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.
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%20/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
See also, 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/
M
10 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 Guidelin es 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 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
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&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_subchapteriii_.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
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 AcAc,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/