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Veteran's Resources

Good list to print for reference.

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.

Public Health and Environmental Hazards Home Page http://www.vethealt h.cio.med. va.gov/

Public Health/SARS http://www.publiche alth.va.gov/ SARS/
Publications Manuals http://www1. va.gov/vhapublic ations/publicati ons.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/getformharn ess.asp?formName =3288-form. xft
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses April 11, 2002 http://www1. va.gov/rac- gwvi/docs/ Minutes_April112 002.doc
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses http://www1. va.gov/rac- gwvi/docs/ ReportandRecomme ndations_ 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
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Part 18
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Part 3 Adjudication
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Pensions, Bonuses & Veterans Relief
(also A 3.317 Compensation for certain disabilities due to undiagnosed illnesses found here)
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PART 4--SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES
Subpart B--DISABILITY RATINGS
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A 4.16 Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the
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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/healtheligib ility/home/ hecmain.asp
VA INSTITUTING GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTION (GAF) http://www.avapl. org/gaf/gaf. html
VA Life Insurance Handbook a" Chapter 3 http://www.insuranc e.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.hepatiti s.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/pocketca rd/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/Eligibil ity.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/vhapublic ations/
VHA Programs - Clinical Programs & Initiatives http://www1. va.gov/health_ benefits/ page.cfm? pg=13
VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page http://www.publiche alth.va.gov/
VHI Guide to Gulf War Veteransa(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/InterSubsist encefy04. 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 Disability 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/socialwor k/page.cfm? pg=3
WRIISC Patient Eligibility http://www.illegion .org/va1. html

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