More Helpful Bookmarks
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House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
House Committee Official Web Site
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Senate Committee Official Web Site
Veterans' Affairs Official Website
Veterans Affairs
Board of Veterans' Appeals
You can look up BVA decisions
Information on Federal Jobs for Veterans
From the Office of Personnel Management
The Veterans Corporation
This site is for vets wanting to do business with the government
VA Facilities Where to go for help
Hospitals, Clinic, Vet Centers, Regional Offices, etc.
Veterans Benefits Manual The official VA publication
Disability Evaluation Under Social Security (also known as the Blue Book)
Diagnostic Criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
The Veterans Health Initiative (VHI) is a comprehensive program to recognize the connection between certain health effects and military service, to allow military medical history to be better documented, to prepare health care providers to better serve their veteran patients. The independent study courses below have been developed to deliver important education and information in the specified areas. They provide the guides below
Agent Orange (HTML, PDF)
Caring for War Wounded (HTML, PDF)
Cold Injury (HTML, PDF)
Endemic Infectious Diseases of Southwest Asia (HTML, PDF)
Gulf War (HTML, PDF)
Health Effects from Weapons (HTML, PDF)
Hearing Impairment (HTML, PDF)
Military Sexual Trauma (HTML, PDF)
POW (HTML, PDF)
PTSD (HTML, PDF)
Radiation (HTML, PDF)
Spinal Cord Injury (HTML, PDF)
Traumatic Amputation (HTML, PDF)
Traumatic Brain Injury (HTML, PDF)
Visual Impairment (HTML, PDF)

Appeals: Board of Veterans' Appeals - Turn to this site to better understand the appeal process and read up on decisions from 1994 through 1999.
Burial & Memorial Benefits - Learn about benefits as they relate to cemeteries, headstones and markers, presidential memorial certificates, and state cemetery grants program.
Compensation & Pension Benefits - Veterans compensation and pension benefits are covered, as well as dependents compensation and pension, dependents educational assistance, application forms, and on-line e-mail access to a regional office for assistance.
Education Benefits - The site includes benefits information, school certificates, news, regulations and policy, forms, frequently asked questions, and e-mail inquiries.
Health Benefits & Services - Find out about eligibility for health care, Health VHA general information, and e-mail contact.
Home Loan Guaranty Services - The services provided include certificates of eligibility, VA acquired property, information for lenders and servicers, AAAPS, e-mail contacts, and application forms.
Life Insurance Program - Read up on the various types of insurance offered, including United States Government Life Insurance, National Service Life Insurance, Veterans' Special Life Insurance, and Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance. Other topics include real dividend and hoax information, applications, and e-mail contact.
Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Services - Program information, application forms, rehabilitation employment services, vocational and educational counseling, and frequently asked questions are a few of the topic covered on this site.
Online Applications - The Department of Veterans Affairs continues to expand the form that can be submitted online. For a current list of which ones are available, consult this page.
Compensation & Pension Applications - VONAPP is an interactive Web site where veterans can apply for VA Compensation and Pension benefits. This site is designed to walk the claimant through the application questions and provides helpful text along the way. It also allows the applicant to submit the claim electronically, receive a confirmation number, and informs the claimant which VA office has jurisdiction for processing the claim.
Education - The Web Automated Verification of Enrollment (WAVE) provides veterans receiving the MGIB–Active Duty (Chapter 30) the ability to submit their "Monthly Verification of Enrollment" form (VA Form 22-8979) online. The system also provides them with some basic benefit information.
Health -  The 10-10EZ Application for Health Benefits is now available online! This service will increase convenience by allowing veterans to apply for VA health benefits via the Internet. They can submit the 10-10EZ form electronically to any Veterans Health Affairs facility across the nation. Since the form requires a signature, applicants are encouraged to save processing time by printing the completed form, then signing and sending a copy of the form to the VA facility via surface mail or fax once they have submitted the information electronically.
Vocational Rehab & Employment Services - Use the VONAPP site to fill out the Disabled Veterans Application for Vocational Rehabilitation, VA Form 28-1900.
Special Programs - Several of the Department's programs target specific veteran populations, and we hope you will take advantage of the resources they offer.
Disabled Veterans - This page includes information on Web site accessibility, the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, and links to sites that deal address other accessibility issues.
Homeless Veterans - The homeless program promotes the development and provision of housing and other supportive services. Homeless veterans achieve residential stability, increase their skill levels and/or income, and obtain greater self-determination.
Military Services - Outreach to active duty service members and veterans is an integral part of the Veterans Benefits Administration. We provide information that will prove helpful to the separating service member as well as the veteran.
Women Veterans - The Center for Women Veterans ensures women veterans have access to VA benefits and services and that VA health care and benefits programs are responsive to the gender-specific needs of women veterans.
Today's VA - Provides links to the following major sections on the Department's Web site:
About VA - Surf here to read general information about Veterans Affairs, including mission and vision, strategic and capital plans, a history of supporting veterans, organizations, programs, job opportunities, office locations, forms, publications, and training.
Congress - Everything you need to know about Veterans Affair's interaction with Congress is here, including information on caseworker resources, committee charts, congressional links, federal regulations, veterans legislations, Veterans Affairs testimony, and Who is my Member of Congress?
Hot Topics - These highlighted items are of special interest to Veterans Affairs customers. Be sure to read them!
Partners - We've collected information in the Partners, Veterans Service Organizations, & Vendors section to assist people who do business with the Department. It covers veterans service organizations, state veterans affairs offices, business partnership opportunities, and strategic and capital plans
Public Affairs - The Public Affairs & Special Events section provides press releases, fact sheets, executive biographies, selected speeches, Conversations With America, Virtual Conferences, ceremonies, games, and more!
Veteran Data - Read up on veteran demographics, trends, geographic locations, program statistics, survey results, and helpful data links.
What's New - Find out what information has been added or updated recently on the Veterans Affairs Web site.
FirstGov.gov - According to FirstGov, its Web site is intended to be the "first resource to find any government information on the Internet, with topics ranging from business and economy to money and benefits to science and technology — and everything in between!"