Your marriage status can effect your monthly disability payment depending on your rating percentage. Your spouse and/or any other dependents will increase your disability compensation if you are rated 30% or above. Having your spouse registered is also going to matter if you have life insurance, burial benefits, and a few other services.

You can register your spouse online through the VA Portal by first going to va.gov and signing in. If you don’t have access to an online account you will have to setup a login and password through one of these 4 verification services.

• Login.gov
• DS Logon
• ID.me

From there you will want to go to https://www.va.gov/view-change-dependents/ and once there you can file online your wife’s information and your marriage information (you will need her birthdate, SSN, date of marriage, and city where you were married).

If you do not have a way to login into the Department of Veteran Affairs website you can also download, print, and mail VA Form 21-686c and then send your completed form to:

Department of Veterans Affairs
Evidence Intake Center
PO Box 4444
Janesville, WI 53547-4444

A great group on Facebook called VA Comp & Pension Claims offers free help with knowing your legal rights for any further questions that you might encounter.