If you need assistance accessing the benefits to which you or a family member is due as a veteran or eligible dependent, get the assistance of a Veterans Service Officer (VSO). VSOs help veterans and their families in multiple ways.

VSOs can: (1) advise, educate and answer questions about what benefits are available from federal, state, county, and local resources; (2) assist veterans in completing and filing benefit claims; and (3) represent individuals in VA hearings.

Contact a VVA Veteran Service Officer to assist with your disability claim in states that have a benefits program here, or search for a VSO from another organization through the VA’s website in states where we do not. Enter your ZIP code or city and state, and you’ll see which VSOs serve your area.

Success Stories

Ailing Iowa Veteran Gets 100% SCD After Denials

Sometimes, it’s not what you know, but who you know, says the veteran service officers with the Vietnam Veterans of America’s Iowa State Council. VVA’s Utah State Council President Dennis Howland — originally from Iowa — called the VSOs to for help for a nephew. The nephew successfully accessed benefits to treat his hypertension, then […]

Indiana Survivors Get Benefits

Veteran service officers can often help the spouses and children of a deceased veteran access survivors’ benefits. Indiana VSOs posted several “wins” for veteran family members last year. One woman received Dependency & Indemnity Compensation (DIC) six years after her husband, a Vietnam veteran, died of a presumptive service-connected condition. Another accessed DIC following her […]

VSO Helps Veteran Access Benefits Lawyers Couldn’t

Lawrence Rasberry is 74 years old and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Karen. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1969–1974. Represented before the Veterans Administration (VA) by a private law firm, his claims for veterans benefits were moving slowly, generating multiple denials and incurring high legal fees. Vietnam Veterans of America […]

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