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About United for Veterans

For generations, America's veterans have answered our country's call. With no thought for their own safety or security, they have fought tirelessly so that we may live in freedom.

Right now, there are over 3.3 million veterans with service-connected disabilities in America. We need your help to protect the rights of every veteran of every war!

Join with the VFW and proudly proclaim you are UNITED FOR VETERANS. Your support will help the VFW fight for veteran's VA benefits... make their voices heard on Capitol Hill... and provide emergency funds to cover urgent needs like groceries, medicine and mortgage payments.

Here's who benefits when you give to the VFW:

Severely Injured Veterans Young veterans in wheelchairs, living with amputations, burns, blindness or other physical injuries, and the thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who have experienced a Traumatic Brain Injury need to know you care. Many are now haunted by crippling mental illnesses like PTSD and at high risk for suicide.
Families in Crisis What happens when a young spouse suddenly becomes a full-time caregiver? When a child must now care for a disabled parent? It's happening every day in military households across the country.
Veterans Seeking Justice Every veteran deserves the swift resolution of their claims. Waiting for their well-earned entitlements shouldn't take years! The VFW advocates for veterans and helps them through the VA claims process. Our service officers recovered more than $2 billion in benefits for nearly 100,000 veterans last year alone.

Please do what you can to make sure our programs can help struggling veterans of all generations.

Shane Anderson

After severely injuring his neck and back in a convoy accident in Iraq, Shane Anderson was sent home to face a new war. His house was foreclosed on, his marriage was failing, he was homeless and suffering from PTSD.

Mark Lamb, a VFW Service Officer, jumped in to help Shane get his VA benefits. Now Shane is off the streets, living in his own apartment.

Christopher Cates

During his first deployment to Iraq, Senior Airmen Christopher Cates saved a fellow comrade, injuring his left wrist in the process. It was an injury that would require several surgeries.

That's when he applied for a VFW Unmet Needs grant. Within a few weeks, Christopher was approved. He used the money to pay rent and buy food for his family of three.

Michael Hall

An explosion in Iraq left Michael Hall burned on 30% of his body. After several skin grafts, Michael met VFW Service Officer Tom Parker. Tom helped Michael, a husband and father of five, get the VA benefits he was entitled to.

Now Michael is working as a Wounded Warrior Advocate Representative. It's his way of helping other wounded veterans the way VFW helped him.

The Perez Family

Sgt. Alexis Perez, a 10-year military member, had already endured countless war injuries before leaving for his final deployment to Iraq. When a bullet grazed his head and sent him tumbling down a cement tower, it was the final straw.

Alexis was medically retired and his wife Amy quit her job to care for him. With five children to support, their savings quickly ran out. Fortunately, a VFW Unmet Needs grant helped keep the Perez family in their home.

Raquel Watts

When Sgt. Raquel Watts returned from Iraq, this Marine could feel the toll the war had taken on her body. Piercing headaches. Excruciating pain in her back and legs. She could barely walk.

That's when she met VFW Pre-Discharge Claims Representative Brian Jackson. Brian helped her get VA benefits. Now Watts is back on track as a full-time college student.