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Department of Veterans Affairs
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Appeals: Board of Veterans' Appeals
Turn to this site to better understand the appeal process and read up on decisions from 1994 through 1999.
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Burial & Memorial Benefits
Learn about benefits as they relate to cemeteries, headstones and markers, presidential memorial certificates, and state cemetery grants program.
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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.
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Education Benefits
The site includes benefits information, school certificates, news, regulations and policy, forms, frequently asked questions, and e-mail inquiries.
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Health Benefits & Services
Find out about eligibility for health care, VHA facilities locator, forms, frequently asked questions, hot topics and press releases, VHA general information, and e-mail contact.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Education
The Web Automated Verification of Enrollment (WAVE) provides veterans receiving the MGIBActive 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.
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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.
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Vocational Rehab & Employment Services
Use the VONAPP site to fill out the Disabled Veterans Application for Vocational Rehabilitation, VAForm 28-1900
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Special Programs
Several of the Department's programs target specific veteran populations, and we hope you will take advantage of the resources they offer.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Minority Veterans
The unique circumstances and special needs of minority veterans are addressed by the Center for Minority Veterans' staff.
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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.
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Veterans in Business
The Center for Veterans Enterprise promotes business ownership and expansion for veterans. They provide resource assistance for veterans and service-disabled veterans who are considering starting or expanding a business. The staff works with all federal agencies, large contractors and not-for-profit assistance organizations.
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Today's VA
Provides links to the following major sections on the Department's Web site:
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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.
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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?
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Hot Topics
These highlighted items are of special interest to Veterans Affairs customers. Be sure to read them!
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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.
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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!
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Veteran Data
Read up on veteran demographics, trends, geographic locations, program statistics, survey results, and helpful data links.
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What's New
Find out what information has been added or updated recently on the Veterans Affairs Web site.
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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!"