http://lanecountyseniornetwork.com Lane County Senior Services & Resources Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:02:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://lanecountyseniornetwork.com/index.php/lane-county-veterans-information/ http://lanecountyseniornetwork.com/index.php/lane-county-veterans-information/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:46:50 +0000 admin http://lanecountyseniornetwork.com/index.php/lane-county-veterans-information/ Veteran’s Services of Lane County
151 W Seventh Avenue, Suite 550
Eugene, Oregon  97401
(541) 682-4191
Program Supervisor: Joseph Reiley
visit website | view map | email Veteran’s Services The Veteran’s Services of Lane County serves the approximate 35,000 veterans and their dependents and survivors. Some of the duties of this office are to:

1.    Advocate for veterans, their dependents and survivors.
2.    Assist veterans filing service-connected disability claims.
3.    Assist veterans filing non-service connected disability claims.
4.    Assist veterans and their dependents recover lost or forgotten military records.
5.    Assist veterans applying for enrollment in VA Health Care.
6.    Assist veterans and their dependents applying for VA education benefits.
7.    Assist widows and widowers with filing for Surviving Spouse Benefits.
8.    Provide outreach appointments to house-bound veterans and widows throughout Lane County.
9.    Provide outreach to Florence, Cottage Grove and Oakridge. Eligibility: All veterans or dependents of veterans and their survivors. Be sure to ALWAYS ASK FOR INQUIRY OF THE BENEFITS you are entitled to. They are not always automatically offered. Aid & Attendance Benefits The Aid and Attendance (A&A) Pension provides benefits for veterans and surviving spouses who require the regular attendance of another person to assist in eating, bathing, dressing and undressing or taking care of the needs of nature. It also includes individuals who are blind or a patient in a nursing home because of mental or physical incapacity. Assisted care in an assisted living facility also qualifies. To qualify for A & A it needs to be established by your physician that you require daily assistance by others to dress, undress, bathe, cook, eat, take on or off prosthetics, leave home, etc. You DO NOT have to require assistance with all of these. There simply needs to be adequate medical evidence that you cannot function completely on your own. You can read more about eligibility and application requirements by visiting the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs web page. You can get assistance with applying for Aid & Attendance through the Veteran’s Services of Lane County Office in Eugene. (541) 682-4191 ]]> http://lanecountyseniornetwork.com/index.php/lane-county-veterans-information/feed/ 0