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Peters and his tireless work to help Americaâs veterans." width="287" height="217" /><p id="caption-attachment-743" class="wp-caption-text">Our mission continues in the spirit of James J. Peters and his tireless work to help Americaâs veterans.</p></div> 302<p>VetsFirst is a program of <a href="http://www.unitedspinal.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">United Spinal Association</a> that assists veterans and their eligible family members in obtaining the benefits they are entitled to, deserve and need.</p> 303<p><strong>Our Mission</strong><br /> 304VetsFirst leads the way in advocating for veterans living with disabilities and ensuring they achieve the highest level of independence and quality of life.</p> 305<p><strong>About VetsFirst</strong><br />
306For 80 years, with the support of our growing community, United Spinalâs VetsFirst program has dedicated itself to building an inclusive world that empowers injured and paralyzed veterans to reach their full potential. Throughout our history, we have provided veterans valuable programs and services that maximize independence, enable successful community living, and provide opportunities to become leaders, advocates, and innovators.</p> 307<p>VetsFirstâs leadership and staff has empowered advocates as we enhance disability rights, provide the community with accessible design information, provide healthcare resource information, as well as counseling, peer support and other assistance to facilitate community reintegration. If there is one fundamental truth we have learned over the years, itâs that we are united in our belief that all of society wins when honorable veterans with disabilities have equal opportunities to pursue their dreams and interests</p> 308<p><strong>Our Service</strong><br /> 309VetsFirst brings to bear seventy years of expertise in helping Americaâs veterans with disabilities, their spouses, dependents, survivors and other eligible family members receive health care, disability compensation, rehabilitation and other benefits offered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. We supply direct representation, proactive legislative and regulatory advocacy, individual support and counseling services, guidance on education and employment, timely news and information and valuable self-help guides.</p> 310<p>VetsFirst advocates nationally for all generations of veterans, including individuals living with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries.</p> 311<div id="attachment_4647" style="width: 297px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4647" class="wp-image-4647 size-medium" src="/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/VF-pic-287x300.jpg" alt="Founding member Robert Moss (with pipe) leads a 1948 demonstration at Grand Central Terminal, New York City, for improved health care for paralyzed veterans." width="287" height="300" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/VF-pic-287x300.jpg 287w, /wp-content/uploads/2008/11/VF-pic-768x803.jpg 768w, /wp-content/uploads/2008/11/VF-pic.jpg 918w" sizes="(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4647" class="wp-caption-text">Founding member Robert Moss (with pipe) leads a 1948 demonstration at Grand Central Terminal, New York City, for improved health care for paralyzed veterans.</p></div> 312<p>Our advocacy efforts go far beyond offering words of support and encouragement. We take this fight to Capitol Hill to bring attention to issues that matter most to the men and women who proudly served our
312country.</p> 313<p>We connect with thousands of veterans and active military servicemen and women annually through our call center and online help desk, Ask VetsFirst. Our staff takes the time to address each inquiry, offering guidance with questions on military separation, claims appeals, and state benefits.</p> 314<p>In addition to providing individual support and counseling services, VetsFirst offers timely and news and information across the spectrum of issues presently impacting the veterans community, including state benefits, separating from the military, as well as exclusive feature stories on military health care and VA funding and compensation.</p> 315<p><strong>Our History</strong><br /> 316As a program of United Spinal Association, VetsFirst has a long and illustrious history assisting and representing veterans and their eligible family members. Unlike other organizations, United Spinalâa VA recognized veterans service organizationâstrives to ensure the organization remains an instrument for veterans rather than an institution.</p> 317<p>United Spinalâs history began in 1946 when a group of paralyzed World War II veterans from New York City and the surrounding area banded together to raise awareness of the alarming plight of their fellow paralyzed veterans. Rejecting the poor treatment they received at their local VA hospitals, they led the charge for greater civil rights and independence, forming the congressionally chartered Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA). United Spinal, formerly known as Eastern Paralyzed Veterans of America (EPVA), was a chapter of PVA.</p> 318<p>As the organization matured under the leadership of James J. Peters in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, United Spinal helped improve the quality of health care for veterans, backing words with deeds and dollars by winning denied benefits for individual vets and investing money in VA programs and infrastructure. These efforts have been a boon to every American with a disability.</p> 319<p>In 1970, Peters convinced Life magazine to run a cover story exposing the deplorable conditions facing Vietnam veterans with spinal cord injuries at the Bronx VA Medical Center. The story sparked a national outrage and convinced Congress to raze the facility and build a brand new hospital with special attention to SCI. In 2005, the hospital was renamed in honor of Peters and his work to ensure all veterans receive quality health care.</p> 320<p>In 2007, United Spinal created its VetsFirst program to better assist members and other veterans. In order to adapt to a changing world and economy United Spinal founded VetsFirst, Inc. in 2009. VetsFirst, Inc., a 501(c)(3) was created for the sole and express purpose of providing financial support to United Spinalâs VetsFirst program.</p> 321<p>Today, VetsFirst continues the important work to uphold the values, objectives and mission needed for our nationâs veterans no matter when or where they served.</p> 322 </div> 323 </div> 324 </section> 325<aside id="sidebar" class="sidebar fusion-widget-area fusion-content-widget-area fusion-sidebar-right fusion-blogsidebar" style="float: right;" > 326 327 <section id="search-3" class="widget widget_search"><div class="heading"><h4 class="widget-title">Search</h4></div> <form role="search" class="searchform fusion-search-form fusion-search-form-classic" method="get" action="https://vetsfirst.org"> 328 <div class="fusion-search-form-content"> 329 330 331 <div class="fusion-search-field search-field"> 332 <label><span class="screen-reader-text">Search for:</span> 333 <input type="search" value="" name="s" class="s" placeholder="Search..." required aria-required="true" aria-label="Search..."/> 334 </label> 335 </div> 336 <div class="fusion-search-button search-button"> 337 <input type="submit" class="fusion-search-submit searchsubmit" aria-label="Search" value="" /> 338 </div> 339 340 341 </div> 342 343 344 345 </form> 346 </section><section id="text-26" class="widget widget_text" style="border-style: solid;border-color:transparent;border-width:0px;"><div class="heading"><h4 class="widget-title">VA HELPFUL RESOURCES</h4></div> <div class="textwidget"><p><b>Each VA Regional Office has Veteran Service Organizations (VSO) located within the facility.</b></p> 347<p><a href="https://www.benefits.va.gov/vso/varo.asp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
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