diff --git a/app/controllers/v0/disability_compensation_forms_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v0/disability_compensation_forms_controller.rb
index 09c0814e4e2..c0bdaa6b2e5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v0/disability_compensation_forms_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v0/disability_compensation_forms_controller.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ def suggested_conditions
     end
 
     def submit_all_claim
+      temp_separation_location_fix if Flipper.enabled?(:disability_compensation_temp_separation_location_code_string,
+                                                       @current_user)
+
       saved_claim = SavedClaim::DisabilityCompensation::Form526AllClaim.from_hash(form_content)
       saved_claim.save ? log_success(saved_claim) : log_failure(saved_claim)
       submission = create_submission(saved_claim)
@@ -172,5 +175,20 @@ def missing_disabilities?(submission)
       end
       false
     end
+
+    # TEMPORARY
+    # Turn separation location into string
+    # 11/18/2024 BRD EVSS -> Lighthouse migration caused separation location to turn into an integer,
+    # while SavedClaim (vets-json-schema) is expecting a string
+    def temp_separation_location_fix
+      if form_content.is_a?(Hash) && form_content['form526'].is_a?(Hash)
+        separation_location_code = form_content.dig('form526', 'serviceInformation', 'separationLocation')
+        unless separation_location_code.nil?
+          form_content['form526']['serviceInformation']['separationLocation']['separationLocationCode'] =
+            separation_location_code.to_s
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    # END TEMPORARY
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/features.yml b/config/features.yml
index fda615484b7..d82e67308ed 100644
--- a/config/features.yml
+++ b/config/features.yml
@@ -530,6 +530,9 @@ features:
     actor_type: user
     description: enables sending flashes to BGS for disability_compensation submissions.
     enable_in_development: true
+  disability_compensation_temp_separation_location_code_string:
+    actor_type: user
+    description: enables forcing separation location code to be a string in submit_all_claim endpoint.
   disability_compensation_form4142_supplemental:
     actor_type: user
     description: Use Lighthouse API to submit supplemental Form 21-4142 from Form 526EZ submissions