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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 http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch05.doc
Board of
Veteran's Appeals http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/
CARES
Commission http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/
CARES
Draft National Plan http://www1.va.gov/cares/page.cfm?pg=105
Center for
Minority Veterans http://www1.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans/
Center for
Veterans Enterprise http://www.vetbiz.gov/default2.htm
Center for
Women Veterans http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/
Clarification
on the changes in VA healthcare for Gulf War Veterans http://www.gulfwarvets.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000016.html
Classified
Records - American Gulf War Veterans Assoc http://www.gulfwarvets.com/ubb/Forum18/HTML/000011.html
Compensation for Disabilities
Associated with the Gulf War Service http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/part6%20/ch07.doc
Compensation
Rate Tables, 12-1-03 http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm
Department
of Veterans Affairs Home Page http://www.va.gov/
Directory
of Veterans Service Organizations http://www1.va.gov/vso/index.cfm?template=view
Disability Examination Worksheets
Index, Comp http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/exams/index.htm
Due
Process http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch02.doc
Duty to
Assist http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch01.doc
Electronic
Code of Federal Regulations http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/
Emergency,
Non-emergency, and Fee Basis Care http://www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/fedben.pdf
Environmental
Agents http://www1.va.gov/environagents/
Environmental
Agents M10 http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1002
Establishing
Combat Veteran Eligibility http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=315
EVALUATION
PROTOCOL FOR GULF WAR AND IRAQI FREEDOM VETERANS WITH POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO
DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DUHandbook1303122304.DOC and http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1158
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) http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DUHANDBOOKNONGW130340304.DOC
Fee Basis,
PRIORITY FOR OUTPATIENT MEDICAL SERVICES AND INPATIENT HOSPITAL CARE http://www1.va..gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=206 Federal Benefits for
Veterans and Dependants 2005 http://www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/fedben.pdf OR, http://www1.va..gov/opa/vadocs/current_benefits.htm
Forms and
Records Request http://www.va.gov/vaforms/
General
Compensation Provisions http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter11_subchaptervi_.html
Geriatrics
and Extended Care http://www1.va.gov/geriatricsshg/
Guideline
for Chronic Pain and Fatigue MUS-CPG http://www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/cpgn/mus/mus_base.htm
Guide to
Gulf War Veteran's Health http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/VHIgulfwar.pdf
Gulf War
Subject Index http://www1.va.gov/GulfWar/page.cfm?pg=7&template=main&letter=A
Gulf War
Veteran's Illnesses Q&As http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/GWIllnessesQandAsIB1041.pdf
Hearings
http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch04.doc
Homeless
Veterans http://www1.va.gov/homeless/
HSR&D
Home http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/
Index to
Disability Examination Worksheets C&P exams http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/benefits/exams/index.htm
Ionizing
Radiation http://www1.va.gov/irad/
Iraqi
Freedom/Enduring Freedom Veterans VBA http://www.vba.va.gov/EFIF/
M 10 for
spouses and children < http://www1..va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1007
M10 Part
III Change 1 http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1008
M21-1
Table of Contents http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/M21_1.html
Mental
Disorders, Schedule of Ratings http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38CFR/BOOKC/PART4/S4_130.DOC
Mental
Health Program Guidelin es http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1094
Mental
Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers http://www.mirecc.med.va.gov/
MS
(Multiple Sclerosis) Centers of Excellence http://www.va.gov/ms/about.asp
My Health
e Vet http://www.myhealth.va.gov/
NASDVA.COM http://nasdva.com/
National
Association of State Directors http://www.nasdva.com/
National
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention http://www.nchpdp.med.va.gov/postdeploymentlinks.asp
Neurological
Conditions and Convulsive Disorders, Schedule of Ratings http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38cfr/bookc/part4/s4%5F124a.doc
OMI
(Office of Medical Inspector) http://www.omi.cio.med.va.gov/
Online VA
Form 10-10EZ https://www.1010ez..med.va.gov/sec/vha/1010ez/
Parkinson's
Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders http://www1.va.gov/resdev/funding/solicitations/docs/parkinsons.pdf
and, http://www1.va.gov/padrecc/
Peacetime
Disability Compensation http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+38USC1131
Pension
for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter15_subchapteri_.html
and, http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter15_subchapterii_.html
and, http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter15_subchapteriii_.html
Persian
Gulf Registry http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1003
This
program is now referred to as Gulf War Registry Program (to include Operation
Iraqi Freedom) as of March 7, 2005: http://www1..va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1232
Persian
Gulf Registry Referral Centers http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1006
Persian
Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Research 1999, Annual Report To Congress http://www1.va.gov/resdev/1999_Gulf_War_Veterans'_Illnesses_Appendices.doc
Persian Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Research 2002, Annual Report To Congress http://www1.va.gov/resdev/prt/gulf_war_2002/GulfWarRpt02.pdf
Phase I
PGR http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1004
Phase II
PGR http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1005
Policy
Manual Index http://www.va.gov/publ/direc/eds/edsmps.htm
Power of
Attorney http://www.warms.vba..va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch03.doc
Project 112 (Including Project SHAD) http://www1.va.gov/shad/
Prosthetics
Eligibility http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=337
Public
Health and Environmental Hazards Home Page http://www.vethealth.cio.med.va.gov/
Public
Health/SARS http://www..publichealth.va.gov/SARS/
Publications
Manuals http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/publications.cfm?Pub=4
Publications
and Reports http://www1.va.gov/resdev/prt/pubs_individual.cfm?webpage=gulf_war.htm
Records
Center and Vault Homepage http://www.aac.va.gov/vault/default.html
Records
Center and Vault Site Map http://www.aac.va.gov/vault/sitemap.html
REQUEST
FOR AND CONSENT TO RELEASE OF INFORMATION FROM CLAIMANT'S RECORDS http://www.forms.va.gov/va/Internet/VARF/getformharness.asp?formName=3288-form.xft
Research
Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses April 11, 2002 http://www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/docs/Minutes_April112002.doc
Research
Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses
http://www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/docs/ReportandRecommendations_2004.pdf
Research
and Development http://www.appc1.va.gov/resdev/programs/all_programs.cfm
Survivor's
and Dependents' Educational Assistance http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partiii_chapter35_.html
Title 38
Index Parts 0-17
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfrv1_02.tpl
Part 18
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfrv2_02.tpl
Title 38
Part 3 Adjudication Subpart "Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and
Indemnity Compensation http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfr3_main_02.tpl
Title 38
Pensions, Bonuses & Veterans Relief (also Ã,§ 3.317
Compensation for certain disabilities due to undiagnosed illnesses found here) http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfr3_main_02.tpl
Title 38 PART 4--SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES Subpart B--DISABILITY RATINGS
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=ab7641afd195c84a49a2067dbbcf95c0&rgn=div6&view=text&node=38:1.0.1.1.5.2&idno=38
Title 38 4.16
Total disabiliity ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the
individual. PART 4"SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES Subpart "General
Policy in Rating http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&rgn=div8&view=text&node=38:1.0.1.1.5.1..96.11&idno=38
U.S. Court
of Appeals for Veterans Claims http://www.vetapp.gov/
VA Best
Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) http://www.avapl.org/pub/PTSD%20Manual%20final%206.pdf
VA Fact
Sheet http://www1.va.gov/opa/fact/gwfs.html
VA Health
Care Eligibility http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/home/hecmain.asp
VA
INSTITUTING GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTION (GAF) http://www.avapl.org/gaf/gaf.html
VA Life
Insurance Handbook " Chapter 3 http://www.insurance.va.gov/inForceGliSite/GLIhandbook/glibookletch3.htm#310
VA Loan
Lending Limits and Jumbo Loans http://valoans.com/va_facts_limits.cfm
VA MS Research
http://www.va.gov/ms/about.asp
VA
National Hepatitis C Program http://www.hepatitis.va.gov/
VA Office
of Research and Development http://www1.va.gov/resdev/
VA Trainee
Pocket Card on Gulf War http://www.va.gov/OAA/pocketcard/gulfwar.asp
VA WMD
EMSHG http://www1.va.gov/emshg/
VA
WRIISC-DC http://www.va.gov/WRIISC-DC/
VAOIG
Hotline Telephone Number and Address http://www.va..gov/oig/hotline/hotline3 .htm
Vet Center Eligibility - Readjustment Counseling Service http://www.va.gov/rcs/Eligibility.htm
Veterans Benefits Administration Main Web Page http://www.vba.va.gov/
Veterans Legal and Benefits Information http://valaw.org/
VHA Forms, Publications, Manuals http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/
VHA Programs - Clinical Programs & Initiatives http://www1.va.gov/health_benefits/page.cfm?pg=13
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VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page http: // www.publichealth.va.gov/
VHI Guide to Gulf War Veterans(tm) Health http://www1.va.gov/vhi_ind_study/gulfwar/istudy/index.asp
Vocational Rehabilitation http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/
Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/InterSubsistencefy04.doc
VONAPP online http://vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/main.asp
WARMS - 38 CFR Book C http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/bookc.html
Wartime Di sability Compensation http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+38USC1110
War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center - New Jersey http://www.wri.med.va.gov/
Welcome to the GI Bill Web Site http://www.gibill.va.gov/
What VA Social Workers Do http://www1.va.gov/socialwork/page.cfm?pg=3
WRIISC Patient Eligibility http://www.illegion.org/va1.html
Print this out and save it in your VA files. There may be a time for use
in the future .