Below are websites that provide information on U.S. Veterans benefits and how to file 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 Veterans Administration (VA).
Please pass this information on to every U.S. Veteran and/or their surviving family members you may know. Nearly all of this information is free and available for all veterans. The only catch is that you have to ask for it. You need to know what questions to ask so the right doors open for you. 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.
- Veterans Benefits Administration Main Web Page
http://www.vba.va.gov/ - GI Bill Web Site
http://www.gibill.va.gov/ - Appeals
http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch05.doc - Center for Minority Veterans
http://www1.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans/ - Center for Women Veterans
http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/ - Compensation for Disabilities Associated with the Gulf War Service
http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/part6%20/ch07.doc">http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/part6%20/ch07.doc - Compensation Benefits Rate Tables, 12-1-11
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
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/ - Evaluation Protocol for Gulf War and Iraqi Freedom Veterans with Potential Exposure to Depleted Uranium (DU)
http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1158 - Forms and Records Request
http://www.va.gov/vaforms/ - 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 - Hearings
http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch04.doc - Homeless Veterans
http://www1.va.gov/homeless/ - Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D)
http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/ - Index to Disability Examination Worksheets
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 Health Program Guidelines
http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1094 - My Health eVet (VA’s Personal Health Record)
http://www.myhealth.va.gov/ - Peacetime Disability Compensation
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+38USC1131 - Directives/Policy Manual Index
http://www.va.gov/publ/direc/eds/edsmps.htm - Publications Manuals
http://www.appc1.va.gov/resdev/programs/all_programs.cfm - Title 38 – Pensions, Bonuses and Veterans’ Relief (Parts 1 – 17
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfrv1_02.tpl - Title 38 – Pensions, Bonuses and Veterans’ Relief (Parts 18 – 76, 200)
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfrv2_02.tpl - Title 38 – Pensions, Bonuses and Veterans’ Relief (Part 3 Adjudication)
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfr3_main_02.tpl - Title 38 – Pensions, Bonuses and Veterans’ Relief (Part 4 Schedule for Rating Disabilities)
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) Compensation and Pension Examinations
http://www.avapl.org/pub/PTSD%20Manual%20final%206.pdf - VA National Hepatitis C Program
http://www.hepatitis.va.gov/ - VA Health History Pocket Card for Clinicians on Gulf War
http://www.va.gov/OAA/pocketcard/gulfwar.asp - Vet Center — Readjustment Counseling Service
http://www.va.gov/rcs/Eligibility.htm - Veterans Benefits Administration Main Web Page
http://www.vba.va.gov/ - Veterans Resources Network
http://valaw.org/ - VA/VHA Documents Home Page — Forms, Publications, Manuals
http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ - VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page
http://www.publichealth.va.gov - Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Service
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/ - 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 (WRIISC) – New Jersey
http://www.wri.med.va.gov/ - GI Bill Web Site
http://www.gibill.va.gov/
This list last updated March 2012.