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Dept of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Government Department Of Veterans Affairs.

VA Facilities Directory

A Complete Listing Of VA Facilities By State.

Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

Veterans Health Care Eligibility

Homeless Veterans
http://www1.va.gov/homeless/
VA offers a wide array of special programs and initiatives specifically designed to help homeless veterans live as self-sufficiently and independently as possible. In fact,VA is the only Federal agency that provides substantial hands-on assistance directly to homeless persons. Although limited to veterans and their dependents, VA's major homeless-specific programs constitute the largest integrated network of homeless treatment and assistance services in the country.

Board of Veterans' Appeals
http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/
The Board of Veterans' Appeals (also known as "BVA" or "the Board") is a part of the VA, located in Washington, D.C

Center for Minority Vetrans
http://www1.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans/
The Center for Minority Veterans is part of the Office of the Secretary. The Center assists eligible veterans in their efforts to receive benefits and services from VA. The Center acts only as a mediator and facilitator -- As such the Center does not process claims, handle equal employment complaints, or employee relation problems. The Center is dedicated to ensuring that all veterans are aware of benefits, services, and programs offered by VA.

Center for Veterans Enterprise
http://www.vetbiz.gov/
Vetbiz.gov is the Federal Web portal for veterans in business.

Center for Women Veterans
http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/
The mission of the Center for Women Veterans is:

Compensation Rate Tables
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm
This is a link to the VA Compensation and benefits web site listing compensation rate tables for Basic Rates - 10%-100% Combined Degree Only Effective 12/1/04

Disability Examination Worksheets Index
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/exams/index.htm
These 57 Disability Examination Worksheets are in use both by the doctors of VHA (Veterans Health Administration) who do the disability examinations and by the rating specialists, hearing officers, and Decision Review Officers of VBA (Veterans Benefits Administration) who do the disability evaluations.

Due Process (M21-1MR, Part I, Chapter 2)
http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch02.doc
Due process in the administration of VA benefits requires that VA inform the beneficiary of a proposed adverse action that could reduce or terminate benefits, and provide the beneficiary with the opportunity to provide additional evidence to contest the action, and/or request a hearing before VA decision-makers.

Duty to Assist (M21-1MR, Part I, Chapter 1, Section A)
http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch01.doc
VA has a duty to assist a claimant who files a substantially complete application in obtaining evidence to substantiate his or her claim before making a decision on the claim. We are charged with granting every benefit supported by the law.

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=%2Findex.tpl
The Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) is a prototype of a currently updated version of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The e-CFR prototype is a demonstration project. It is not an official legal edition of the CFR. The e-CFR prototype is authorized and maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration's ( NARA) Office of the Federal Register (OFR) and the Government Printing Office (GPO). The OFR updates the material in the e-CFR on a frequent basis.

Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents 2006
http://www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/current_benefits.asp
Electronic version of the Department of Vetran Affairs handbook: Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents 2006, ISBN:0-16-075597-2

Environmental Agents Service (EAS)
http://www1.va.gov/environagents/
The Environmental Agents Service (EAS) administers health care programs related to environmental issues, including Operations Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF), Gulf War, Agent Orange, depleted uranium, ionizing radiation, and Project 112 (Including Project SHAD).

Environmental Agents M10
http://www.va.gov/vaforms/
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration Manual M-10, "Envioronmental Agents Service," Part III, "Persian Gulf Program," is published for the compliance of all concerned.

Additional Links
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
http://www.vetapp.gov/
The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is a national court of record, established under Article I of the Constitution of the United States.

VA Best Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
http://www.avapl.org/pub/PTSD%20Manual%20final%206.pdf
Best Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Compensation and Pension Examinations

VA INSTITUTING GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTION (GAF)
http://www.avapl.org/gaf/gaf.html
This Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Directive describes new policy and procedures for determining and capturing the Axis V, Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale for all mental health patients.

VA Loan Lending Limits and Jumbo Loans
http://valoans.com/va_facts_limits.cfm
The maximumVA loan amounts up to $417,000.

VA National Hepatitis C Program
http://www.hepatitis.va.gov/

VA Office of Research and Development
http://www.research.va.gov/default.cfm
The Office of Research and Development (ORD) aspires to to discover knowledge, develop VA researchers and health care leaders, and create innovations that advance health care for our veterans and the nation.

VA Trainee Pocket Card on Gulf War
http://www.va.gov/OAA/pocketcard/gulfwar.asp
Information on Exposure to smoke, Immunizations, Chemical or Biological Agents, Depleted Uranium (DU), and Infections.

VA WMD EMSHG
http://www1.va.gov/emshg/
Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group (EMSHG) Home Page

VA WRIISC-DC
http://www.va.gov/WRIISC-DC/
Veterans Affairs War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center in Washington, DC.

Federal Benefits for Vetrans Book
http://www1.va.gov/OPA/vadocs/current_benefits.asp
The 2007 Edition of VA's Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents booklet is now available on-line. Printed copies will be available from most VA facilities sometime in April.

Veterans Benefits Administration Main Web Page
http://www.vba.va.gov/

Veterans Legal and Benefits Information
http://valaw.org/
Commercial Web Site - Veterans Legal and Benefits Information.

VHA Forms, Publications, Manuals
http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/
This web site contains information regarding VHA-wide policies, procedures, requirements and other information of general applicability.

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/
This web site includes information on the AIDS Information Center, Public Health Research & Consultation Service, Center for Quality Management in Public Health, Hepatitis C Resource Centers, HIV/Hepatitis C Clinical Program Office, and the HIV/Hepatitis C Prevention, HIV/Hepatitis C Training/Education and Smoke Free Programs.

VHI Guide to Gulf War Veterans
http://www1.va.gov/vhi_ind_study/gulfwar/istudy/index.asp \

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

Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence
http://www.index.va.gov/search/va/va_search.jsp?QT=Vocational+Rehabilitation+Subsistence

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://www.index.va.gov/search/va/va_search.jsp?QT=Wartime+Disability+Compensation&searchbtn=Search

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/
Public Law 109-461 adds a new group of persons who may be eligible for DEA benefits. Effective December 23, 2006 spouses and children of servicemembers hospitalized, or receiving outpatient care for a VA determined service-connected permanent and total disability may be eligible for DEA benefits.

What VA Social Workers Do
http://www.index.va.gov/search/va/va_search.jsp?QT=What+VA+Social+Workers+Do

WRIISC Patient Eligibility
http://www.illegion.org/va1.html