The College of William and Mary Law School and Virginia Commonwealth University are teaming up to help veterans with their disability claims and offer them mental-health services.

The Veterans Benefit Clinic will assist military members with service-related disability compensation claims and psychological assessment, counseling and treatment referrals to former service members, who often return from their deployments with injuries.

When the clinic opens in mid-January, William and Mary law students will help veterans with their disability claims, and answer questions about the claims process at no cost to the clients. Students from VCU's Center for Psychological Services and Development will handle the mental-health services.