Veteran Services
Department
Description:
To
act as an advocate and provide resources to the veterans of Le
Sueur County, their families and/or their survivors
by assisting them in obtaining a better standard of life by utilizing the
benefits they are entitled to under the law.
Our
office is staffed 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Veterans Services
provides advice and assistance for veterans or their families filing claims for
state and federal veterans' benefits, social security supplemental income
benefits, and other public and private programs.
Our Office Support Specialist is Jamie VonBank.
Le
Sueur County Veterans Services is committed to ensuring
that all veterans and their families living in Le Sueur
County who seek our assistance are provided quality service when it comes to
benefits for veterans and their dependents.
We consider our office a one-stop shop to apply for all Veterans
Administration benefits (state and federal). For an appointment, call
(507) 357-8279.
Please
click on these topics for more specific information.
Federal
- Disability
Compensation
– is a monthly payment made to a veteran who has
incurred a service-connected disability rated at
10% or more while in the military or who has
aggravated a pre-existing condition rated at 10%
or more. The Federal Veterans Administration also
assists in adapting homes and/or automobiles for
veterans who are totally and permanently
service-connected disabled.
Eligibility
Requirements
- Disability
- Active Military
Service (other than Dishonorable):
- Active
Duty;
and
- Any period of active
duty for training during which the
individual concerned was disabled or died
from a disease or injury incurred or
aggravated in line of duty; or
- Any period of inactive
duty for training during which the
individual concerned was disabled or died
from an injury or aggravated in line of
duty.
- Dependency
and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
– is a monthly payment made to surviving spouses
(who have not remarried – see below), unmarried
minor children (under 18), helpless children,
children between the ages 18 and 23 if attending a
VA-approved school and also to low-income parents
of deceased servicemembers or veterans.
Eligibility
Requirements
The deceased
servicemember must have died from:
- A disease or
injury incurred or aggravated while on active
duty or active duty for training; or
- An injury incurred
or aggravated in the line of duty while on
inactive duty training; or
- A disability
compensable by the VA.
Death cannot be due
to willful misconduct.
When a spouse
remarries, eligibility may be restored if the
marriage is later terminated by divorce or death.
- Pension
– is a monthly payment to a veteran for a
non-service connected disability or payment to a
spouse after the death of a veteran (Death
Pension). A veteran must have had 90 days or more
active military service, one day of which was
served during a period of war and was discharged
under other than dishonorable conditions. A
veteran must also be permanently and totally
disabled. Unreimbursed medical expenses may be
used to reduce an applicant’s income to meet the
guidelines.
- Nursing
Homes
– Veterans or their spouses may be eligible for
Pension with Aid and Attendance, or at the
Housebound rate, upon entering a nursing home, in
need of the regular aid and attendance of another
person, or who is permanently housebound. (See www.medicare.gov
for information on nursing homes.)
- Home
Loan
Guarantees
– Loan guarantees made to service members,
veterans, reservists and unremarried surviving
spouses for the purchase of homes, condominiums
and manufactured homes and for refinancing loans.
- Veterans
Exposed to
Agent Orange (Viet Nam), Radiation, or Illnesses
Stemming From the Gulf War
– Benefits granted for only a specified list of
conditions determined to be associated with
exposure to Agent Orange, ionizing radiation, or
chronic disabilities resulting from undiagnosed
illnesses. This list may be expanded in the future
and all veterans are urged to make application for
benefits even for conditions not on the specified
list, since there is a possibility for retroactive
benefits if the condition is later added to the
list.
- Burial
Benefits
– Veterans are eligible for burial in a VA
national cemetery if they were in the military for
the required period of time and were discharged
under conditions other than dishonorable. Benefits
include a gravesite, a headstone or marker,
opening and closing of the grave and perpetual
care.
State
- State
Subsistence/Dental/Optical
– Temporary financial assistance to veterans and
their dependents during a period when veterans are
disabled and not able to work at their normal
occupations. Veterans must have served 181
consecutive days active duty, unless discharged
due to disability incurred while on active duty,
and discharged under honorable conditions.
Benefits under this program are income based and
the maximum length of assistance is six months.
This program also provides payment of monthly
utilities (excluding telephone service), monthly
rent or mortgage, basic dental and optical care
and clothing allowance to eligible veterans and
their dependents.
- State
Veterans Homes
– Five state veterans homes have been
established by the Minnesota Legislature to
provide nursing and domiciliary care to eligible
Minnesota veterans and their dependents. These
homes are located at Minneapolis, Hastings, Silver
Bay, Luverne and Fergus Falls. See www.mvh.state.mn.us
- Chemical
Dependency Treatment
– Chemical dependency treatment and aftercare is
available to veterans at different facilities
throughout the state.
- State
Veterans Cemetery
– This cemetery is located near Camp Ripley,
north of Little Falls, and is open to all members
of the armed forces and veterans discharged under
conditions other than dishonorable, a spouse,
unremarried widow or widower, minor children, and
unmarried adult children (under certain
circumstances).
For other State and Federal
benefits, please contact your local County
Veterans Service Officer.
Select Progam Below To View
Departmant of Veteran's Affairs:
VA Website
Minnesota Dept of Veteran's Affairs:
MNVA Website
Minnesota Veteran's Homes:
MVH Website
National Association of County Veterans Service Officers:
NACVSO Website
Request Copies of Military Personnel Records:
NARA (eVetRecs) Website
Social Security Online:
SSA Website
Your Representatives:
Senator Coleman's Website
Senator Klobuchar's Website
Representative Kline's Website
Department
Head:
Jim Golgart
Contact information:
Le Sueur County Veterans Services
88 South Park Avenue
Le Center MN, 56057
Phone: (507) 357-8279
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