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VA Lighthouse Disability Rating API

The Disability Rating API from VA Lighthouse — 4 operation(s) for disability rating.

VA Lighthouse Disability Rating 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 Disability Rating. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a changelog, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 6 operations across 4 paths, and defines 15 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://sandbox-api.va.gov/services/veteran_verification/{version}, https://api.va.gov/services/veteran_verification/{version}.

6 operations 4 paths 15 schemas 2 GET4 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.1.0
Base URL
https://api.va.gov/services/va_facilities/v1
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, OAuth 2.0
Contact
VA.gov
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

VA Lighthouse Disability Rating API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (productionOauth2) using the clientCredentials and authorizationCode flows, exposing 13 scopes. It supports OAuth 2.0 (sandboxOauth2) using the clientCredentials and authorizationCode flows, exposing 13 scopes.

  • productionOauth2 — This API uses OAuth 2.0 with client credentials grant flow and authorization code grant flow.
  • sandboxOauth2 — This API uses OAuth 2.0 with client credentials grant flow and authorization code grant flow

Paths & Operations 6

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 2 GET, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Disability Rating 6
GET
/disability_rating
Get information about a Veteran's VA disability ratings.
GET:/disability_rating → 200400401403404413429500
POST
/disability_rating
Search for information about a Veteran's VA disability ratings using…
POST:/disability_rating body → 200400401403404413429500
POST
/restricted/disability_rating
Search for information about a Veteran's disability rating using Social…
POST:/restricted/disability_rating body → 200400401403404413429500
GET
/summary/disability_rating
Get information about a Veteran's VA disability ratings.
GET:/summary/disability_rating → 200400401403404413429500
POST
/summary/disability_rating
Search for information about a Veteran's VA disability ratings using…
POST:/summary/disability_rating body → 200400401403404413429500
POST
/restricted/summary/disability_rating
Search for information about a Veteran's VA disability ratings using Social…
POST:/restricted/summary/disability_rating body → 200400401403404413429500

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FederalVeteranAttributes (18 properties), VeteranAttributes (17 properties), IndividualRating (10 properties), DisabilityRatingAttributes (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

InternalServerApiError
object
1 property
IndividualRating
object
Information about each disability rating, which makes up the combined disability rating
10 properties
DisabilityRatingSummaryResponseV2
object
1 property 1 required
BackendServiceApiError
object
1 property
MissingIcn
object
1 property
DisabilityRatingData
object
3 properties
ApiErrorDetails
object
4 properties
AuthorizationError
object
3 properties
VeteranAttributes
object
Use the current residence address of the Veteran. Some unhoused Veterans can use a local USPS, support organization, or other location such as 'the corner of R…
17 properties 7 required
InaccessibleServiceDefintionErrorApiError
object
1 property
DisabilityRatingAttributes
object
4 properties
FederalVeteranAttributes
object
This is the schema for the restricted access endpoints (status and disabilityrating). Use the current residence address of the Veteran. Some unhoused Veterans…
18 properties 4 required
BadRequest
object
1 property
ForbiddenServerError
object
3 properties
DisabilityRatingResponseV2
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

va-gov-disability-rating-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Department of Veterans Affairs (VA Lighthouse) publishes across the network.

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