501 East Price Street, P.O. Box 186, Savannah, Missouri 64485, United States
We are Service Officers with Post 287. We are volunteers and cannot file for you. We talk to you about benefits available, help you get your claim ready, then connect you to a VSO to file your claim. You do not have to be a member of Post 287. We will help any veteran.
Financial Assistance | Funeral Benefits
We recently had a veteran receive over $10,000 in tax free back pay. We can't guarantee that will happen every time, but we can guarantee it won't happen if you don't try.
Vern and Sharon Tobey
Email us at vtobey@att.net
'De' DePastino
Email me at gerald.depastino@att.net
Call or Text me at 816-351-0170
MO State Veteran's Benefits Guide (PDF)
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Help yourself and your buddies with future VA claims by taking pictures of each other with your weapons and near signs. For example, if you're stationed near a chemical plant, take a photo with the sign. If something unusual or traumatic happens, make notes for each other as "buddy statements." Keep notes or a diary while deployed. It can take years for symptoms to show, including PTSD. Keep a copy of these photos, notes, and your Orders together. This documentation will make your claim process easier.
A "Buddy Statement" should include the following information:
To qualify for Disabled Veteran specialty license plates, you must be a Missouri resident who has served in and was honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces and have a 10% or higher disability rating. Read more...
Veterans and Gold Star Families will be granted free access to national parks, wildlife refuges and other Federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior starting on Veterans Day this year (2020) and every day onward. Read more...
Veterans who were exposed to radiation in the military between 1945 and 1992 are eligible to apply for the newly created Atomic Veterans Service Certificate signed by Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan. Application for the certificate is open to retired and former service members, or next of kin in cases of deceased veterans, Defense Department officials said. Read more...
Veterans are twice as likely to fall victim to scams as the population at large. Some scammers offer veterans the opportunity to refinance Veterans Affairs (VA) loans at extremely low rates. Others will pose as government agencies in order to access personal information, or offer lump sum payments up front, in exchange for signing over all their future monthly benefit checks. There have even been instances where scammers will create fake charities that target veterans or pretend to be old friends offering “sure thing” investments. Read more...
Veteran's with the Veterans Health Identification Card now have access to the Commissary, BX/PX, and MWR services. Read more...
100% service connected disabled Veterans are now eligible for Space Available Travel. To be eligible for Space-A flights, Veterans must have a permanent and total service-connected disability rating. These Vets must also obtain a DD Form 2765, “Department of Defense/Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card (TAN)." (https://militarybenefits.info/military-id-cards/). A popular perk among retirees, now eligible Veterans can take advantage of the program and fly for free.
VA’s National Cemetery Administration (NCA) launched its new “Find A Veteran, Post A Tribute” campaign. The effort intends to increase awareness of the Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) – the nation’s first digital platform dedicated entirely to memorializing more than 3.7 million Veterans interred in VA’s national cemeteries. Read more...
If you are working on a VA claim, or are interested in veterans supporting veterans please consider joining this Facebook group. It includes great information as well as a safe place for veterans to talk. The administrator is a Veteran Service Officer who monitors comments to keep it a safe place. Read more...
A ruling by the Defense Department has granted veteran status to a group of civilians who served in Vietnam. The group consists of "Department of the Navy civilian special agents who served in direct support and under control of the Department of the Navy within the Republic of Vietnam between Jan. 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975." Read more...