Benefits & ASSISTANCE

Veteran Benefits & Assistance

Originally founded in 1899 as the American Veterans of Foreign Service, the Veterans of Foreign Wars continues to be a voice for returning and currently deployed service members and their families. The Veterans of Foreign Wars is dedicated to supporting those who sacrifice so much for this country, veterans, service members in the US Armed Forces, and their families.

Contact a VFW Representative for Help With VA Benefits & Claims at our post.

Senior VFW Service Officer *officer name* at *phone*
VFW Service Officer *officer name* at *phone*

Benefits & Services

• Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents

  • A-Z Benefits Information

    • VA Benefits Fact Sheets

      
      

  • Burial Benefits

    • Military Burial Benefits, Office of the Secretary of Defense

    • Military Funeral Honors Directory for Illinois

    • Types of Headstones & Markers Available

      
      

  • Community-Based VA Vet Centers

  • Health Care Benefits

  • Home Loans

    • Interest Rate Reduction Refinancing Loan

      
      

  • PTSD & TBI Information - Resources and Links

  • PTSD - VA Informational Site

  • Life Insurance Benefits

  • OEF / OIF Service Members

  • Survivor & Dependent Benefits

  • VA Benefits and Services

    
    

• Apply for VA Benefits Online

  • Check the status of your VA claim online

  • VA Expands the Forms That Can be Submitted Online

  • Find VFW service officer near you

    
    

• Benefits Calculator - Military.com

• Benefits - Military.com

  
  

Health Care

• Disability Benefits for Wounded Warriors (SSI)

• Grand Valley State University Wounded Warrior Traumatic Brain Injury Project

• PTSD / Stress Management

• Physical Disability Board of Review (PDBR)

• TRICARE Benefit Info

• VA Health Benefits

• Asbestos/Mesothelioma Center

• Mesothelioma Trust Funds

• Mesothelioma hub
  

• Laws Protecting Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities
  
  

Long Term Care

• Aid & Attendance Benefit

• Armed Forces Retirement Home, Eligibility

• Family Caregiver Program for Post-9/11 Veterans

• Medical Foster Care Program, Geriatrics & Extended Care

  
  
  

• Google Resources for Veterans & Families

• National Resource Directory, Benefits & Compensation

  To Request a Card, call 800-479-5228
  
  

Prior Service Connected Medical Conditions

• All Prior Service Medical Conditions Category File

  • Diseases Associated with Agent Orange Exposure

    • Agent Orange Fast Track Claims Processing System

    • Agent Orange Health Care Registry Exam for Veterans

    • Agent Orange Herbicide Tests & Storage Outside of Vietnam

    • Agent Orange, Military Benefits, Military.COM

    • Korean Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange (Between 1968 to 1971)

  • Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses

    • Illnesses Related to Gulf War Service

    • Gulf War Health Care Registry Exam for Veterans

    • VA Recognizes 'Presumptive' Illnesses in Iraq & Afghanista

• Physical Disability Board of Review (PDBR)

• VA Board of Veterans' Appeals

• Priority of Service for Veterans and Eligible Spouses

• Start Your Own Business

• Veterans Affairs, Michigan Department of Military & Veteran Affairs

• VA Board of Veterans' Appeals

• VA Burial Benefits

  • Military Burial Benefits, Office of the Secretary of Defense

  • Types of Headstones & Markers Available

    
    

• VA Compensation & Pension Benefits

• VA eBenefits

• VA Life Insurance

• VA OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom) / OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom)

• VA Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment

• VA Web Automated Reference Material System (WARMS)

• VFW Veterans Services

  
  

Emergency Assistance

• All Emergency Catagory Files

• Aid & Charity Associations

• Air Force Aid Society

• American Red Cross

• Armed Forces Relief Trust

• Army Emergency Relief

• Cell Phone, Government Supported

• Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund

• Coast Guard Mutual Assistance

• DTE Senior Citizen Electric Service Rate

• Emergency Relief, Non Government, National Resource Directory

• Family & Caregiver Support, National Resource Directory

• Fallen & Wounded Soldiers Fund

• Financial Assistance for Mortgage or Rent Payments

• Friends of the Fisher House - Illinois

• Goodwill Industries

• Help for Homeless Veterans

• Homeless Assistance, National Resource Directory

  • Homeless Vet 24 Hour Hotline (VA) 1-877-4AID VET

• Homeless Veterans, VA

• Legal Services and Veterans Treatment Court, SCRA and USERRA Laws

• Legal Services ABA Pro Bono

• Legal Resources for Veterans, Google.com

• Legal Resources for Veterans, Yahoo.com

  
  

• National Guard Online Community

• Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society

• Salvation Army

• Service Members Civil Relief Act

• Service Members Civil Relief Act

• Service Members Civil Relief Act, Overview, Military.com

• Shelters

• Social Security Administration online

• Social Security Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool (BEST)

• United Way, Michigan 2-1-1 Phone Numbers

• United Way, Nationwide 2-1-1 Phone Numbers

• Veterans Assistance Foundation

• Veterans' Organizations

• VFW Family Assistance

• VFW National Military Services

• VFW National Veterans Service

• VFW Post Military Assistance

• VFW Transitioning to Civilian Life

• VFW Troop Support

• Volunteers of America

• Warrior Care, DoD & VA Resources Site

• Wounded Warrior Traumatic Brain Injury Project, Grand Rapids, MI
  
  

Veteran Information

• All Veteran information Category Files

• All Veteran Research Category Files

• Hiring People with Criminal Record

• Historical Documents of Interest to Veterans

• Laws Protecting Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities

• Locating Veterans & Service Members

• Military Discharge, Upgrade Application

• Military Records & Discharges, Correction Application

• National Gravesite Locator

• Prior Service Connected Medical Issues

• Priority of Service for Veterans and Eligible Spouses

• Replacement Military Records

• Replacement Medical Records

• Replacement Military Awards & Decorations (National Archives)

• Social Security Credit for Military Service (1957 - 2001)

• U.S. Dept of Justice - Rights of Servicemembers and Veterans

• VA Board of Veterans' Appeals

• Veteran Data and Information

• Veteran & Active Duty Information

• Women Veterans