With the new My VAC Account, veterans can submit a first application for disability benefits. It is a secure method of submitting an account. Only the individuals within the department who would use the information to adjudicate the claim would have access to the account. For instance, I would have access to no information at all.
The veteran population needs to be assured that it is secure. It's as secure, if not more secure, than sending in a paper disability application that would move through the department. This way, it would move through the department electronically and only to the appropriate people, who are notified that they have to work on this case or on that account.