ASSISTANCE

This page lists 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. 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/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 
   
• 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&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 
   
• Ionizing Radiation http://www1.va.gov/irad/ 
   
• Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom Veterans VBA http://www.vba.va.gov/EFIF/ 
   
• M10 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 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.vagov/ 
   
• Online VA Form 10-10EZ https://www.1010ez.med.vagov/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_subchapt eriii_..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.as p?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 Gul f 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 
   
• 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 a" 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=13 
   
• VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page http://www.publichealth.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/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.htm