Please Note: WDVA Claims Assistance Office has a new phone number as of Friday, March 1, 2024. The new phone number is 833-4-WIS-CLM (833-494-7256) or (414) 977-5583. Questions? You may also contact the claims office at claims@dva.wi.gov
The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) can help Wisconsin veterans and their families obtain federal benefits and services from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
The WDVA Claims Assistance Office staff represents veterans and their family members by serving as their accredited representative for matters pertaining to VA benefits and entitlements. For more information on accredited representation by the WDVA Claims Assistance Office, veterans should contact their County Veterans Service Officer (CVSO), or the WDVA Claims Assistance Office.
The WDVA Claims Assistance Office works closely with County Veterans Service Officers and the VA to assist veterans with obtaining federal benefits in the following areas:
Disability compensation – a payment to veterans who are disabled by injury or disease incurred or aggravated during military service.
Pension – financial support for veterans with limited income when they have 90 days or more of active-duty military service, one day of which was during a wartime period. To qualify, a veteran must be permanently and totally disabled for reasons not traceable to willful misconduct. The veteran must have been discharged from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable. There are additional pension programs for surviving spouses and children of deceased veterans.
Burial benefits – burial in state or federal veterans cemeteries. Headstones and markers may be provided for burials in private cemeteries. Burial allowances may help pay for burial services and a burial plot.
For more information on accredited representation by the WDVA Claims Assistance Office, contact your local County Veterans Service Officer or the WDVA Claims Assistance Office at:
WDVA Claims Assistance Office
c/o VA Regional Office
5400 W. National Ave., Room 157
Milwaukee, WI 53214
Telephone: 833-4-CLM (833-494-7256) or (414) 977-5583