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&A’s
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 Guidelines
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 § 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 disability ratings for compensation based on un employability 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=13http://webmaila.juno.com/webmail/new/UrlBlockedError.aspx VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page
http://www.publichealth.va.gov/ VHI Guide to Gulf War Veterans 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 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/socialwork/page.cfm?pg=3 WRIISC Patient Eligibility
http://www.illegion.org/va1.html Print this and save it in your VA files. There may be a need for its use in the future.