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Wakefields Veterans Services a member of Massachusetts Department of Veterans Services was established to assist needy, eligible wartime veterans and or their dependent as mandated by Massachusetts General Law 115 Section 5 and regulated by CMR 108 DVS.
Services are provided on request to those veterans who are full-time residents of Wakefield, who have been honorably discharged from U.S. military service and who meet the asset limitation which is determined at the time of application. A home and one motor vehicle are not included as countable assets. Service is also provided for veterans and or their dependents in filing for VA pension or compensation as each case warrants, health care, Social Security, Supplemental security or disability, burial and grave markers, obtaining military records, rehabilitation, medals, education, bonus and annuity application and many other items.
Your Veterans Services Officer will visit the homes of aged and ill veterans who are unable to visit the office which is located in the Town Hall. Medical records are necessary to support request for benefits for veterans unable to work because of disability. All others must find work. A Veteran is obligated to utilize alternative sources of income which will be explained when applying.
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