A WWII vet in an assisted living home was advised by VA that his benefits would be terminated unless he filled out and submitted a form. Oddly, not long after he submitted the form, VA sent him a check for $35,000 which he never received. Read more here about this puzzling ordeal, which thankfully ended happily rather than in the veteran’s eviction from the assisted living facility.
Author: Asdzaa Oh
Most military veterans know about the Veterans Administration and are aware of at least some of the benefits they have earned. However, states often provide additional benefits to veterans. Read about new laws some states have passed to provide additional thanks to veterans. To learn more about benefits specific to your state, please contact a veterans service organization, or your county or state department of military and veterans affairs. Veterans who haven’t yet sent a copy of their DD-214 to their state department of veterans affairs will find this an excellent reason to do so. Any of the veterans service organizations in your community should have contact information you can use to send a copy of your DD-214 by certified mail to your state DVA. Another way is to go to the VA website and open the directory of state DVAs.
If you happen to be at the Veterans Center in Second Life, just use the laptop computer on the second floor of the information building. It’s the one with the red and white U.S. map on the screen and is preloaded with the VA directory of the websites for state DVAs.
The DMVA of my home state of Colorado for instance offers Operation Recognition, a program that provides high school diplomas to those veterans who left school to defend freedom. Disabled veterans may qualify for a property tax exemption. Members of the Colorado National Guard are eligible for tuition assistance. A family relief fund is also available to active duty, guard and reserve service members.
Big banks. Big oil. Big car makers. Big drug companies. But what will we do without them? Read a former FDA official’s explanation of how the financial crisis has thrown two of the largest drug companies in the world onto the mat and how this could stop lifesaving medications from making the VA approved drug list.
U.S. Military Veterans Center in Second Life (SL) 