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VA CLAIMS AND BENEFITS Assistance Filing Initial Claim and Appeals Contact us: 1-866-778-4645 (256) 883-7370 Office Location: 224 Spragins Street NW Huntsville, AL 35801 Rick Marquith Veterans Advocate (Please click on Rick's email below & when the box says allow, click allow, then type your information into the email and send. Rick will contact you.) Still Serving Veterans offers a holistic, support services approach to job training, counseling, and assistance with Veterans Administration, medical, and other existing counseling programs. SSV partners with responsible agencies to accomplish its mission, goals and objectives. Key SSV partners are the Departments of Defense, Labor, Veterans Affairs; the Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2); Easter Seals; the Phoenix Foundation; Alabama Vocational Rehab; and many others. SSV complements and builds on these excellent initiatives…focused on nurturing and including wounded warriors in their new long term career goals. SSV serves as a clearing house, referring veterans to a broad spectrum of capabilities in a variety of support organizations. The SSV case manager represents the Veteran's interest to the support organizations. SSV case managers earn the confidence of the Veteran and family. KEYS TO SUCCESS - Caring, knowledgeable case managers doing personal individual assessments and follow up - Proactive counseling, guiding, and coaching - Bridging the gaps/connecting the dots between Veterans and existing support services - Orchestrating and leveraging already existing Federal and State support - Optimizing communications with other agencies (VA, TRICARE, OSD, DOL) - Facilitating good decisions, stress reduction and counseling Veterans on what to expect - Orchestrating the entire process more efficiently Our purpose is to ensure veterans and their dependents receive any benefit that they have earned or may be entitled to. Most of the time, the paperwork is completed in our office, although some occasions we will refer you to another agency, that provides additional benefits. The following is a partial list of VA benefits for veterans and their dependents that I can assist you in obtaining. Each program has qualifying factors that must be met in order for the VA to provide that benefit. VA Benefits 1. General Eligibility 2. Wartime Service Health Care 1. Basic Eligibility 2. Enrollment 3. Priority Groups a. Recently Discharged Combat Veterans b. 50% and greater & S/C Conditions Costs c. Financial Assessment for co-pays d. Third Party Billing 4. Health Registry for: Gulf War Veterans; Depleted Uranium; Agent Orange; Ionizing Radiation 5. Readjustment Counseling Services a. Combat Veterans b. Spouses c. Bereavement 6. Home Improvement and Structural Alterations 7. Outpatient Dental Treatment Service Connected Disabilities 1. Disability Compensation 2. Presumptive conditions: ALS; POWs; Agent Orange; Radiation Exposure; Gulf War to include OEF/OIF 3. Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments (CRDP) 4. Combat-Related special Compensation (CRSC) 5. Voc Rehab 6. Specially Adapted Housing Grants 7. Allowance for: Automobile; Clothing; A&A
Pension 1. Eligibility for NSC Disability Pension 2. Medal of Honor Pension
Education 1. Montgomery GI Bill 2. Post – 9/11 GI Bill a. Transfer of Entitlement b. The Yellow Ribbon Enhancement Program c. Work–Study Program d. Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship
Home Loan Guaranty 1. Eligibility 2. Certificate of Eligibility 3. Assistance to Veteran in Default 4. VA Acquired Property due to Foreclosure VA Life Insurance 1. VGLI 2. Service-Disabled Veterans’ Insurance
1. Eligibility 2. Burial in National Cemeteries 3. Burial in Private Cemeteries 4. Headstones/Medallions 5. Presidential memorial Certificates 6. Burial Flags 7. Allowances a. Burial b. Plot 8. Honors Reserve and National Guard Members 1. Health Care 2. Service Connected Disability 3. Pension 4. Montgomery GI Bill – Selected Reserve 5. Home Loan Guaranty 6. Burial and Memorial Benefits 7. Re-employment Rights Transition Assistance 1. Unemployment 2. Veterans Preference for jobs Dependent and Survivors
1. Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
2. CHAMPVA a. Eligibility 3. Dependents Educational Assistance 4. Death Pension Military Records
1. Replacing Military Records
a. DD-214 b. Service Treatment Records c. Service Records d. Medals 2. Correcting Military Records a. Discharge Upgrades b. Physical Disability Board of Review Richard J. Marquith CWO3, USCG-Ret Veterans Advocate Still Serving Veterans 224 Spragins St., NW Huntsville, AL 35801 Tel: (256) 883-7370
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