On Jan. 16, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced the expansion of the Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM)—the nation’s largest digital platform dedicated to the memory of veterans and service members—to allow veterans to tell their own service stories.

The new feature, Your Story, Your Legacy, will allow veterans who have been approved for the VA’s pre-need eligibility determination for burial in a VA national cemetery to log in to a secure website where they can privately submit images, stories, military and life milestones, and historical documents.

The VA will keep a veteran’s submitted content secure until they die and the VA approves a request for a burial or memorial benefit. Following approval, the content submitted will become public on the veteran’s VLM page.

Once a veteran provides their email address, they will receive an email directing them to the Your Story, Your Legacy landing page. Click here to apply online.

 

If you need information or assistance with VA burial benefits, please contact your nearest DAV service office at benefitsquestions.org.