a waiver.

New medical conditions you wish to claim

Toxic Exposure & Service History (check all that may apply — these can make a condition presumptive)

Deployments & Duty Locations (list all — most Veterans have several)

Looking for temporary financial assistance? That is now a separate application — Apply for Financial Assistance ›. This form is for VA benefit claims.

Submitting opens an email to macvac@macvac.org with your answers — just press send. Social Security number fields have been removed from this form on purpose: ordinary email is not a secure channel, and we will never ask you to send an SSN that way. We collect Social Security numbers in person. A secure online submission will replace this email handoff.

Thank you — your email should now be open and addressed to macvac@macvac.org. Please review and press send. We will contact you to schedule your appointment.