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Legal Aid Clinic for Veterans at Bob Dole VA Medical Center, Wichita April 10
Veterans are encouraged to make an appointment by signing up via the link below or by phone.. This clinic is for Civil Legal questions or if you are in need of Legal Advice. Appointments are available in-person or via tele-video. This clinic is not for criminal issues. Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center Bldg. 26, ground floor PEC rooms | By Appointment Walk-Ins welcome, but are not guaranteed a time slot.
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Kansas Legal Services helped Navy veteran, attacked by pirates, secure disability benefits
(Above) Matt Keenan is the executive director of Kansas Legal Services, a legal aid organization that served more than 18,000 Kansans in 2023, including a veteran who needed help obtaining disability benefits.  
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Veteran's Benefits and Services
The ultimate link to all benefits and services offered to Veterans. Very comprehensive site and easy to use. Find all the information you need in one place.    https://www.va.gov/
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Affidavit to Declare Bank Account Only Contains Social Security
This affidavit can be filed pre or post judgment in a court action.
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KLS Legal Assistance for Veterans
KLS provides legal assistance for Veterans who are homeless or at-risk for homelessness. Legal assistance addresses the top seven areas identified by Veterans in the Veterans’ CHALENG survey as being their top legal problems:
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Benefits after incarceration: What you need to know
Individuals released from incarceration may be eligible for Social Security retirement, survivors, or disability benefits if you have worked or paid into Social Security enough years or Supplemental Security Income benefits if you are 65 or older, or are blind, or have a disability and have little or no income and resources.
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Services for Active Duty, Veterans and their families
Stateside Legal  This website is designed for members of the military, Veterans, their families and advocates. The goals of statesidelegal.org are to help Service members and Veterans:
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All About Social Security: SSI and SSDI Notices of Overpayments
The following information is for people who got a Notice of Overpayment from the Social Security Administration (SSA). The information is from a website called Learn the Law.org that is information put together by Statewide Legal Services, CTLawHelp.org and Center for Computer-Assisted Learning (CALI) to help people with common legal aid problems.
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Charity Care: A Guide to Relief of Medical Debt
Kansas Legal Services offers you some guidance if you have medical debt weighing you down.  Please watch our new video for steps to take. https://youtu.be/hM2MgstFel0    
Debt and Debt Collection
Some debts aren’t worth paying back. Ever heard of ‘zombie debt’?
Some types of old debt are no longer collectible after a certain point. But collection agencies make money by scaring people into restarting the clock on payments.   August 6, 2025 by Michelle Singletary  Washington Post   You have a responsibility to repay the money you borrow.
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Veterans/MilitaryDebt and Debt CollectionSocial SecurityClear All Filters
Legal Aid Clinic for Veterans at Bob Dole VA Medical Center, Wichita April 10
Veterans are encouraged to make an appointment by signing up via the link below or by phone.. This clinic is for Civil Legal questions or if you are in need of Legal Advice. Appointments are available in-person or via tele-video. This clinic is not for criminal issues. Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center Bldg. 26, ground floor PEC rooms | By Appointment Walk-Ins welcome, but are not guaranteed a time slot.
Veterans/Military
Kansas Legal Services helped Navy veteran, attacked by pirates, secure disability benefits
(Above) Matt Keenan is the executive director of Kansas Legal Services, a legal aid organization that served more than 18,000 Kansans in 2023, including a veteran who needed help obtaining disability benefits.  
Social Security
Veteran's Benefits and Services
The ultimate link to all benefits and services offered to Veterans. Very comprehensive site and easy to use. Find all the information you need in one place.    https://www.va.gov/
Veterans/Military
Affidavit to Declare Bank Account Only Contains Social Security
This affidavit can be filed pre or post judgment in a court action.
Social Security
KLS Legal Assistance for Veterans
KLS provides legal assistance for Veterans who are homeless or at-risk for homelessness. Legal assistance addresses the top seven areas identified by Veterans in the Veterans’ CHALENG survey as being their top legal problems:
Veterans/Military
Benefits after incarceration: What you need to know
Individuals released from incarceration may be eligible for Social Security retirement, survivors, or disability benefits if you have worked or paid into Social Security enough years or Supplemental Security Income benefits if you are 65 or older, or are blind, or have a disability and have little or no income and resources.
Social Security
Services for Active Duty, Veterans and their families
Stateside Legal  This website is designed for members of the military, Veterans, their families and advocates. The goals of statesidelegal.org are to help Service members and Veterans:
Veterans/Military
All About Social Security: SSI and SSDI Notices of Overpayments
The following information is for people who got a Notice of Overpayment from the Social Security Administration (SSA). The information is from a website called Learn the Law.org that is information put together by Statewide Legal Services, CTLawHelp.org and Center for Computer-Assisted Learning (CALI) to help people with common legal aid problems.
Social Security
Charity Care: A Guide to Relief of Medical Debt
Kansas Legal Services offers you some guidance if you have medical debt weighing you down.  Please watch our new video for steps to take. https://youtu.be/hM2MgstFel0    
Debt and Debt Collection
Some debts aren’t worth paying back. Ever heard of ‘zombie debt’?
Some types of old debt are no longer collectible after a certain point. But collection agencies make money by scaring people into restarting the clock on payments.   August 6, 2025 by Michelle Singletary  Washington Post   You have a responsibility to repay the money you borrow.
Debt and Debt Collection
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