What I would like to accomplish with the subject of "Veteran's Disability" is to list information concerning disability benefits readily available to our Veterans.

There will be other "typical" Veteran benefits listed also. I've talked to many vets concerning available benefits and have received the same response "I didn't know that was available". I'll try and list these types of benefits plus the requirements. Information on where to obtain the benefits will be included. Individual State benefits for Veterans will be included in the future.
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* Directory regarding the locations of all VA Medical and Regional Office Facilities and Cemeteries.

* Veterans Education Benefits inquiries.

* The Board of Veterans Appeals is the component of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that is responsible for entering the final decision on behalf of the Secretary for entitlement to Veterans benefits that are presented annually for appellate review.

Overview of Benefits for Disabled Veterans   http://assets.opencrs.com/20080821
"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides a range of benefits for Veterans. However, certain benefits have specifically been created to assist disabled Veterans."
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* Disability compensation provides a monthly cash benefit to Veterans whose disabilities resulted from injury or disease contracted in or aggravated by military service. The amount is based on the level disability.

* The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program is designed to help Veterans with service-connected disabilities prepare for, find, and keep suitable jobs. Assistance is also available to help Veterans with living skills.

* Automobile and special adaptive equipment grants (to certain disabled vets.

* Clothing allowances are designed for certain Veterans entitled to receive compensation for a service-connected disability for which he or she uses a prosthetic or orthopedic device.

* Housing grants are provided for constructing an adapted home or modifying an existing home to meet the adaptive needs of certain Veterans and servicemembers.

* Service Disabled Veterans’ Insurance (S-DVI) is life insurance for Veterans who have received a service-connected disability rating by the VA.

Transition Assistance Program and Disabled Transition Assistance Program
"VA encourages all separating service members to contact their respective Family Service Centers/Transition Center to determine when the Transition Assistance Briefings are scheduled for a particular site and attend. These briefings provide information which will help you make the transition to civilian life easier by ensuring you are aware of the many VA benefits available to you."

"Disabled transition (DTAP) is an integral part of the transition program and concentrates on those service members being separated due to a disability incurred while on active duty."
http://www.gibill.va.gov/Vet_Info/ta.htm

Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay
"Qualified disabled military retirees will now get paid both their full military retirement pay and their VA disability compensation. This recently passed law phases out (over 9 years) the VA disability offset, which means that military retirees with 20 or more years of service and a 50% (or higher) VA rated disability will no longer have their military retirement pay reduced by the amount of their VA disability compensation."

To be eligible:

1) Be a Military Retiree with 20 or more years of service, including:

* Chapter 61 Medical Retirees with 20 years or more or.

* National Guard and Reserve with 20 or more good years (once they turn 60 and begin drawing a retirement check)

* The Veteran requires the aid of another person in order to perform personal functions required in everyday living, such as bathing, feeding, dressing, attending to the wants of nature, adjusting prosthetic devices, or protecting himself/herself from the hazards of his/her daily environment, OR,

* The Veteran is bedridden, in that his/her disability or disabilities requires that he/she remain in bed apart from any prescribed course of convalescence or treatment, OR,

* The veteran is a patient in a nursing home due to mental or physical incapacity, OR,

* The Veteran is blind, or so nearly blind as to have corrected visual acuity of 5/200 or less, in both eyes, or concentric contraction of the visual field to 5 degrees or less.

* The Veteran has a single permanent disability evaluated as 100-percent disabling AND, due to such disability, he/she is permanently and substantially confined to his/her immediate premises, OR,

* The Veteran has a single permanent disability evaluated as 100-percent disabling AND, another disability, or disabilities, evaluated as 60 percent or more disabling.

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection Program
"TSGLI was designed to provide severely injured service members who suffer a loss as a direct result of a traumatic injury with short-term monetary assistance to lessen the economic burden on them and their families, who often incur financial hardships because they relocate to be with the member during long and difficult treatment and rehabilitation periods."

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI)
"SGLI is a program of low cost group life insurance for servicemembers on active duty, ready reservists, members of the National Guard, members of the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service, cadets and midshipmen of the four service academies, and members of the Reserve Officer Training Corps."
http://www.insurance.va.gov/sgliSite/SGLI/SGLI.htm

Veterans' Group Life Insurance
"VGLI is a program of post-separation insurance which allows service members to convert their SGLI coverage to renewable term insurance. Members with full-time SGLI coverage are eligible for VGLI upon release from service."
http://www.insurance.va.gov/sgliSite/VGLI/VGLI.htm

Outpatient Prescriptions
"VA will provide medications that are prescribed by VA providers in conjunction with VA medical care. Medications are prescribed from an approved list of medications called a formulary. VA will not simply fill or rewrite prescriptions prescribed by your private physician."
http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/gettingcare/OutpatientPrescriptions.asp

Receiving help for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
"Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can occur after you have been through a traumatic event. A traumatic event is something horrible and scary that you see or that happens to you. During this type of event, you think that your life or others' lives are in danger. You may feel afraid or feel that you have no control over what is happening.

All people with PTSD have lived through a traumatic event that caused them to fear for their lives, see horrible things, and feel helpless. Strong emotions caused by the event create changes in the brain that may result in PTSD".
http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/MENTALHEALTH/ptsd/fs_what_is_ptsd0ddb.asp

VA Health Care Eligibility & Enrollment   http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility

* Eligibility for most Veterans’ health care benefits is based solely on active military service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard (or Merchant Marines during WW II), and discharged under other than dishonorable conditions.

* Reservists and National Guard members who were called to active duty by a Federal Executive Order may qualify for VA health care benefits. Returning service members, including Reservists and National Guard members who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations have special eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for two years following discharge from active duty.

* Health Care eligibility is not just for those who served in combat.

* Other groups may be eligible for some health benefits.

* Veteran’s health care is not just for service-connected injuries or medical conditions.

* Veteran’s health care facilities are not just for men only. VA offers full-service health care to women Veterans."

VA healthcare facilties
"This site is a storehouse of facility and key staff information within 1366 VA facilities, maintained on a regular basis by editors and administrators nationwide throughout the VA network. Designed for ease-of-use, this site categorizes information for browsing by state and administration, as well as by viewing through an interactive map of the United States."
http://www1.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp?isFlash=1

Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs
"The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) is a comprehensive health care program in which the VA shares the cost of covered health care services and supplies with eligible beneficiaries. The program is administered by Health Administration Center and our offices are located in Denver, Colorado."
http://www.va.gov/hac/forbeneficiaries/champva/champva.asp

Contact Elected Officials
"We encourage you to contact your elected officials and share your thoughts on current events and government policy. Below you'll find links to e-mail and postal addresses, and phone numbers for key elected officials".
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

VA Announces Online Claims Applications
"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on July 16th, 2008 that online applications are now being accepted from Veterans, survivors and other claimants filing initial applications for disability compensation, pension, education, and vocational rehabilitation and employment benefits without the additional requirement to submit a signed paper copy of the application".
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/hudvet/va_onlineclaimsapp.cfm