Veterans Links

GI Bill Web Site
Welcome to the GI Bill Web Site: http://www.gibill.va.gov/

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/
              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

WITH POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM (DU):

http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DUHandbook1303122304.DOCC 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

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/title 38
/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.htmm
              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 and
http://www1.va.gov/GulfWar/page.cfm?pg=7&template=main&letter=A&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/admi -
http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch04.docn21/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
              Ment al Illness Rese arch , 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 http://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
http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38cfr/bookc/part4/s4_124a.doc> -
http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38cf               OMI (Office of Medical Inspector): http://www.omi.cio.med.va.gov/
              Online VA Form 10-10EZ: https://www.1010ez.med.va.gov/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 -
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+ 38USC1131&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

              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.asp?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 Gulf 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

              Title 38
              Index
              Parts 0-17

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              Subpart A, Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and
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              PART 4 - SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES
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              U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims:
http://www.vetapp.gov//

              (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, Chapter 3: ttp://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.hh t m
              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 Veterans (tm) Health:
http://www1.va.gov/vhi_ind_study/gulfwar/istudy/index.aspp
              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.aspp

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 & docid=Cite:+38USC1110

War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center - New Jersey:
http://www.wri.med.va.gov/

What VA Social Workers Do:
http://www1.va.gov/socialwork/page.cfm?pg=3
WRIISC Patient Eligibility: http://www.illegion.org/va1.htmll
http://www.illegion.org/va1html

U.S. Veterans Affairs Department Links

o United States Department of Veterans Affairs – www.va.gov

o National Veterans Cemeteries - http://www.cem.va.gov/

o Benefits for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom - http://www.seamlesstransition.va.gov/

o National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/

o Homeless Veterans Page - http://www1.va.gov/homeless/

Other U.S. Government Links

o The White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov/

o House of Representatives – www.house.gov

o House Veterans Affairs Committee – www.veterans.house.gov

o Senate – www.senate.gov

o Senate Veterans Affairs Committee – www.veterans.senate.gov

o Social Security Administration - www.ssa.gov

o Obtaining DD Form 214 and other records - http://www.archives.gov/research_room/vetrecs/index.html

o Department of Defense - http://www.defenselink.mil/

o The Pentagon - http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pentagon/

o All Federal Government Benefits - http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits/index.jhtml

o Army – www.army.mil

o Air Force - www.af.mil

o Air Force Retirees - http://www.retirees.af.mil/

o Navy – www.navy.mil

o National Guard - http://www.ngb.army.mil/

o Marines - www.usmc.mil

o 1st Battalion 3rd Marines

o Coast Guard – www.uscg.mil

o Tricare, Military Health System - http://www.tricare.osd.mil/

o Civilian Job Opportunities - http://www.defenselink.mil/sites/c.html#civjobs

o Business Opportunities - http://www.defenselink.mil/sites/b.html#business

o National Archives - http://www.archives.gov

o Armed Forces Retirement Home - www.afrh.gov

State Government Links

o Governor - http://www.governor.state.pa.us/

o Bureau for Veterans' Affairs - http://www.paveterans.state.pa.us

o Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (State Veterans Homes, State Veterans Benefits, Scotland School for Veterans Children) http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Military_Affairs/va/index.htm

o House of Representatives - http://www.house.state.pa.us/index.cfm

o House Veterans Affairs Committee - http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senators_sc.cfm#vaep

o Senate - http://www.pasen.gov/index.cfm

o Senate Veterans Affairs Committee - http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senators_sc.cfm#vaep

o Secretary of State - Obtain information on Post incorporation - http://www.dos.state.pa.us/DOS/site/default.asp

o Department of Revenue - http://www.revenue.state.pa.us

o Liquor Control Board - http://www.lcb.state.pa.us/

o State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement - http://www.psp.state.pa.us/blce/site/default.asp?papowerPNavCtr=|30126|#30137

o PA CareerLink Veterans Services - http://www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us/onestop/vetserv.asp

o State Veterans Commission - http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Military_Affairs/va/comm.htm

o Veteran’s Preference in State Civil Service Employment - http://www.scsc.state.pa.us/vetpref.htm

o State Military Family Assistance Centers - http://www.dmva.state.pa.us/paarng/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=441472&dmvanewNav=|29762|#FAC