Veterans Benefits Advocacy Videos

VFP109  - Mark Fleming, Lena Fleming, & Dennis Mills

What Veterans Need To Know To Successfully File VA Claims

Lena Swanson, Mark Fleming, and Dennis Mills discuss what veterans need to know to file successful VA claims. Vietnam veterans and their survivors are eligible for compensation for specific diseases that are not classified as presumptive to Agent Orange exposure.
http://blip.tv/veterans-hour/what-veterans-need-to-know-to-successfully-file-va-claims-4878660

 

How the VA Rates Claims

This Veterans Advocacy Training session explores how the VA rates claims. The class was taped at Coffee Strong in Lakewood WA.
http://blip.tv/veterans-hour/how-the-va-rates-claims-3380321

 

What Veterans Need to Know to File VA Claims

Veteran Advocates can help veterans file claims with the VA. Lena Swanson, a retired benefits specialist shares in this Veterans for Peace program.
http://blip.tv/veterans-hour/what-veterans-need-to-know-to-file-va-claims-3257750
 

Interviewing a Soldier

The Veterans Advocacy Training class interviews an active duty soldier to learn what soldiers need to know for their exit physical.
http://blip.tv/veterans-hour/interviewing-a-soldier-3295798

 

VA Claims Process

Lena Swanson, retired benefits specialist, reviews the VA claims processes that accredited independent claims agents need to know.
http://blip.tv/veterans-hour/va-claims-process-3289169

 

Veterans Advocacy Training "Interviewing"

Veterans need to be interviewed "from head to toe."
http://blip.tv/veterans-hour/veterans-advocacy-training-interviewing-3280397  
Ken Carpenter - Accrued Benefits
Ken Carpenter, a VA benefits attorney, teaches veterans advocacy training students how to understand VA claims for accrued benefits. February 16, 2010 at Coffee Strong in Lakewood, WA.
http://blip.tv/veterans-hour/ken-carpenter-accrued-benefits-3261967

 

Ken Carpenter - Dependency & Indemnity Compensation

Ken Carpenter, an attorney practicing VA law, talks about Dependency & Indemnity Compensation in the Veterans Advocacy Training class at Coffee Strong in Lakewood WA.
http://blip.tv/veterans-hour/ken-carpenter-dependency-indemnity-compensation-3257909

 

Soldier Stories - Ken Schwilk & Duane King

Ken Schwilk, Army combat Vietnam veteran, and Duane King, Army combat Korean veteran tell their stories of why and how they entered the military service, what happened that forever changed them, and what they are doing now in Veterans for Peace.
http://blip.tv/veterans-hour/soldier-stories-ken-schwilk-duane-king-4157578

 

Soldier Stories: Mark Fleming & James Bowers

Mark Fleming and James Bowers, both Vietnam combat veterans, share how and why they entered the service, what happened to them that forever changed them, and what they are doing now as a result of that experience.
http://blip.tv/veterans-hour/soldier-stories-mark-fleming-james-bowers-4155000

 

Soldier Stories: Larry Kerschner-U.S. Army Vietnam

Soldier Stories - Paths to Healing and Return is a series of stories told by veterans who have experienced the horrors of war. Telling their stories helps with their healing and tells Americans what it expects of young men and men whom they send of to combat. ; Larry Kerschner is now a poet who shares his experiences and healing process.
http://blip.tv/veterans-hour/soldier-stories-larry-kerschner-u-s-army-vietnam-3944066

 

Soldier Stories: Bob Poteat-Korean War Vet

Soldier Stories: Paths to Healing and Return is a series of veterans telling their experiences of war and their path to healing. Bob Poteat is a Navy veteran who enlisted during the Korean War. Also featured is Cheryl Dailey, a mental health therapist who volunteers with Soldiers Project NW.
http://blip.tv/veterans-hour/soldier-stories-bob-poteat-korean-war-vet-3942924
 
Soldier Stories - Jim Breitmun & Wes Hamilton
“Soldier Stories”, a series of programs produced by the Rachel Corrie Chapter 109 Veterans for Peace, offer veterans the opportunity to tell their stories, to speak about their combat experience and how that experience has and continues to influence their lives. Equally important, “Soldier Stories” informs the viewer about what the nation asks when it sends men and women into combat. ; The viewer will learn about the choices humans must make in war.
http://blip.tv/veterans-hour/soldier-stories-jim-breitmun-wes-hamilton-3828280