Every cane leaves the shop free to the veteran who receives it, and no veteran is ever charged for help with a claim. Someone still pays for the wood, the brass, and the miles. That’s what this is.
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Hardwood, brass, and finish — a handcrafted cane delivered free to the veteran who receives it.
Funds the travel and casework it takes to walk one veteran through a VA claim, start to finish.
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These are VPP’s real costs — what it takes to deliver one cane and to close one benefits case.
Sponsorship is what keeps it free. Here’s the alternative veterans face elsewhere.
Sponsors make donations to the cause as a tangible way of saying “thank you for your service.” The veteran is never billed, never invoiced, and never signs away a share of what they’ve earned.
Depending on how significantly a veteran’s disability rating jumps, total out-of-pocket costs regularly land in this range.
Some for-profit companies delay filing claims for months. This maximizes the retroactive “backpay” a veteran receives from the VA, allowing the consultant to take a larger cut — sometimes up to $30,000.
Fee practices reported by NPR, CBS News, The War Horse, and Stateline. In May 2026 a federal court found one such company had charged a veteran $21,360 on a single claim.