Websites for Veterans Issues and Affairs

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[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Submitted by Joe Smith

As of this date, 17 June 2006 the following links are active and work. Some are direct links to pages and others are to Documents. Some documents are in MS Word format and some are PDF or Acrobat Reader format and are noted if they are several to many pages in lenghth.

Department of Veterans Affairs (Home Page)

http://www.va.gov/

Gateway to VA Appeals

http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/

Center for Minority Veterans

http://www1.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans/

Center for Veterans Enterprise

http://www.vetbiz.gov/default2.htm

Women Veterans

http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/

Compensation Rate Tables, 12-1-05

http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm

Directory of Veterans Service Organizations

http://www1.va.gov/vso/index.cfm?template=view

Index to Disability Examination Worksheets

http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/exams/index.htm

Due Process

http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/...part1/ch02.doc (7 pages - need MS Word)

Duty to Assist

http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/...part1/ch01.doc (16 pages - need MS Word)

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text...l=%2Findex.tpl

Emergency, Non-emergency, and Fee Basis Care

http://www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/fedben.pdf (150 pages - need acrobat reader)

Environmental Agents

http://www1.va.gov/environagents/

Environmental Agents M10 "Persian Gulf Program"

http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/V...sp?pub_ID=1002 (156 pages - need acrobat reader)

EVALUATION PROTOCOL FOR GULF WAR AND IRAQI FREEDOM VETERANS WITH POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM (DU)

http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DUHa...1303122304.DOC

http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/V...sp?pub_ID=1158 (14 pages - need acrobat reader)

Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet

http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/Depl...umFAQSheet.doc

EVALUATION PROTOCOL FOR NON-GULF WAR VETERANS WITH POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM (DU)

http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DUHA...W130340304.DOC

PRIORITY FOR OUTPATIENT MEDICAL SERVICES AND INPATIENT HOSPITAL CARE

http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/V...asp?pub_ID=206 (5 pages - need acrobat reader)

Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependants 2005

http://www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/fedben.pdf (150 pages - need acrobat reader)

General Compensation Provisions

http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/tit...haptervi_.html

Geriatrics and Extended Care

http://www1.va.gov/geriatricsshg/

Guide to Gulf War Veteran's(tm) Health

http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/VHIgulfwar.pdf (132 pages - need acrobat reader)

Gulf War Subject Index

http://www1.va.gov/GulfWar/page.cfm?...=main&letter=A

Gulf War Veteran's(tm) Illnesses Q&As

http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/GWIl...ndAsIB1041.pdf

Hearings

http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/...part1/ch04.doc

Homeless Veterans

http://www1.va.gov/homeless/

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/

M10 for spouses and children

http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/V...sp?pub_ID=1007 (51 pages - need acrobat reader)

M10 Part III Change 1

http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/V...sp?pub_ID=1008 (19 pages - need acrobat reader)

Mental Disorders, Schedule of Ratings

http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38C...RT4/S4_130.DOC

Mental Health Program Guidelines

http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/V...sp?pub_ID=1094

Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers

http://www.mirecc.med.va.gov/

My Health e Vet

http://www.myhealth.va.gov/

NASDVA.COM

http://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/38c.../s4%5F124a.doc (16 pages)

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/so...parkinsons.pdf

Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death

http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/tit...bchapteri_.htm

http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/tit...hapterii_.html

http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/tit...apteriii_.html

Persian Gulf Registry

http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/V...sp?pub_ID=1003 (7 pages - acrobat reader)

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/V...sp?pub_ID=1232 (55 pages - acrobat reader)

Persian Gulf Registry Referral Centers

http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/V...sp?pub_ID=1006 (11 pages - acrobat reader)

Phase I PGR

http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/V...sp?pub_ID=1004 (60 pages - acrobat reader)

Phase II PGR

http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/V...sp?pub_ID=1005 (20 pages - acrobat reader)

Policy Manual Index

http://www.va.gov/publ/direc/eds/edsmps.htm

Power of Attorney

http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/...part1/ch03.doc (48 pages - MS Word)

Project 112 (Including Project SHAD)

http://www1.va.gov/shad/

Prosthetics Eligibility

http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/V...asp?pub_ID=337 (20 pages - acrobat reader)

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/p...ions.cfm?Pub=4

Publications and Reports

http://www1.va.gov/resdev/prt/pubs_i...e=gulf_war.htm

Records Center and Vault Homepage

http://www.aac.va.gov/vault/index.php

Records Center and Vault Site Map

http://www.aac.va.gov/vault/sitemap.php

Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses April 11, 2002

http://www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/docs/Min...pril112002.doc (9 pages)

Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses

http://www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/docs/Rep...tions_2004.pdf

Research and Development

http://www.appc1.va.gov/resdev/progr...l_programs.cfm

Survivor's and Dependents' Educational Assistance

http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/tit...hapter35_.html

Title 38 Index Parts 0-17

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text...38cfrv1_02.tpl

Title 38 Part 18

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text...38cfrv2_02.tpl

Title 38 Part 3 Adjudication Subpart A "Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text...r3_main_02.tpl

PART 4--SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES Subpart B--DISABILITY RATINGS

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text....1.5.2&idno=38

Title 38 4.16 Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the individual. PART 4"SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES Subpart A"General Policy in Rating

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text....96.11&idno=38

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 (121 pages - acrobat reader)

VA Fact Sheet

http://www1.va.gov/opa/fact/

VA Health Care Eligibility

http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/HECHome.htm

VA INSTITUTING GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTION (GAF)

http://www.avapl.org/gaf/gaf.html

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.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/

Vocational Rehabilitation

http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/

War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center - New Jersey

http://www.wri.med.va.gov/

Welcome to the GI Bill Web Site

http://www.gibill.va.gov/

What VA Social Workers Do

http://www1.va.gov/socialwork/page.cfm?pg=3

WRIISC Patient Eligibility

http://www.illegion.org/va1.html

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[mprayii]

Could you please add:


Veterans Helping Veterans

http://www.veteransforum.us


Those currently serving should take advantage of the forums potential services - its a new site but hopefully it takes off.

Thank you!