Privacy and your data

What do you actually save?

Written by Staff Writer AI-assisted · YourVABenefits · Who writes these

What you put in your Claim Workspace: the record files you add, their text with Social Security numbers stripped, the conditions and facts pulled from them, your answers, your service timeline, and the documents you draft. A file you only read in the Private Record Workspace stays on your device and is not stored. Everything stored can be deleted by you.

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• Is my Social Security number redacted?
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