Below are links to web-sites that provide information on Veterans benefits and how to file/ask for them. Many of the sites explain how to obtain books, military/medical records, information and how to appeal a denied claim with the VA. Nearly 100% of this information is free and available for all veterans. These links will help you know what questions to ask so that 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
Center for Minority Veterans
Center for Veterans Enterprise
Center for Women Veterans
Classified Records - American Gulf War Veterans Assoc
Compensation for Disabilities for 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
Due Process
Duty to Assist
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
Emergency, Non-emergency, and Fee Basis Care
Environmental Agents
FEE BASIS, Priority for outpatient medial services and inpatient hospital care
Forms and Records Request
Geriatrics and Extended Care
Guideline for Chronic Pain and Fatigue MUS-CPG
Guide to Gulf War Veteran's Health **
Gulf War Veteran's Illnesses Q&As
Hearings
Homeless Veterans
HSR&D Home
Index to Disability Examination Worksheets C&P exams
Ionizing Radiation
M21-1 Table of Contents
Mental Disorders, Schedule of Ratings
Mental Health Program Guidelines **
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Centers of Excellence
My Health Vet VA prescription refills
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 **
Peacetime Disability Compensation
Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death
Persian Gulf Registry
Project 112 (Including Project SHAD)
Prosthetics Eligibility **
Public Health and Environmental Hazards Home Page
Publications Manuals
Records Center and Vault Homepage
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses
Returning Veterans Education and Resources Guide **
Survivor's and Dependents' Educational Assistance
Title 38 Part 3 Adjudication Subpart A "Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation
Title 38 Pensions, Bonuses & Veterans Relief (also 3.317 Compensation for certain disabilities due to undiagnosed illnesses)
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 Benefits Fact Sheet
VA Health Care Eligibility
VA Instituting Global Assessment of Function (GAF)
VA Life Insurance Handbook
VA Loan Lending Limits and Jumbo Loans
VA National Hepatitis C Program
VA Office of Research and Development
VA Trainee Pocket Card on Gulf War
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 - Homeless Programs & Initiatives
VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page
Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence
VONAPP online
WARMS - 38 CFR Book C - Schedule for Rating Disabilities
Wartime Disability Compensation
War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center - New Jersey
Welcome to the GI Bill Web Site
What VA Social Workers Do
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