How to Get a Veteran ID Card
One of the questions many Veterans have is hot to get a Veteran ID Card. They want the ID card for various reasons. The most common is so they can take advantage of Veteran discounts. Many retailers offer discounts for…
One of the questions many Veterans have is hot to get a Veteran ID Card. They want the ID card for various reasons. The most common is so they can take advantage of Veteran discounts. Many retailers offer discounts for…
Veteran Service Officer (VSO) speaking to Veteran: Hello, how can I help you? Veteran: I’d like to file for Burn Pits. VSO: You’d like to file for… Veteran: I deployed to Afghanistan. I want to file for Burn Pits. VSO:…
We have several helpful resources in our Resource Library. Listed below are just a few of them Northeast Arkansas Food Pantries Last year we put out an article on food pantries in Northwest Arkansas. The following day a Veteran advocate…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The two main compensations which the VA provides are VA Disability and VA Pension. We have seen Veterans and Surviving Spouses ask questions about the difference. They want to know if they are eligible for a pension. They want to…
What are supplemental claims and why do we file them? Can’t I just file a request to re-open an old claim with new evidence? The short answer is, that is exactly what the Supplemental Claim is meant to do. Veterans…
Part 1 – Initial Claims The VA Compensation Claims process is rather complicated. However, it is possible to understand. Over the next four weeks we are going to look at the claim and appeal process with the VA. Veterans and…