Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
Illinois' official veterans agency — free to contact, and the place to ask for an accredited service officer who can file or appeal a VA claim for you at no cost.
Veterans Alliance is privately owned and operated to serve veterans. We are not affiliated with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Official agencies. Their officers help at no charge.
Illinois' official veterans agency — free to contact, and the place to ask for an accredited service officer who can file or appeal a VA claim for you at no cost.
VA-accredited attorneys — 2 accredited attorneys on the VA roster. Accredited to represent veterans, alongside their other work. Help is normally free or low-cost; ask about eligibility when you call.
Free or low-cost help from organizations that are not selling anything.
Legal Aid Chicago is a nonprofit law office funded by the Legal Services Corporation. Its lawyers help people on low incomes with civil problems — housing, family, benefits and debt — at no charge. VA's roster also places 3 accredited attorneys here, so it can represent veterans on VA claims too. Ask whether it takes your kind of case and what its income limits are.
Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. is a nonprofit law office funded by the Legal Services Corporation. Its lawyers help people on low incomes with civil problems — housing, family, benefits and debt — at no charge. VA's roster also places 4 accredited attorneys here, so it can represent veterans on VA claims too. Ask whether it takes your kind of case and what its income limits are.
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Inc. is a nonprofit law office funded by the Legal Services Corporation. Its lawyers help people on low incomes with civil problems — housing, family, benefits and debt — at no charge. It is not a veterans organization and does not file VA claims. Ask whether it takes your kind of case and what its income limits are.
Firms and businesses. Most charge, usually a share of back pay.
VA-accredited attorneys — 2 accredited attorneys on the VA roster. Veterans disability is the firm's focus.
VA-accredited attorneys — 2 accredited attorneys on the VA roster. Handles veterans claims alongside other practice areas.
VA-accredited attorneys — 4 accredited attorneys on the VA roster. Handles veterans claims alongside other practice areas.
VA-accredited attorneys — 2 accredited attorneys on the VA roster. Handles veterans claims alongside other practice areas.
VA-accredited attorneys — 2 accredited attorneys on the VA roster. Accredited to represent veterans before the VA.
VA-accredited attorney, listed on the VA Office of General Counsel roster. We hold no details beyond the roster — ask what they charge and whether they take veterans disability cases before you commit to anything.
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