Handy links for veterans

 

Below are web sites that provide information on Veterans benefits and how to file/ask for them.  Accordingly, there are many sites that explain how to obtain books, military/medical records, information and how to appeal a denied claim with the VA.  Please pass this information on to every Veteran you know.

 

Nearly 100% of this information is free and available for all veterans, the only catch is: you have to ask for it, because they won’t tell you about a specific benefit unless you ask for it.

 

You need to know what questions to ask so the right doors open for you and then be ready to have an advocate who is willing to work with and for you, stay in the process, and press for your rights and your best interests.

 

Appeals

 

 

 

 

Board of Veteran’s Appeals

 

 

 

 

CARES Commission

 

 

 

 

CARES Draft National Plan

 

 

 

 

Center for Minority Veterans

 

 

 

 

Center for Veterans Enterprise

 

 

 

 

Center for Women Veterans

 

 

 

 

Clarification on the changes in VA healthcare for Gulf War Veterans

 

 

 

 

Classified Records – American Gulf War Veterans Association

 

 

 

 

Compensation for Disabilities Associated with the Gulf War Service

 

 

 

 

Compensation Rate Tables, 12-1-03

 

 

 

 

Department of Veterans Affairs Home Page

 

 

 

 

Directory of Veterans Service Organizations

 

 

 

 

Disability Examination Worksheets Index, Comp

 

 

 

 

Due Process

 

 

 

 

Duty to Assist

 

 

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/

 

 

 

Emergency, Non-emergency, and Fee Basis Care

 

 

 

 

Environmental Agents

 

 

 

 

Environmental Agents M10

 

 

 

 

Establishing Combat Veteran Eligibility

 

 

 

 

Evaluation Protocol for Gulf War and Iraqi Freedom Vets with Potential Exposure to Depleted Uranium (DU)

 

 

And

 

 

 

 

See also, Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DepletedUraniumFAQSheet.doc

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation Protocol for Non-Gulf War Veterans with Potential Exposure to Depleted Uranium (DU)

 

 

 

 

Fee Basis, Priority for Outpatient Medical Services and Inpatient Hospital Care

 

 

 

 

Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents 2005

 

 

OR,

 

 

 

 

Forms and Records Request

 

 

 

 

General Compensation Provisions

 

 

 

 

Geriatrics and Extended Care http://www1.va.gov/geriatricsshg/

 

 

 

Guideline for Chronic Pain and Fatigue MUS-CPG

 

 

 

 

Guide to Gulf War Veteran’s Health

 

 

 

 

Gulf War Subject Index

 

 

 

 

Gulf War Veteran’s Illnesses Q&As

 

 

 

 

Hearings

 

 

 

 

Homeless Veterans http://www1.va.gov/homeless/

 

 

 

HSR&D Home

 

 

 

 

Index to Disability Examination Worksheets C&P exams

 

 

 

 

Ionizing Radiation

 

 

 

 

Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom Veterans VBA

 

 

 

 

 

 

M 10 for spouses and children

 

 

 

 

 

 

M 10 Part III Change 1

 

 

 

 

M 21-1 Table of Contents http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/M21_1.html

 

 

 

Mental Disorders, Schedule of Ratings

 

 

 

 

Mental Health Program Guidelines

 

 

 

 

Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Centers

 

 

 

 

MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Centers of Excellence

 

 

 

 

My Health e Vet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Association of State Directors

 

 

 

 

National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

 

 

 

 

Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders, Schedule of Ratings

 

 

 

 

OMI (Office of Medical Inspector)

 

 

 

 

Online VA Form 10-10EZ

 

 

 

 

Parkinson’s Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders

 

 

and,

 

 

 

 

Peacetime Disability Compensation

 

 

 

 

Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This program is now referred to as Gulf War Registry Program (to include Operation Iraqi Freedom) as of March 7, 2005:

 

 

 

 

Persian Gulf Registry Referral Centers

 

 

 

 

Persian Gulf Veterans’ Illnesses Research 1999, Annual Report To Congress

 

 

 

 

Persian Gulf Veterans’ Illnesses Research 2002, Annual Report To Congress

 

 

 

 

Phase I PGR

 

 

 

 

Phase II PGR

 

 

 

 

Policy Manual Index

 

 

 

 

Power of Attorney

 

 

 

 

Project 112 (Including Project SHAD)

 

 

 

 

Prosthetics Eligibility

 

 

 

 

Public Health and Environmental Hazards Home Page

 

 

 

 

Public Health/SARS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications and Reports

 

 

 

 

Records Center and Vault Homepage

 

 

 

 

Records Center and Vault Site Map

 

 

 

 

Request and Consent to Release of Information from Claimant’s Records

 

 

 

 

Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses April 11, 2002

 

 

 

 

Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses

 

 

 

 

Research and Development

 

 

 

 

Survivor’s and Dependents’ Educational Assistance http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partiii_chapter35_.html

 

 

 

Title 38 Index Parts 0-18

 

 

 

 

Title 38 Part 3 Adjudication Subpart A “Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation

 

 

 

 

Title 38 Pensions, Bonuses & Veterans Relief (Compensation for certain disabilities due to undiagnosed illnesses found here)

 

 

 

 

Title 38 Part 4—Schedule for Rating Disabilities Subpart B—Disability Ratings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title 38 § 4.16 Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the individual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

 

 

 

 

VA Best Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

 

 

 

 

VA Fact Sheet

 

 

 

 

VA Health Care Eligibility

 

 

 

 

VA Instituting Global Assessment of Function (GAF)

 

 

 

 

VA Life Insurance Handbook

 

 

 

 

Lending Limits and Jumbo Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VA National Hepatitis C Program http://www.hepatitis.va.gov/

 

 

 

VA Office of Research and Development

 

 

 

 

VA Trainee Pocket Card on Gulf War

 

 

 

 

VA WMD EMSHG

 

 

 

 

VA WRIISC-DC

 

 

 

 

VAOIG Hotline Telephone Number and Address

 

 

 

 

Vet Center Eligibility – Readjustment Counseling Service

 

 

 

 

Veterans Benefits Administration Main Web Page

 

 

 

 

Veterans Legal and Benefits Information

 

 

 

 

VHA Forms, Publications, Manuals

 

 

 

 

VHA Programs – Clinical Programs & Initiatives

 

 

 

 

VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page

 

 

 

 

VHI Guide to Gulf War Veterans Health

 

 

 

 

Vocational Rehabilitation

 

 

 

 

Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARMS – 38 CFR Book C

 

 

 

 

Wartime Disability Compensation

 

 

 

 

War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center – New Jersey

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the GI Bill Web Site http://www.gibill.va.gov/

 

 

 

What VA Social Workers Do

 

 

 

 

WRIISC Patient Eligibility
http://www.illegion.org/va1.html