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Updating your dependents with the VA

If you're rated 30% or higher, the VA pays additional compensation for your dependents — a spouse, children under 18 (or 18–23 if they're in school), and in some cases a dependent parent. If the VA is paying you as "single with no dependents" but your family situation is different, it's worth updating so your compensation reflects your family.

How to add dependents

Woobie doesn't update VA records for you, but here's the official way to do it:

How Woobie can help

We can't change your VA record, but you can upload supporting documents (marriage certificate, children's birth certificates, etc.) to your app.woobie.io account so everything stays organized alongside your claim. For hands-on help, submit a support request and a rep can walk you through it: Support Request Form.

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