• Help you identify issues and develop evidence
• Answer your requests for assistance
• File your claims with VA in a timely manner
• Review your rating decision for accuracy
  

• During your interview, WE WILL review your information and inform you of what benefits you should claim as well as any other benefits that may be available
• WE ARE trained VA benefits experts who have access to VA computer systems in order to provide you with the information you need for your claim to succeed
• WE WILL submit your claim to VA in a timely manner to ensure that you receive the maximum benefit to which you are entitled
• WE WILL conduct a thorough review of your decision before VA sends it to you.  The VFW has a 90% success rate in correcting errors, helping you avoid the lengthy appeals process
• If you are unsatisfied with the outcome of your claim, WE WILL help you appeal VA's decision
  

Please feel free to contact a VFW Representative for help with filing a claim for VA benefits, VA health care and all eligible VA benefits at:

2122 West Taylor Street, Room 105

Chicago, IL 60612

Phone: (312) 980-4284 * FAX: (312) 706-4680

Email: vso@vfwil.org

Website: http://www.vfwilserviceoffice.com

Telephone hours: 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. • Monday thru Thursday

Friday: 8:00-12:00 p.m.

Walk-In Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. * Monday thru Thursday

Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

 FIELD OFFICES/Outreach Locations

-Southern Illinois­

Marion VA Medical Center

AmVets Building, Room 110 2401 W. Main St.,

Marion, IL 62959

Phone: 618-997-5311 ext. 158230

FAX: 618-997-4155

Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

O'Fallon VFW Post 805

Every Tuesday 223 West 1stSt. O'Fallon, IL 62269

618-624-6575

11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Metro East Vet Cente

Every Wednesday

228 West Pointe Drive

Swansea, IL

8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

-Central Illinois

IIliana Health Care System

Danville VA Medical Center

Bldg 104, Room 127

1900 E. Main St., Danville, IL 61832

Phone: 217-554-4502

FAX: 217-554-4361

Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Mattoon VA Clinic

First Tuesday ofthe month

501 Lake Land Blvd., Mattoon IL

9 a.m. to 2 p.m

Dow Stepp Memorial Post 5975

First Thursday ofthe month

112 North 5th, Marshall, IL

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Crawford County Post 4549

Second Tuesday of the month

712E. Main St., Robinson, IL

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Decatur VA Clinic

Second Thursday of the month

792 North Sunnyside Rd.,

Decatur, IL

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Peoria VA Clinic

Third Tuesday of the month

7717 N Orange Prairie Rd., Peoria IL

9 a.m. to 2 p.m

Busey-Fletcher-Stillwell Post 630

Third Thursday of the month

1303E. Main St., Urbana, IL

9 a.m. to2 p.m.

Bloomington VA Clinic

Fourth Tuesday of the month

207 Hamilton Rd, Bloomington IL

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Springfield VA Clinic

Fourth Thursday of the month

5850South 6th St., Springfield, IL

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

-Chicagoland-

 Hines VA Medical Center

Every Thursday & Third Friday of the month

5000 S. 5th Ave., Hines, IL 60141

Building 1, Room 109

Phone: 708-202-2562

9 a.m. to 3p.m.

Frisbie Senior Center

First Monday of the month

52 E. Northwest Hwy., Des Plaines, IL 60016

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Judd Kendall Post 3873

First Tuesday of the month

908 Jackson Ave., Naperville, IL 60540

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Benjamin O. Davis Post 311

Every Monday & Tuesday and First & Second

Wednesday of the month (except 1st Monday & Tuesday)

22341 S. Governors Hwy.

Richton Park, IL 60471

Phone: 708-679-0995

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Chicago Vet Center

First Friday of the month

8658 S. Sacramento Ave., Chicago, IL 60652

9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Aurora Vet Center

Second & Fourth Friday of the month

750 Shoreline Dr. #150

Aurora,IL 60504

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.