Benefits Delivery on Discharge (BDD Claim) support | Riverside County Veterans' Services

Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD) Requirements Listing:

Must be on full-time Time Active Duty (Including a member of the National Guard, Reserve or Coast Guard)
180–90 Days Prior to Separation (Window to File BDD Claim)
Must be Filed using VAF 21-526EZ and select the BDD box at top, upper left on claim form.
Final Exit Date Required for Box # 8 on VAF 21-526EZ.
Claiming Service-Connection for PTSD, complete, VAF 21-0781 (Combat or Personal Trauma) (or) VAF 21-0781a (Personal Assault or MST)
Physical (Paper) Service Treatment Records (if applicable)
AHLTA Notes / Records
Genesis Records
Haim’s Records (If applicable)
Dental Records
Military Entrance Processing Exam (MEPS) (Report of Medical Exam and Report of medical History)
Separation Self Health Assessment Form (Part-A)
Private Medical Treatment Records (if applicable)

DBQ SHA BDD Form

Dependents (If applicable)	Exclusions from BDD
Spouses, dependents under 18 and school-age dependents (18–23 full-time students)	Claims received from service members with less than 90 days remaining on active duty. Additional contentions that were added by the service member with less than 90 days remaining on active duty.
Complete VAF 21-686c (Spouse and or dependent children under 18)	Claims where the service member did not provide a copy of STRs for the current period of service with less than 90 days remaining on active duty. Claims where the service member did not provide a SHA, Part A, and the service member's MEPS Entrance Exam.
Complete VAF 21-674 (Dependent School Age Children 18–23)	Claims from service members who are unable to report for examinations as provided. Claims involving a terminally ill service member.
Include a copy of the marriage certificate and/or birth certificate.	Claims requiring case management for a service member who are: Very seriously injured/ill (VSI) Seriously injured/ill (SI)
	A “special category person” (SPC), who has suffered loss of a body part, or Claims where the service member is actively enrolled in the IDES program.
	Claims involving a service member who is awaiting discharge, while hospitalized in a VA or military treatment facility (MTF), or Claims requiring a character-of-discharge (COD) determination.