Benefits and Resources

Access the Benefits You’ve Earned

Navigating veterans benefits can be complicated. ALVA’s Veterans Benefits Guides provide practical, easy-to-understand information to help veterans and their families understand available benefits, prepare what they need, apply through the proper channels, and follow through.

UNDERSTAND → PREPARE → APPLY → FOLLOW THROUGH

Not Sure Where to Start?

Our introductory guide helps you identify benefits that may apply to you and shows you what to do next.

Getting Started With Your VA Benefits

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ALVA Veterans Benefits Guides

Practical guides to help you understand, prepare, apply, and follow through.

VA Disability Compensation

Understand service connection, prepare your evidence, file your claim, and know what is next.

English  |  Español

VA Health Care

Learn about eligibility, enrollment, and getting connected with VA health care.

English  |  Español

Education & Training Benefits

Understand GI Bill and other education and training benefits and how to get started.

English  |  Español

VA Home Loan Benefits

Understand VA home loan eligibility, your COE, lenders, fees, and the buying process.

English  |  Español

Family & Survivor Benefits

Learn about benefits that may be available to spouses, dependents, survivors, and caregivers.

English  |  Español

Burial & Memorial Benefits

Understand burial, cemetery, memorial, funeral honors, and pre-need eligibility.

English  |  Español

Disagree With a VA Decision?

Understand Supplemental Claims, Higher-Level Reviews, and Board Appeals.

English  |  Español

More Guides Coming

ALVA will continue adding practical resources to help veterans and families access the benefits they’ve earned.

Suicide Prevention Hotline – 988

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/help-yourself/veterans/

 


 

Prevención de Suicidio en Español – 988

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/help-yourself/en-espanol/

 


 

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GET HELP FROM YOUR STATE VETERANS AGENCY

Every state has an official veterans affairs agency that can help veterans and their families understand and access federal and state benefits and services.

CONNECT WITH AMERICA’S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP

Need more personalized assistance? Through ALVA’s partnership with America’s Warrior Partnership (AWP), veterans and their families can connect with support and resources based on their individual needs.. AWP connects veterans with vetted local programs for housing, employment, health care, and benefits.

About ALVA’s Veterans Benefits Guides
ALVA Veterans Benefits Guides are educational resources designed to help veterans and their families better understand and access available benefits. They do not constitute legal advice or an official determination of eligibility. Benefits, eligibility requirements, forms, rates, and procedures may change. Always verify current information with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the responsible government agency.

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