Timely News Items:
- New! Groundbreaking for a Project Benefiting Formerly
Homeless Veterans Story
- The
Vow to Hire Heroes Act - provides tax credits to
businesses who hire unemployed and wounded veterans
Full Story
- Introducing VA
for Vets The VA initiative takes a high-tech and
high-touch approach to recruiting, hiring, retaining, and reintegrating
Veterans into the VA workforce. Official
Announcement
Healthcare:
- NEW! How do I apply for VA health care? What
is the cost? How do I access these benefits? Veterans
now have a new resource to gather information on VA health care
-- the new Health Benefits Webster at www.va.gov/healthbenefits.
- Dangerous
Exposure - OEF/OIF combat veterans may have been
exposed to a wide variety of environmental hazards during their
service in Afghanistan or Iraq. These exposures could lead to
long-term health problems. The VA offers a variety of benefits
and services to eligible OEF/OIF Veterans.
- NEW! Asbestos
Exposure - All veterans, particularly Navy vets,
please visit the
Pleural Mesothelioma Center.
- New! Agent Orange Update - More
Ships Added to Vietnam Ship List
The VA has updated the list of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships
that operated in Vietnam, adding 47 more vessels and expanding
information for others.
- Operation
Mend “Veterans don’t know 'Operation
Mend' exists,” said Dr. Timothy Miller, Chief of the Division
of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at David Geffen School
of Medicine at UCLA.
Mental Health:
Education and Training:
- Compass
Setting - What's next ... now that you are home?
- Are
You Ready to go to College? Smart Start College Prep
Program (Offered through the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare
System) covers attention/concentration, memory, reasoning, organization
and time management, reading comprehension, academic writing,
and test-taking strategies. Quizzes and exams provide feedback
to help Veterans determine their readiness for college level coursework.
- NEW! What
kind of career can I have with a Masters in Health Science?
- Even in a down economy. health care is a hot area for jobs.
It generally requires a degree and a post-graduate course of study.
Seeking Employment:
- Job lead web
sites
- A print-ready PDF document with live links to a number
of employment-related resources. Includes information on Careers
for Women Vets.
- USA Jobs
- delivers a service by which Federal agencies meet their legal
obligation to provide public notice of Federal employment opportunities.
USAJobs on Facebook
- The Veterans
Job Bank returns job opportunities based on search
criteria entered by the user. Jobs are drawn from various job
boards that have posted or specifically tagged jobs for Veterans.
- EDD
- Veteran Resources - California Employment
Development Department services include a veteran 24-hour priority
hold on all job listings, customized job search assistance, job
fairs, employer recruitments, and other events and resources.
Women Veteran Information:
- Center for Women
Veterans - Mission: To monitor and coordinate the
VA’s administration of health care and benefits services,
and programs for women Veterans.
Reference Documents:
- Benefits,
Education, Employment, Housing -- Search the
National Resource Directory to locate benefits, services
and providers working with veterans in your community. More than
14,000 resources are listed.
- New
Publication - 2011 California Veterans Resource Book
- State
of California - The Division of Veterans Services
is responsible for administering a number of special programs,
benefits and services for California veterans and their families.
Hot Topics:
The Complete Resource List:
I selected the topics below based on what I believe most veterans
could be concerned about or may not have known that a service was
available. A few links on this page point to PDF files. To open
them, you will need to download free
Adobe Reader software.
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Agent
Orange
Agent
Orange and Parkinson's Disease
Anger
and Trauma, Dealing with
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009
America's Hero's
at Work (Dept of Labor)
Arlington National Cemetery-
Project Preserve and Honor - Digital record of Iraq and Afghanistan
veterans laid to rest. Back
story on web site creator
Asbestos,
Veteran exposure to and link to Pleural Mesothelioma
Benefits
Bereavement
Counseling at no charge to parents, spouses and children of
Armed Forces personnel who died in the service of their country.
Board of Veteran's Appeals
See also How
Do I Appeal pamphlet
Center for
Minority Veterans
Center for
Veterans Enterprise
Center for Women
Veterans
Children
Coping with Deployment - Includes a Coloring
Book
Children
Dealing with Deployment, Homecoming Changes, Grief (Sesame Street)
Chronic
Pain and Fatigue MUS-CPG
Cold
and Heat Injuries
Claims - VA Benefits
Combat
Veteran Eligibility, Establishing
Compensation
Rate Tables
Coping
When a Family Member Has Been Called to War
CWT (Compensated Work Therapy) Programs for Veterans:
DCoE Outreach
Center - 24/7 information and resources on psychological health
(PH), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and traumatic brain injury
(TBI)
Depleted
Uranium Exposure
Directory
of Veterans Service Organizations
Disabilities
Associated with the Gulf War Service - Research Advisory Committee
on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
Disability Examination Worksheets
Discharge papers, requesting from National Archives:
Employment
- Click for a complete list of on-line job sources
Find
a local VA Facility - U.S. States and territories
Forms,
Most Requested - The short list of VA forms
Forms and Records Requests,
all - The long list of every form the VA uses
Geriatrics and Extended
Care
Gulf
War Illness See Also More
Gulf War Illness Studies and RAND
Research Brief
Government
Jobs (State and Local listings)
Hazardous
Exposures -- Please see also:
Health
Registry Evaluation Programs for Veterans (PDF document)
Agent
Orange Exposure
Health Care Offered
by the VA Please see also Get
the Healthcare You Deserve - You Earned Them, So Use Them
Hearing
Problems - Noise, Vibration and Other Physical Exposures
Hepatitis
C See also Just
Diagnosed
HIV/AIDS
Information for Patients and the Public. See also
FAQ's
Homecoming
after Deployment, Summary of Possible Changes
Homelessness, VA
Programs to abate
Health Services Research
& Development Service (HSR&D) find out about the many
different health services research programs being conducted.
Ionizing
Radiation
Mental
Health
Military Families,
how can we help them when husbands/wives are deployed?
Military
Medical and Health Records
Mortgage/Refinance
Guide for U.S. Veterans
MS (Multiple Sclerosis)
My HealthVet Veterans
who are enrolled in a VA facility, registered on My HealtheVet and
complete the one-time In-Person Authentication process, can:
- Refill your VA prescriptions online by viewing Rx medication
names (not just the Rx numbers)
- Receive VA Wellness Reminders
- When available, participate in Secure Messaging with your health
care team
My Health Vet is open 24/7 over the Internet.
National Archives
Military Records- Veterans
and Families Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
National
Resource Directory - Web site for wounded, ill and injured Service
Members, Veterans, their families and those who support them. Includes
employment info.
OEF/OIF/OND Returning Service
Members Thank you for your service. Please see also:
Online
Resource for FRG Leaders
Parkinson's
Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders
Pleural Mesothelioma
- From treatment options to top doctors and the best cancer centers
in the United States, PleuralMesothelioma.com is a one-stop resource
for pleural mesothelioma patients and their families.
Polytrauma and Traumatic
Brain Injuries
Polytrauma
& Blast-Related Injuries
Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD - Overview
Public
Health and Strategic Healthcare Group
Refinance
& Mortgage Guide for U.S. Veterans
Researching
U.S. Court of Appeals Veterans Claims
Retroactive
Stop Loss Pay (RSLSP)
Returning
from the War Zone: A Guide for Military Personnel
Service Organizations (Supporting
Veterans), Directory See also Chartered
Veterans Service Organizations
Small Business Startup
Assistance - Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE)
See also
Social Security
Standard
Payment Rates for Some Non-VA Care
Suicide Issues:
Traumatic
Brain Injury Guide
for Patients
VA Benefits
Fact Sheets
VA Social Workers
Vet
Center
Veterans Resource
Guide
War Related Illness
and Injury Study Center (WRIISC)
Wartime
Disability Compensation
Wounded
Warrior Resource Center
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the list of links above? If not, before giving up, I would suggest
that you try the
VA Internet Advanced Search.
I would like to know if you find information that I have missed
or you encounter a broken link. Help me to make this page the best
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