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VA-accredited attorneys and claims agents in Alaska
Alaska has about 71,000 veterans and 8 VA-accredited attorneys and claims agents based in the state. That is about 1 for every 10,000 veterans, 50th among the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico. Search them by ZIP code below, or find free help from one of the state's 19 accredited VSO representatives.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between county internal points, not travel distances. ZIP areas can cross county lines.
Accredited help in Alaska at a glance
7 accredited attorneys, 1 claims agent and 19 VSO representatives are based in Alaska.
Alaska's 8 attorneys and agents work out to 1.13 per 10,000 veterans, ranking 50 of 52 states and territories.
Of Alaska's 30 counties, 4 have an accredited attorney or claims agent based there (13.3 percent). County locations could not be matched for 1 person on the roster.
The largest groups in Alaska are in Anchorage (4), Fairbanks (1), Kodiak (1), North Pole (1), and Wasilla (1).
Alaska added 2 newly accredited attorneys and agents in the last 12 months. Median time accredited in Alaska: 1.6 years.
26 counties with no attorney or claims agent located by ZIP
Aleutians East Borough
Aleutians West Census Area
Bristol Bay Borough
Chugach Census Area
Copper River Census Area
Denali Borough
Dillingham Census Area
Haines Borough
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
Juneau City and Borough
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Kusilvak Census Area
Lake and Peninsula Borough
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Nome Census Area
North Slope Borough
Northwest Arctic Borough
Petersburg Borough
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
Sitka City and Borough
Skagway Municipality
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Wrangell City and Borough
Yakutat City and Borough
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
In these counties, the nearest help may be a free county VSO, or an attorney who works with you by phone and online.
Alaska's VA regional office is in Anchorage.
Veterans and benefits in Alaska
About 71,000 veterans live in Alaska, using VA's rounded population projection.
At least 25,979 veterans in Alaska received VA disability compensation at the end of fiscal year 2025. VA does not publish very small county counts, so the true number is a little higher.
Disability ratings among recipients with a reported rating group
Combined rating
Alaska
National
0 to 20 percent
18.0 percent
19.3 percent
30 to 40 percent
11.3 percent
10.5 percent
50 to 60 percent
13.2 percent
11.5 percent
70 to 90 percent
30.5 percent
29.5 percent
100 percent
27.0 percent
29.2 percent
That works out to about one accredited attorney or claims agent for every 3,200 people in Alaska receiving compensation, using the reported minimum.
Where Alaska claims are worked
Workload report dated 2026-09-19.
Claims with a Alaska address: 2,246 claims pending, 13.9 percent pending more than 125 days.
For claims with a Alaska address, VA averaged 83.5 days to complete a claim this fiscal year. Individual claims vary.
Anchorage regional office: 764 claims pending, 8.6 percent pending more than 125 days, averaging 67.5 days pending.
VA moves claims between offices, so an office's queue can include claims from other states.
Board hearings are mostly virtual, so an attorney does not need to be local.
How representation relates to Board results
National Board of Veterans' Appeals results, fiscal year 2024, legacy appeals.
Representation
Appeals allowed
Attorney
42.7 percent
Claims agent
37.5 percent
AMVETS
34.9 percent
American Legion
32.0 percent
Disabled American Veterans
31.7 percent
State service organizations
31.5 percent
Paralyzed Veterans of America
31.5 percent
Vietnam Veterans of America
30.9 percent
Veterans of Foreign Wars
30.7 percent
No representation
29.7 percent
These are national figures for older appeals and do not account for differences between cases.
What decides Board appeals
Claim Raven's national analysis covers 101,518 condition decisions in 49,876 appeals: 29.5 percent granted, 40.8 percent denied, and 26.6 percent remanded. These are appealed cases, not initial VA claims.
Where the Board rated the medical link, grant shares were 89.7 percent when strong, 3.7 percent when weak, and 1.6 percent when missing. Grant shares were 16.7 percent with one kind of evidence and 56.9 percent with six or more kinds of evidence, among the 80,128 condition decisions where evidence types were identified.
Every active VA-accredited attorney and claims agent is listed for free. Attorneys can claim their listing to add their firm, website and details. Premier and Featured are paid spots above the free listings, labeled "Paid placement." When Featured spots are not sold, they rotate daily among listed attorneys at no cost, labeled "Free rotating spot." Payment never changes the order of the free listings below them.
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