VA Lighthouse Claims API
Allows authenticated and authorized users to access claims data for a single claim by ID, or for all claims based on claimant data. No data is returned if the user is not authenticated and authorized.
VA Lighthouse Claims API is one of 36 APIs that Department of Veterans Affairs (VA Lighthouse) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Claims. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a changelog, and authentication docs.
This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.
Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://sandbox-api.va.gov/services/claims/{version}, https://api.va.gov/services/claims/{version}, https://sandbox-api.va.gov/services/claims/{version}/, https://api.va.gov/services/claims/{version}/.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 3
VA Lighthouse Claims API declares
3 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearer_token).
It supports OAuth 2.0 (productionOauth) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (sandboxOauth) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes.
productionOauth— This API uses OAuth 2 with the authorization code grant flow. [More info](https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/authorization-code)sandboxOauth— This API uses OAuth 2 with the authorization code grant flow. [More info](https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-claims/authorization-code)
Paths & Operations 4
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Allows authenticated and authorized users to access claims data for a single claim by ID, or for all claims based on claimant data. No data is returned if the user is not authenti…
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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