Veteran Advocate
Here at Legal Help
for Veterans, PLLC, we pride ourselves on going the extra mile for our
veterans. One example is that a veteran client of ours needed a wheelchair. We
are currently working to get her service-connected for her orthopedic issues.
Since she isn’t service-connected yet, VA will
not provide her with the wheelchair that she so desperately needs for free. Since
she is on a tight budget, it’s not possible for her to purchase one on her own.
As a result, we worked with the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) in Minnesota to
determine that it had an “assistive equipment closet”. The DAV would then loan
out the assistive equipment (ex. wheelchairs, canes, walkers, etc.) to local
veterans. In this case, the DAV was happy to loan our veteran the wheelchair
that she needed.
We find that many times resources are available to
help veterans, but oftentimes veterans simply do not know where to turn or get
too frustrated to solve the problem. Brig General Carol Ann Fausone (ret), who
has contacts all over the country, notes “Whenever I ask a veterans service
organization to help, it does not matter where in the country the veteran is
located. I always find a partner to assist veterans”.
Our goal at Legal Help for Veterans, PLLC
is to ensure that America’s veterans are taken care of. Even if the situation
isn’t involving an area of law that we handle, we ensure that we assist the
veteran in any way that we can.
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