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Below are additional 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. Please pass this information on to every Veteran you know. 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. 

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Appeals of VA Decisions http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch05.doc 
Board of Veteran’s Appeals http://www.bva.va.gov/index.asp
Center for Minority Veterans http://www1.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans/ 
Center for Women Veterans http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/ 
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/ 
Evaluation Protocol for Gulf War and Iraqi Freedom Veterans with potential exposure to depleted uranium (DU)  http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1158
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.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/cpgn/mus/mus_base.htm 
Gulf War Veterans http://www.gulfwarvets.com/
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 
M10 for spouses and children  http://www1..va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1007 
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 
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers (MIRECC) http://www.desertpacific.mirecc.va.gov/
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Centers of Excellence http://www.va.gov/ms/
My Health e Vet http://www.myhealth.va.gov/ 
National Association of State Departments of Veterans Affairs http://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/ 
Online VA Form 10-10EZ https://www.1010ez.med.va.gov/sec/vha/1010ez/
Parkinson’s Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders http://www.research.va.gov/funding/solicitations/docs/parkinsons.pdf  
Peacetime Disability Compensation http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite%3A+38USC1131 
Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death  http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/usc_sup_01_38_10_II_20_15.html
Persian Gulf Registry - This program is now referred to as Gulf War Registry Program (to include Operation Iraqi Freedom) as of
March 7, 2005: http://www.gulflink.org/gwr/registry.htm 
Persian Gulf Veterans’ Illnesses Research 1998, Annual Report To Congress http://www.research.va.gov/resources/pubs/pgulf98/
Persian Gulf Veterans’ Illnesses Research 2002, Annual Report To Congress http://www.research.va.gov/resources/pubs/GulfWarRpt02.cfm 
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.benefits.va.gov/WARMS/docs/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch03/pt01_ch03_toc.doc
Project 112 (Including Project SHAD)  http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/shad/ 
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 Manuals http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/publications.cfm?Pub=4 
Publications and Reports http://www.va.gov/oig/publications/default.asp 
Records Center and Vault Homepage http://www.rcv.va.gov/index.asp 
Request for and Consent to Release of Information from Claimant's Records http://www.va.gov/vaforms/form_detail.asp?FormNo=3288 
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses http://www.va.gov/RAC-GWVI/index.asp 
Research and Development http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/index.html 
Survivor’s and Dependents’ Educational Assistance http://gibill.va.gov/benefits/other_programs/dea.html 
Title 38 Index Parts 0-17, 18-199, and 200-299 http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38tab_02.tpl 
Title 38 Part 3 Adjudication Subpart ”Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=9bea4a35c61920bb960312fd852360a6&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfr3_main_02.tpl 
Title 38 Pensions, Bonuses & Veterans Relief (also § 3.317 Compensation for certain disabilities due to undiagnosed illnesses found here)  http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=9bea4a35c61920bb960312fd852360a6&rgn=div8&view=text&node=38:1.0.1.1.4.1.56.3&idno=38
Title 38 PART 4-Schedule for Rating Disabilities Subpart B—Disability Ratings http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=9bea4a35c61920bb960312fd852360a6&rgn=div5&view=text&node=38:1.0.1.1.5&idno=38 
Title 38 § 4.16 Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the individual. PART 4 ”Schedule for Rating Disabilities Subpart ”General Policy in Rating”  http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=9bea4a35c61920bb960312fd852360a6&rgn=div5&view=text&node=38:1.0.1.1.5&idno=38#38:1.0.1.1.5.1.98.11 
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims http://www.uscourts.cavc.gov/ 
VA Best Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)  http://www.avapl.org/pub/PTSD%20Manual%20final%206.pdf 
VA Fact Sheet http://www.va.gov/Final20GWVI-TFReport.pdf 
VA Health Care Eligibility http://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/apply/ 
VA Instituting Global Assessment of Function (GAF)  http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/08/45/3/miller.html 
VA Life Insurance Handbook http://www.insurance.va.gov/sglisite/handbook/handbook.htm 
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://www.va.gov/vhaemergencymanagement/ and http://www.va.gov/VHAEMERGENCYMANAGEMENT/VHA_OEM_About.asp
VA WRIISC-DC http://www.warrelatedillness.va.gov/WARRELATEDILLNESS/dc/contactus.asp 
VAOIG Hotline Telephone Number and Address http://www.va.gov/oig/hotline/default.asp 
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://www.va.gov/health/orgs.asp 
VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page http://http://www.publichealth.va.gov/about/pubhealth/index.asp 
VHI Guide to Gulf War Veterans Health http://www.publichealth.va.gov/vethealthinitiative/gulfwar.asp 
Vocational Rehabilitation http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/ 
VONAPP online http://vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/main.asp 
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%3A+38USC1110 
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://www.socialwork.va.gov/socialworkers.asp 
WRIISC Patient Eligibility http://www.warrelatedillness.va.gov/clinical/national-referral.asp