LOTS OF IMPORTANT LINKS TO VA RESOURCES
Here is a set of URL's which can give you info on veterans benefits and how to file/ask for them. There are also sites which explain how to obtain books, military/medical records, information, and how to appeal a denied claim with the VA.
* 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/
* Center for Minority Veterans http://www1.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans/
* Center for Veterans Enterprise http://www.vetbiz.gov
* Center for Women Veterans http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/
* 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/
* Environmental Agents http://www1.va.gov/environagents/
* Establishing Combat Veteran Eligibility http://www4.va.gov/healtheligibility/Library/FAQs/CombatFAQ.asp
* 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
* Forms and Records Request http://www.va.gov/vaforms/
* Geriatrics and Extended Care http://www1.va.gov/geriatrics/
* 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
* 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
* My Health e Vet http://www.myhealth.va.gov/
* National Association of State Directors http://www.nasdva.com/
* Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders, Schedule of Ratings http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38cfr/bookc/part4/s4%5F124a.doc
* Peacetime Disability Compensation http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+38USC1131
* Prosthetics Eligibility http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=337
* Publications Manuals http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/publications.cfm?Pub=4
* Records Center and Vault Site Map http://www.rcv.va.gov/
* 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
* Title 38 Part 3 Adjudication Subpart AAcAc,A!"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 A,A 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
* U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims http://www.uscourts.cavc.gov
* VA Best Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) http://www.avapl.org/pub/PTSD%20Manual%20final%206.pdf
* VA Loan Lending Limits and Jumbo Loans http://valoans.com/va_facts_limits.cfm
* VA National Hepatitis C Program http://www.hepatitis.va.gov/
* VA Office of Research and Development http://www.uscourts.cavc.gov
* VA Trainee Pocket Card on Gulf War http://www.va.gov/OAA/pocketcard/gulfwar.asp
* VA WMD EMSHG http://www1.va.gov/emshg/
* 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 Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page http://www.publichealth.va.gov/
* Vocational Rehabilitation http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/
* VONAPP online http://vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/main.asp
* 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/