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Service Officer:
The Disabled American Veterans can provide you with transportation to a veteran’s clinic or hospital.
The local phone number is 708-202-2575. The Addison VFW Post provides transportation every 3rd Friday of the month. Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873 in Naperville also provides transportation at the beginning of every month. The Department of Veteran Affairs has now changed their policy and can review your character discharge record if it was unfavorable. This change may allow you to receive benefits you were previously denied.Eligibility requirements for the family caregiver see caregiver page
Our Service Officer reported that the Veterans Administration now recognizes exposure to herbicides as a presumptive disease under the Agent Orange category.
https://www.publichealth.va.gov/docs/agentorange/dod_herbicides_outside_vietnam.pdf#
FYI: You can file an initial claim (that has not been previously decided by the V.A.), by submitting Form 21-526EZ, Application for Disability Compensation and Related Compensation Benefits.
Veteran Affairs: We are continuing the coat drive through October.
Our Post has achieved All American status as a VFW Post.
Make sure a lawyer is accredited with the V.A. if you need legal assistance for any reason. Check with the site https://pactactinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dont-Feed-the-Sharks-One-Pager-Light-version.pdf
Veteran burial benefits: The V.A. does not pay for your burial. Burial in a national cemetery is not guaranteed. For information select the link
https://www.va.gov/burials-and-memorials/pre-need/form-10007-apply-for-eligibility/introduction.
Form 534-EZ may help a veteran see if they are eligible under the new guidelines for a service-connected disability.
If you wish to receive benefits you must contact veterans benefits.
https://www.benefits.va.gov for more information.
The suicide and crisis number is 988.
Five locations have been added for exposure to Agent Orange. They include any US base in Thailand January 9,1962-June 30, 1976; Laos December 1, 1965-September 30, 1969; Cambodia April 16, 1969-April 30, 1969; Guam & American Samoa January 9, 1962-July 30, 1980; Johnson Atoll January 1, 1972-September 1977.
Bloomingdale VFW Post 7539 has worked with the Veterans Administration in providing assistance to Veterans in need.
Now you can help in our ongoing effort to serve those who have served us.
Contribute just $5.00 a month to Bloomingdale VFW 7539 to help provide food and other needed items to Veterans in need.
The link is: https://square.link/u/tTvghIIg
To order a Military license plate for your branch of service go to: https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/vehicles/license_plate_guide/military/home.html
The National Archives will digitize the list of Blue Water Navy ships.
Information and resources on the Blue Water Navy Act, eligibility, and how to file a claim, can be found online.
For a listing of Illinois State V.A. benefits available please check the website:
https//www.military.com/benefits/veteran-state-benefits/illinois-state-veterans-benefits.html
If you live in the Bloomingdale Township Senior Center area and need a walker, wheel chair or other items, contact them. There is no cost for these items.
An online App for your smart phone,VFW mobile
recruiter is available for those wishing to join VFW Post 7539.
Go to the App store and get the App.
Make sure you put in our Post number 7539 to join.