We’ve added AI-powered form filling to VCH — a feature that reads a veteran’s analyzed C-File and automatically drafts the clinical content for VA Form 21-526EZ and VA Form 20-0995 so your team can spend less time typing and more time reviewing.
What It Does
When you open a C-File AI Analysis for a C-File and navigate to the form generation screen, VCH’s AI reads the claim analysis already on file for that veteran and produces structured, ready-to-review content for two of the most commonly filed forms:
- VA Form 21-526EZ (Application for Disability Compensation) — Section 16, Claim Information: the AI fills in the current disability name, the type of in-service exposure or event, a concise nexus explanation, and the approximate date the disability began or worsened — one row per claim.
- VA Form 20-0995 (Supplemental Claim) — Section 21: the AI drafts each specific issue the way a trained VA claims practitioner would write it, and pulls the corresponding VA decision notice date from the case file where available.
How the Claim Types Are Handled
The AI understands the four main claim patterns and formats each one correct
- Direct service connection — names the condition precisely and references the in-service event or injury
- Secondary / aggravation — names the primary service-connecpathway (e.g., “Secondary to SC PTSD through intermediate step of weightgain/obesity”)
- Toxic exposure / presumptive — flags TERA, burn pits, agent orange in the correct column
- Increase — prefixes the condition name with “Increase service connected” and generates a nexus line describing current symptom severity
What to Expect From the Output
The AI output is a starting point, not a final product. It is designed to gil-structured first draft that still requires a trained eye before filing. The system deliberately skips entries that describe evidence gaps, missing records,only named medical conditions with an identifiable nexus make it onto the form.
AI-generated forms are available now for all cases that have completed a C-Fnavigate to Generate Forms, and select 21-526EZ or 20-0995 to try it.