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A curated, growing library of official U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs videos, chosen for aging veterans and their families. Every video comes with the exact VA form and a one-tap way to get help applying.
Short, plain-language videos straight from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on the benefits that matter most to aging veterans. Every video is paired with the exact form you need and a one-tap way to get help applying.
The heads of Defense and VA explain the PACT Act - the law that expanded benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange, and radiation. If you served anywhere near these, you may now be owed care and compensation.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Form 21-526EZ - Application for Disability Compensation (PACT Act claim)
A plain-language walkthrough of how to file a toxic-exposure claim under the PACT Act, including radiation and burn-pit exposure. Good to watch before you start your paperwork.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - theSITREP
VA Form 21-526EZ - Application for Disability Compensation (PACT Act claim)
The VA added new medical conditions presumed to be caused by Agent Orange. If you were denied before, or never filed, these additions may finally open the door for a Vietnam-era veteran.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Form 21-526EZ - Application for Disability Compensation
A "presumptive" condition means you do not have to prove the link between your service and your illness - the VA already accepts it. This short video explains why that matters for your claim.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - theSITREP
VA Form 21-526EZ - Application for Disability Compensation
Step-by-step help enrolling in VA health care using Form 10-10EZ - including free hearing aids, prescriptions, and primary care that many aging veterans never claim.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - theSITREP
VA Form 10-10EZ - Application for VA Health Care
A plain-language look at how enrolled veterans get hearing aids at no cost - the hearing test, the fitting, and free batteries, repairs, and replacements. If ringing ears or missed conversations are wearing you down, start here.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - theSITREP
VA Form 10-10EZ - Application for VA Health Care (needed first for audiology)
The VA Pension is a monthly, needs-based benefit for wartime veterans with limited income - and it can be increased with Aid & Attendance if you need help with daily living. One of the most overlooked benefits for seniors.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Form 21P-527EZ - Application for Veterans Pension
Aid & Attendance adds money to a VA pension for veterans or surviving spouses who need help with everyday activities - bathing, dressing, or getting around - or who are housebound. It can help pay for in-home care or assisted living.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - theSITREP
VA Form 21-2680 - Exam for Housebound Status or Aid & Attendance
See how the Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) grant pays to remodel a home - ramps, widened doors, roll-in showers - so a disabled veteran can age in place safely instead of moving.
Veterans Benefits Administration
VA Form 26-4555 - Application for Adapted Housing Grant (SAH/SHA)
More real stories of veterans who used the housing grant to make their homes safe and accessible. A hopeful watch if stairs, doorways, or the bathroom have become a daily struggle.
Veterans Benefits Administration
VA Form 26-4555 - Application for Adapted Housing Grant (SAH/SHA)
Your VA home loan benefit never expires. This video explains how credit works with a VA loan and how to get your Certificate of Eligibility - useful for refinancing or right-sizing your home in retirement.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - theSITREP
VA Form 26-1880 - Request for a Certificate of Eligibility (home loan)
VALife is guaranteed-acceptance whole life insurance for veterans age 80 and under with any service-connected rating - no medical exam and no health questions. This video explains the coverage and how the two-year waiting period works.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
What happens to benefits when a veteran passes. Explains DIC (Dependency and Indemnity Compensation) and Survivors Pension - tax-free monthly support a surviving spouse may be owed.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - theSITREP
VA Form 21P-534EZ - Application for DIC, Survivors Pension & Accrued Benefits
The Survivors Pension is a needs-based monthly benefit for the surviving spouse or child of a wartime veteran. Many widows and widowers qualify and never know it.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Form 21P-534EZ - Application for DIC, Survivors Pension & Accrued Benefits
CHAMPVA is a health-care program that shares the cost of care for the spouse or child of a veteran who is permanently and totally disabled from a service-connected condition, or who has died. A vital benefit many families never hear about.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Form 10-10d - Application for CHAMPVA Benefits
If you care for an aging veteran, the VA can help YOU - with training, respite, counseling, and even a monthly stipend for eligible family caregivers. This explains both caregiver programs.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - theSITREP
VA Form 10-10CG - Application for the Family Caregiver Program
A gentle overview of the burial and memorial benefits a veteran has earned - burial in a national cemetery, a headstone or marker, and military funeral honors, all at no cost to the family.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Form 40-10007 - Application for Pre-Need Eligibility (national cemetery)
Answers the questions families are often afraid to ask about funeral and burial costs - what the VA pays, who qualifies, and how to claim a burial allowance.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Form 21P-530EZ - Application for Burial Benefits (allowance)
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