When visiting Explore.VA.gov, Veterans can start by clicking the “Get Started” button on the homepage to use the VA Benefits Navigator. After a short questionnaire, Veterans will be matched with links to information about VA benefits they may be eligible to receive.
Explore.VA.gov provides an overview of all VA benefits and connects you with everything you need in order to apply. There are also tools, such as the Benefits Navigator, where you can answer a few questions and receive a list of benefits that may be a fit.
Veteran community members focused on establishing a common understanding of transitioning to civilian life and the collaborative actions they could take to improve the experience for service members and their families.
VA teamed up with Got Your 6 for a Facebook Live event on VA life insurance benefits. Bill Rausch, executive director at Got Your 6, and Kristan Hoffman, a VA insurance specialist, sat down to discuss benefit options, eligibility requirements and critical application deadlines.
VA and Got Your 6 will discuss life insurance benefit options, eligibility requirements and critical application deadlines.
An important change to VA memorial benefits allows Veterans and their family members to find out in advance if they are eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery.
With pre-need eligibility determination Veterans and family members can find out in advance if they are eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery and make arrangements prior to their time of need.
On March 23, VA and DAV co-hosted a Facebook Live video tour of the D.C. VA Medical Center Women’s Health Clinic to discuss health care services for women Veterans and more.
On Feb. 15, VA partnered with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) for a Facebook chat to answer these questions and more, helping Veterans navigate their education and employment benefits.
The ExploreVA Facebook chat on suicide prevention for women Veterans emphasized that 'Everyone has a role to play in suicide prevention.'
On August 17, VA partnered with VFW to host a Facebook Live video tour of a VA Vet Center and a chat on the services Vet Centers provide.
On July 13, VA joined Disabled American Veterans (DAV) for a Twitter chat to answer questions from Veterans, Servicemembers and their families about diabetes prevention and care.
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