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Welcome

We are an organization of American Veterans' Widows/ers (Survivors), reaching out to other Veterans' Widows/ers across the United States and overseas.

Our mission is to:  
- Inform Survivors of benefits for which they might qualify
- Help them gather documents needed to substantiate and submit claims
- Direct them to where they will receive best attention
- Keep them abreast of new legislative changes and news affecting our benefits, and
- Give all veterans’ Survivors a sense of togetherness with other Veterans’ Widows/ers

And our goals are:  
1.  To ensure Survivors who qualify for both SBP and DIC benefits be allowed to receive both benefits without any offset.

2.  To address the needs of those Survivors who do not qualify for either the Survivor Benefits Plan or Dependency Indemnity Compensation, and survive on less than $1,300 total monthly income.

3.  To amend the present requirement stipulating that a veteran be continuously rated 100% disabled for 10 years prior to death, in order for the surviving spouse to qualify for DIC.

4.  To compensate Survivors of veterans who die from 100% disabilities rating incurred on active duty but are not qualified to receive the $100,000 plus insurances death benefits allocated to survivors of those who die in Iraq & Afghanistan, with a $250 monthly increase to their DIC benefits.

5.  To encourage the Department of Defense to extend overseas Space-A travel to those Survivors who qualify for that distinction.

6.   To obtain congressional support in order to have the “in Memory Plaque on the Mall upgraded and given more prominence.

7.   Finally, to be granted a national Day of Recognition for all Veterans’ Widows and Widowers. So far. Colorado is the only state to enjoin this distinction.

Photos at top: 1) A depiction of Molly Pitcher; 2) Marie Gregory, Edmee Hills, and Eunice Luke-Matson, VWIN Council members; 3) VWIN Logo; 4) Arlington National Cemetery; 4) The Vietnam In Memory Plaque on the National Mall.

Veterans' Widows/ers International Network      303.693.4745