VETERAN LEGACY

Protect your benefits, retirement, assets and family.

Most help stops at the VA claim. AVOY follows the veteran's whole life — and then helps the family. Plain-English pages, videos and the AVOY Veteran Navigator AI™, built on our book library.

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The veteran's life journey — 5 Pillars

1Claim — every VA dollar you earned

2Retire — VA, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid

3Protect — trusts, wills, power of attorney

4Pass On — executors, probate, the home

5Family — survivors, burial, spouse and children

Five parts of a veteran's legacy

Pick the part of life you are in now. Each one has its own guides, videos and books.

1 · CLAIM Benefits & Claims Am I getting every VA dollar I earned? See claim guides → 2 · RETIRE Retirement & Senior Planning How do VA, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid fit together? See retirement guides → 3 · PROTECT Legacy & Estate Planning Is my family protected if I get sick or die? See trust guides → 4 · PASS ON Executors & Probate Who handles my estate, and how? See probate guides → 5 · FAMILY Family Protection What does my spouse or child get, and what do they do first? See family guides →

Start where you are

I'm a veteranGet your rating right, then plan for retirement and your family. I'm a spouse or widowDIC, Social Security survivor benefits, burial and CHAMPVA. I'm helping a veteran parentPower of attorney, care costs and the documents to find now. I'm the executorStep-by-step help with probate, the home and the first 90 days.

THE VETERAN LEGACY CHECKLIST

20 questions. A score for each part of your legacy.

See what is done and what is missing. Get the printable checklist by email, with the pages and videos for each gap.

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VA benefits review
Social Security review
Medicare review
Trust review
Will review
Power of attorney review
Executor selection

Veteran Legacy Planning videos

All videos →

VA Pension Benefits vs. Living Trusts: What You Need to Know Before It's Too Late

The 2026 DIC Guide: What Every Surviving Spouse Must Know

Your Veteran Spouse Left $100K+ Unclaimed — File Now

Your VA Rating Could Drop After 5 Years — Do This Now

A. Perkins in U.S. Air Force uniform receiving a handshake from a senior officer — A. Perkins (right), U.S. Air Force

Portrait of A. Perkins, founder of AVOY — A. Perkins today, founder of AVOY

MEET THE FOUNDER

A veteran helping veterans and their families

A. Perkins, Major, USAF · Former Nuclear Missile Launch Officer and Disabled Veteran

Served as a nuclear missile launch officer at Minot, North Dakota, then five years at the Pentagon. Author of the VA Benefits Mastery Library and the estate, trust and Social Security books behind every page on this site.

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