Note: A lot of links posted on a slew of websites referencing VA websites are NOT good because the VA has redesigned their websites. These links are and operational as of Tuesday, 28 Aug 2012 Veterans Administration Publications Website - http://www.va.gov/vhapublications/ - Appeals: http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch05..doc ; - Board of Veteran's Appeals: http://www.bva.va.gov; - 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/ ; -verifed Clarification on the changes in VA healthcare for Gulf War Veterans: http://www.gulfwarvets.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000018;p=0 - has additional un links. - corrected and 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://www.va.gov/ogc/apps/accreditation/index.asp - (manual lookup of authorized VSO/MSOs) 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/ ; look for Title 38 for Veterans Relief - Environmental Agents : http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/ - Establishing Combat Veteran Eligibility: OIF/OEF http://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/assets/documents/publications/fs16-4.pdf; - updated and Evaluation Protocol For Gulf War And Iraqi Veterans with Potential Exposure to Depleted Uranium (DU): http://www.publichealth.va.gov/docs/vhi/radiation.pdf
See also, Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/depleted_uranium/resources_materials.asp - Evaluation Protocol for Non-gulf War Veterans expsosed to Depleted Uranium (DU): http://www.va.gov/vhapublications/viewpublication.asp?pub_id=1254 - updated and Veterans Administration publications Website - http://www.va.gov/vhapublications/ -. Fee Basis, Priority for VA medical outpatient and inpatient care: http://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/assets/documents/publications/ib10-185.pdf - MEANS Test and Geographic-Based Means Test Thresholds for CY 2012: http://www.va.gov/vhapublications/viewpublication.asp?pub_id=2466 - Income Thresholds and Clinical Criteria used in Identifying Veterans Exempt from Extended Care Services and Outpatient Medication Co-Payments and in Determining Eligibility or Beneficiary Travel: http://www.va.gov/vhapublications/viewpublication.asp?pub_id=2466 - Co-Payment for Outpatient Medical Care Provided to Veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs: http://www.va.gov/vhapublications/viewpublication.asp?pub_id=2410 - Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents 2012: http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book.asp - 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.healthquality.va.gov/ - Guide to Gulf War Veteran's Health: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/vethealthinitiative/gulfwar.asp; - Verified Gulf War Subject Index: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/gulfwar/ - Gulf War Veteran's Illnesses: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/gulfwar/ - Hearings: http://www.benefits.va.gov/warms/m21_1.asp - Homeless Veterans: http://www.va.gov/homeless/for_homeless_veterans.asp ; - Health Services Research and Development 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 Diseases: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/radiation/diseases.asp - Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom Veterans: http://www.oefoif.va.gov/ - Starting Point for Benefits fro Spouses and Children: http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/dependents/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 ; - - Ment al Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers: http://www.mirecc.va.gov/ ; - MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Centers of Excellence: http://www.va.gov/ms/ ; - My Health evet: https://www.myhealth.va.gov/index.html - verfied National Association of State Directors: http://www.nasdva.us/ ; National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: http://www.prevention.va.gov/ - 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.medicalinspector.va.gov/medicalinspector/index.asp ; - Online VA Form 10-10EZ: https://www.1010ez.med.va.gov/sec/vha/1010ez/ ; - Parkinson's Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders: Agent Orange http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/conditions/parkinsonsdisease.asp - And http://www.research.va.gov/funding/solicitations/docs/parkinsons.pdf for All - Rates of Peacetime Disability Compensation: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/uscode-2011-title38/uscode-2011-title38-partii-chap11-subchapi V-sec1132/content-detail.html -
Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death: http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/pension/vetpen.htm - Starting Point for All Exposure Related Information from VA to include Gulf War, Radiation, and Agent Orange http://www.publichealth.va.gov/index.asp - Power of Attorney: scroll down to Chapter 3 http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch03.doc ; - Project 112 (Including Project SHAD): http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/shad/index.asp ; Prosthetics Eligibility: http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/viewpublication.asp?pub_id=337 ; - Public Health and Environmental Hazards Home Page: http://www.publichealth.va.gov; - Publications and Reports: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/gulfwar/resources.asp ; - Records Center and Vault Homepage: http://www.rcv.va.gov/vault/index.asp; - Records Center and Vault Site Map: http://www.rcv.va.gov/vault/index.asp ; - Request for and consent of release of service member information: Compensation - http://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/vba-21-526-are.pdf - Medical - http://www.va.gov/vaforms/medical/pdf/vha-10-5345-fill.pdf - Information from Claimants Records - http://www.va.gov/vaforms/va/pdf/va3288.pdf - Survivor's and Dependents' Educational Assistance: http://www.gibill.va.gov/benefits/other_programs/dea.html - VA Best Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): http://www.avapl.org/pub/ptsd%20manual%20final%206.pdf ; - VA Fact Sheets: http://www.vba.va.gov/vba/benefits/factsheets/ ; - VA Health Care Eligibility Starting Point: http://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/ ; - VA Instituting Global Assessment Function (GAF): http://www.desertpacific.mirecc.va.gov/gaf/index.shtml; - VA Life Insurance Handbook: http://www.insurance.va.gov/sglisite/handbook/handbook.htm -
(Commercial Company with Information on VA Loan Lending Limits and Jumbo Loans: http://valoans.com/va_facts_limits.cfm ; - VA MS Research: http://www.va.gov/ms/multiple-sclerosis-research.asp; - VA National Hepatitis C Program: http://www.hepatitis.va.gov/ ; - VA Office of Research and Development: http://www.research.va.gov/ ; - VA Trainee Pocket Card on Gulf War: http://www.va.gov/oaa/pocketcard/gulfwar.asp ; - VA WMD EMSHG: http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/viewpublication.asp?pub_id=326 ;- VA WRIISC-DC (War Related Illness and Injury Related Studies Center DC): http://www.warrelatedillness.va.gov/dc/ ; - VAOIG Hotline Telephone Number and Address: http://www.va.gov/oig/hotline/default.asp - Vet Center Eligibility - Readjustment Counseling Service: http://www.vetcenter.va.gov/; - Veterans Benefits Administration Main Web Page: http://www.vba.va.gov/ ; - VHA Forms, Publications, Manuals: http://www.va.gov/vhapublications/ ; - VHA Programs - Clinical Programs & Initiatives: http://www.va.gov/health/orgs.asp ; - VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/ ; - VHI Guide to Gulf War Veterans (tm) Health: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/vethealthinitiative/gulfwar.asp ; - Vocational Rehabilitation: http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/ ; - Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence: http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/sa.htm ; - VONAPP online: https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits-portal/ebenefits.portal?_nfpb=true&_portlet.async=false&_pa gelabel=ebenefits_myeb_vonapp1 ; - WARMS - 38 CFR Book C: http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/bookc.html ; -
Wartime Disability Compensation: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/uscode-2011-title38/uscode-2011-title38-partii-chap11-subchapii /content-detail.html - War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center - New Jersey: http://www.warrelatedillness.va.gov/nj/ ; - Welcome to the GI Bill Web Site: http://www.gibill.va.gov/ ; - What VA Social Workers Do: http://www.socialwork.va.gov/socialworkers.asp ; - Veterans Organizations American Legion: AMVETS National: Disabled American Veterans: Gulf War Veterans: Jewish War Veterans: Military Order of the Purple Heart: Paralyzed Veterans of American: Vietnam veterans of American: National Veterans Organization http://www.legion.org - http://www.amvets.org - http://www.dav.org - http://www.gulfweb.org/ - http://www.jwv.org/ - http://www.purpleheart.org - http://www.pva.org - http://www.vva.org - http://www.nvo.org -