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1 ALL VETS SHOULD COPY THIS Comment: Someone has gone to a lot of trouble. If this helps one person, then it was worthwhile. Please pass this on to all Veterans on your list. 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 Board of Veteran's Appeals CARES Commission CARES Draft National Plan Center for Minority Veterans Center for Veterans Enterprise Center for Women Veterans Clarification on the changes in VA healthcare for Gulf War Veterans Classified Records - American Gulf War Veterans Assoc Compensation for Disabilities Associated with the Gulf War Service Compensation Rate Tables, Department of Veterans Affairs Home Page Directory of Veterans Service Organizations Disability Examination Worksheets Index, Comp Due Process Duty to Assist

2 Electronic Code of Federal Regulations Emergency, Non-emergency, and Fee Basis Care Environmental Agents Environmental Agents M10 Establishing Combat Veteran Eligibility EVALUATION PROTOCOL FOR GULF WAR AND IRAQI FREEDOM VETERANS WITH POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) and o See also, Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet EVALUATION PROTOCOL FOR NON-GULF WAR VETERANS WITH POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) Fee Basis, PRIORITY FOR OUTPATIENT MEDICAL SERVICES AND INPATIENT HOSPITAL CARE Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependants OR, Forms and Records Request General Compensation Provisions Geriatrics and Extended Care Guideline for Chronic Pain and Fatigue MUS-CPG Guide to Gulf War Veteran's Health Gulf War Subject Index

3 Gulf War Veteran's Illnesses Q&As Hearings Homeless Veterans HSR&D Home Index to Disability Examination Worksheets C&P exams Ionizing Radiation Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom Veterans VBA M 10 for spouses and children < M10 Part III Change 1 M21-1 Table of Contents Mental Disorders, Schedule of Ratings Mental Health Program Guidelin es Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Centers of Excellence My Health e Vet NASDVA.COM National Association of State Directors National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders, Schedule of Ratings

4 OMI (Office of Medical Inspector) Online VA Form 10-10EZ Parkinson's Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders and, Peacetime Disability Compensation Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death and, and, Persian Gulf Registry This program is now referred to as Gulf War Registry Program (to include Operation Iraqi Freedom) as of March 7, 2005: Persian Gulf Registry Referral Centers Persian Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Research 1999, Annual Report To Congress Persian Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Research 2002, Annual Report To Congress o o Phase I PGR Phase II PGR Policy Manual Index Power of Attorney Project 112 (Including Project SHAD)

5 Prosthetics Eligibility Public Health and Environmental Hazards Home Page Public Health/SARS Publications Manuals Publications and Reports Records Center and Vault Homepage Records Center and Vault Site Map REQUEST FOR AND CONSENT TO RELEASE OF INFORMATION FROM CLAIMANT'S RECORDS form.xft Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses April 11, Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses Research and Development Survivor's and Dependents' Educational Assistance Title 38 Index Parts v1_02.tpl Part 18 v2_02.tpl Title 38 Part 3 Adjudication Subpart AÃƒÆ Ã Â ÃƒÆ Ã Â,Ã à  "Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation 3_main_02.tpl

6 Title 38 Pensions, Bonuses & Veterans Relief (also ÃƒÆ Ã â,ムà  Compensation for certain disabilities due to undiagnosed illnesses found here) 3_main_02.tpl Title 38 PART 4--SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES Subpart B--DISABILITY RATINGS 38: &idno=38 Title 38 ÃƒÆ Ã â,ムà  4.16 Total disabiliity ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the individual. PART 4ÃƒÆ Ã Â ÃƒÆ Ã Â,Ã à  "SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES Subpart AÃƒÆ Ã Â ÃƒÆ Ã Â,Ã à  "General Policy in Rating 38: &idno=38 U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims VA Best Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) VA Fact Sheet VA Health Care Eligibility VA INSTITUTING GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTION (GAF) VA Life Insurance Handbook ÃƒÆ Ã Â ÃƒÆ Ã Â,Ã à  " Chapter 3 VA Loan Lending Limits and Jumbo Loans VA MS Research VA National Hepatitis C Program VA Office of Research and Development VA Trainee Pocket Card on Gulf War VA WMD EMSHG VA WRIISC-DC

7 VAOIG Hotline Telephone Number and Address Vet Center Eligibility - Readjustment Counseling Service Veterans Benefits Administration Main Web Page Veterans Legal and Benefits Information VHA Forms, Publications, Manuals VHA Programs - Clinical Programs & Initiatives VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page http: // VHI Guide to Gulf War VeteransÃƒÆ Ã Â ÃƒÆ Ã Â,Ã⠚ã  (tm) Health Vocational Rehabilitation Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence VONAPP online WARMS - 38 CFR Book C Wartime Di sability Compensation War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center - New Jersey Welcome to the GI Bill Web Site What VA Social Workers Do WRIISC Patient Eligibility Print this out and save it in your VA files. There may be a time for use in the future.

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