Dad served in the Korean War, his ship was fired upon, and he was eligible for benefits, which he never applied for or used. He passed away years ago, and now Mom could use, and qualifies for spousal survivor benefits. My question is, does anyone know of a reputable organization or company that could assist her? The VA administers the program, but makes it very difficult to claim the benefits. We live in Arizona, if that makes any regional difference.
Thanks in advance.
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I would contact your local American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars. Both I believe have persons who could help or if they cannot perhaps could point you toward someone who could.
Your location doesn’t help, but check with your local government offices. We have a veteran administrator as part of the city or county level. This is what they do,
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My oldest daughter helped her husbands grandfather, a WW2 vet get more benefits, oddly enough a man that fought in the Battle of the Bulge had little information and help fighting the government for full VA benefits.
She researched everything, found all the methods and procedures and after months got him the benefits he was to have received, and that he missed for probably 30 years.
They made it difficult to get what the government said he was supposed to get.
Good suggestions have been made here on where to start, your congress critter is the best, nothing goes over better on a congressman's resume than helping a vet..
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Originally posted by usmc-nav: I would contact your local American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars. Both I believe have persons who could help or if they cannot perhaps could point you toward someone who could.
Correct answer in the first post. I'm more familiar with VFW as I'm a member but each camp has a liason officer who will help with the paperwork as they know the ins and outs. The VFW also serves to help any veteran in need.
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Congress person’s office and if it’s a really egregious situation or your mom has an especially sympathetic story your local TV channel consumer advocate reporter may be of some help especially when they show up with a Camera crew to the local VA/congress office and demand why nobody is helping this poor 90 year old widow.
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