Veterans Services Veterans Services Legion programs and activities for veterans include direct assistance at the community level, advocacy and advisory services. The Legion's flagship program is the Veterans' Service Bureau , a network of 1550 volunteers and professionals dedicated to securing pensions and benefits owed to veterans.
Claims sometimes date back to World War II, or even earlier.
The Veterans' Service Bureau was established after World War1 and is funded in part by donations from the annual National Remembrance Poppy Campaign . The service is free to Legion members and non-members alike. In fact, Service Bureau officers are seeing younger applicants every day, some still in their twenties. Service Bureau officers help claimants with government legislation and documentation, and represent them at all levels of the process, including before the Veterans Review and Appeal Tribunal at the final appeal level. All members of the armed forces are eligible for pensions for injuries or disabilities sustained not only during war-time, but during regular military service or while serving in a special duty area.