/ en /our-impact/grantee-client-impact/larry-senior-veteran-resolves-va-debt <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Larry: Senior Veteran Resolves VA Debt</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>sierra-chacona…</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-03-26T16:42:17-04:00" title="Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 16:42" class="datetime">Wed, 03/26/2025 - 16:42</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">A senior Navy veteran and his wife faced possible homelessness when a VA overpayment threatened to garnish his income. An LSC-funded medical-legal partnership discovered the overpayment was due to error and cleared the debt, giving Larry peace of mind. </div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-types field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><div class="paragraph paragraph--text-and-image paragraph--text-and-image--default paragraph--type--text-and-image paragraph--view-mode--default align-right" id="meet-larry" data-title="Meet Larry"> <div class="paragraph--content"> <div class="paragraph--column"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-remote-video media--view-mode-hero"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-oembed-video field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"><iframe src="/media/oembed?url=https%3A//vimeo.com/956155524%3Fshare%3Dcopy&amp;max_width=0&amp;max_height=0&amp;hash=B6c3pV3vkT_EF_fEiFxtsbERkTuWrf8wRAvUj3_SoSE" width="426" height="224" class="media-oembed-content" loading="eager" title="SLLS-LARRY-SAVAGE-V1001"></iframe> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph--column"> <h2>Meet Larry</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span class="TextRun SCXW23159665 BCX0 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">Larry Savage, a 70-year-old U.S. Navy veteran, was assessed a $52,000 overpayment by the VA and was facing having most of his social security check garnished, which would have left him homeless. He reached out to the medical-legal partnership at the New Orleans VA for help. They worked with Southeast Louisiana Legal Services to uncover that the debt was due to a technical error at the VA. Through their representation, they were able to resolve the debt and zero out the balance for Mr. Savage. He recommends that other low-income veterans with problems seek help from legal services.</span><span class="EOP SCXW23159665 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-call-to-action field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--call-to-action paragraph--call-to-action--default paragraph--type--call-to-action paragraph--view-mode--default" id="call_to_action" data-title="call to action" data-original-title="call to action"> <div class="field field--name-field-call-to-action field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--link paragraph--link--default paragraph--type--link paragraph--view-mode--default" id="link" data-title="link" data-original-title="link"> <div class="field field--name-field-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="https://vimeo.com/956155524?share=copy">Watch on Vimeo</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="text-respect fade-in-right"> <img src="themes/lsc/img/decor/respect.svg" alt> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--full-width-image-cta paragraph--full-width-image-cta--default paragraph--type--full-width-image-cta paragraph--view-mode--default" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/2025-04/gettyimages-2165691722.jpg');" id="one-in-three-low-income-veterans-needs-legal-help.-" data-title="One in three low-income veterans needs legal help. " data-original-title="One in three low-income veterans needs legal help. "> <div class="paragraph--content"> <div class="full-width-image-cta__content"> <div class="field field--name-field-plain-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">One in three low-income veterans needs legal help. </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span class="TextRun SCXW155531622 BCX0 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">In 2022, 76% of low-income veteran households experienced at least one civil legal problem in the previous year. Only 16% of these received enough legal help to resolve the issue.</span><span class="EOP SCXW155531622 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-double-call-to-action field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--call-to-action paragraph--call-to-action--default paragraph--type--call-to-action paragraph--view-mode--default" id="call_to_action" data-title="call to action" data-original-title="call to action"> <div class="field field--name-field-call-to-action field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--link paragraph--link--default paragraph--type--link paragraph--view-mode--default" id="link" data-title="link" data-original-title="link"> <div class="field field--name-field-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="https://justicegap.lsc.gov/">Learn More about the Justice Gap in America</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--double-cta paragraph--double-cta--default paragraph--type--double-cta paragraph--view-mode--default" id="learn-about-louisiana" data-title="Learn ³ÉÈ˶¶Òõ Louisiana" data-original-title="Learn ³ÉÈ˶¶Òõ Louisiana"> <div class="paragraph--column"> <h2>Learn ³ÉÈ˶¶Òõ Louisiana</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Learn about the civil legal needs impacting the state of Louisiana.</p><img data-entity-uuid="736473bd-960d-4176-aa9c-65e54b998148" data-entity-type="file" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/louisiana%20map.png" height="150" width="150" alt="louisiana map" class="align-center" loading="lazy"></div> <div class="field field--name-field-call-to-action field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--call-to-action paragraph--call-to-action--default paragraph--type--call-to-action paragraph--view-mode--default" id="call_to_action" data-title="call to action" data-original-title="call to action"> <div class="field field--name-field-call-to-action field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--link paragraph--link--default paragraph--type--link paragraph--view-mode--default" id="link" data-title="link" data-original-title="link"> <div class="field field--name-field-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/grants/our-grantees/louisiana-state-profile">Learn ³ÉÈ˶¶Òõ Louisiana</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph--column"> <h2>Learn ³ÉÈ˶¶Òõ Southeast Louisiana Legal Services</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Learn about LSC grantee, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-secondary-cta field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--call-to-action paragraph--call-to-action--default paragraph--type--call-to-action paragraph--view-mode--default" id="call_to_action" data-title="call to action" data-original-title="call to action"> <div class="field field--name-field-call-to-action field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--link paragraph--link--default paragraph--type--link paragraph--view-mode--default" id="link" data-title="link" data-original-title="link"> <div class="field field--name-field-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/grants/our-grantees/southeast-louisiana-legal-services-corporation-program-profile">Learn ³ÉÈ˶¶Òõ SLLS</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-client-stories field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field field--name-field-client-stories field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items field__tags"> <a href="/taxonomy/term/192" hreflang="en">Veterans</a> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-state-or-territory field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/58" hreflang="en">Louisiana</a></div> Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:42:17 +0000 sierra-chacona@lsc.gov 4594 at /grants/our-grantees/louisiana-state-profile <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Louisiana State Profile</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>admin</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2018-01-22T16:12:19-05:00" title="Monday, January 22, 2018 - 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