Limited time from release from active duty: unemployment compensation

90 days: dental, re-employment

120 days: Servicemens Group life insurance converted to Veterans Group life insurance

2 years: GI insurance for veterans with service connected disabilities

10 years: GI Bill services expire 10 years from release date. This includes educational benefits.

12 years: vocational rehabilitation for those with service-connected 10 percent disability or more. Rehabilitation includes educational benefits and a monthly living allowance. Once a veteran has gone through the program there will be assistance in finding employment.

No time limit: service-connected disability compensation, medical care, readjustment counseling, home loans, employment assistance, assisted housing or nursing care in veterans homes, reduced property taxes, free fishing and hunting licenses, military ID access to commissaries

After death: military honors, some monetary burial benefits and death and indemnity compensation for spouse and benefactors

Contact the Freeborn County Veterans Service Office at 377-5184 for details on these services. Other services are available to dependents and spouses of veterans.

At the courthouse

Services available through Freeborn County Veterans Services:

– Transportation to VA Medical Center in Minneapolis Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday each week. Ride Services, through Senior Resources, transports veterans Monday and Thursday each week. Transportation is also available to the facility in St. Cloud.

– Assistance with paperwork, troubleshooting problems, ordering medication and scheduling appointments.

– Answering questions.