VA Disability Housing Grants
The VA offers disability housing grants to Veterans who qualify in order to secure the Veteran a better quality of life. With the housing grant, Veteran are able to either buy a home to meet their needs, or modify their…
Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)
You are a Veteran. You served your country for however long you signed up for and now you have transitioned to civilian life. Now what? The truth is that many military transition to civilian life and don’t walk into their…
How to File a VA Disability Claim
Filing a disability claim with the VA is not extremely difficult. However, it is interesting how many Service Members leave service without a clear idea of what to do. It is unfortunate that often times the Transition Assistance Program does…
How to Calculate VA Disability
The question of how to calculate VA disability compensation comes up on nearly a weekly basis. Just a couple of weeks ago we had a Veteran who has 30% disability ask what it would take to get their sleep apnea…
VA Debt Management
As of October 2021, the VA has started sending out debt collection letters again. The VA paused the letters last year due to COVID 19. However, they have started sending them out again as of October 1. Today we will…
CHAMPVA
The Civilian Health and Medical Program (CHAMPVA) is a health care program for certain dependents and survivors of Veterans. CHAMPVA is a health benefits program where the VA shares the cost of procedures and medical supplies with dependents and survivors….
20 Years Ago
On the evening of September 10, 2001 I walked in to work. I worked in Kunia, a military post on the island of Honolulu, Hawaii. The Regional Security Operations Center had been operational for decades, and was currently the place…
Prepared For The Future
We have discussed preparation and prior planning before. Just the other week an elderly Veteran and his wife came into the office. The Veteran had a three ring binder with him and had made an appointment to go through the…
Where Can I Find my DD214?
Where can I find that? Let’s face it. As Veterans, we have a lot of information that we need to keep up with. We also have a lot of records we have to keep and, unfortunately, we sometimes misplace that…
How Do I Apply for VA Healthcare?
This is a question that many Veterans have. How do I apply for VA Healthcare? What does it take to get VA Healthcare? Am I eligible for VA Healthcare? We will attempt to answer all of these questions here. The…