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The benefits you earned through your service should be working for you — but the VA system can be difficult to navigate, especially as healthcare needs grow with age. Here is a plain-language guide to help you get started. You served. You earned benefits. But if you are like many veterans, especially those entering or already in their later years, you may not be fully using what you are entitled to. The VA healthcare system and its associated benefits are genuinely valuable —