The A to Z Guide to VA Disability Benefits
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Aid & Attendance Allowance
Eligibility criteria, see 38 CFR §§3.350 (Special Monthly Compensation)
3.351 (Special monthly Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
3.552 (Determining need for aid & attendance, housebound)
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Automobile Allowance & Adaptive Equipment
Eligibility criteria, see 38 CFR §3.808
Rates, see Special Benefit Allowances Rate Table
- Burial
- Burial benefits include a gravesite in any of our national cemeteries with available space, the opening and closing of the grave, perpetual care, a Government headstone or marker, a burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, at no cost to the family.
See the National Cemetery Administration's site.
See also the Fact Sheets for more information.
Eligibility criteria, see 38 CFR §§3.1600 (Table of Contents & Burial), 3.16013.1602 - 3.1603 (Special conditions governing payments /Authority for burial of certain unclaimed bodies), 3.1604 (Non VA), 3.16053.1606 (Transportation), 3.1607 - 3.1609 (Cost of flags /Nonallowable expenses /Forfeiture), 3.1610 - 3.1611 (Burial in National cemeteries /Official Department of Veterans Affairs representation at funeral), 3.1612 (Marker).
Rates, see Burial, Headstone & Plot Rate Table (Claims & Evidence), (VHA),
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Casualty Information System 1961 - 1981
Records of Deceased, Wounded, Ill, or Injured Army Personnel, Including Dependents and Civilian Employees, created 1/1/1961 - 12/1981, documenting the period 1/1/1961 - 12/1981.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- CHAMPVA
- A health insurance is available from the Veterans Health Administration. See the CHAMPVA website for more information.
- Children
- Children of veterans receive benefits based on two eligibility factors: (1) whether the benefit program allows for payment for or to children and (2) whether the veteran's relationship to the child can be proven.
Eligibility criteria, see 38 CFR §§3.57 (Child), 3.58 (Child Adopted out of Family), 3.204 (Evidence Requirements), 3.210 (Relationship).
See the specific Benefit Programs for more information: Compensation, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), Pension, and Spina Bifida and Children of Vietnam Veterans.- Rates, see the Compensation, Special Monthly Compensation (SMC), Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), Improved Disability or Death and Spina Bifida Rate Tables.
- Clothing Allowance
- Prosthetic appliances and medications have an effect on clothing. If qualified, a veteran can receive a one time or yearly allowance for reimbursement.
Eligibility criteria, see 38 CFR §3.810.
Rates see Special Benefit Allowances Rate Table.
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- Drill Pay
- See Selected Reserve and National Guard
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Government Health IT
- Gulf War
- The "Gulf War" began on August 2, 1990. Since an end of the conflict has not been declared by Congress, everyone who has been on active duty since it began may qualify as wartime veterans, regardless of duty assignment, when seeking VA benefits.
See Gulf War Veterans' Health.
Also see GulfLink, Defense Technology Information Center.
For undiagnosed illness, see 38 CFR §3.317.
- Homeless
- Veterans can be homeless too. We have special programs to help.
See the Fact Sheets for more information.
Also see VA Homeless Program and 3-9-00 Testimony before the Committee on Veteran’s Affairs
- Housebound
- An additional benefit paid to veterans, their surviving spouses and parents. This allowance is paid in all Compensation, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) and Pension Programs. It is paid based on specific disabilities and conditions. It is a lesser additional benefit than Aid & Attendance. Special Monthly Compensation (S) can at times be designated a housebound benefit.
Eligibility criteria, see 38 CFR §§3.351 (Special monthly Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), death compensation, pension and spouse's compensation ratings), 3.352 (Determining need for aid & attendance, housebound).
Rates, see Special Monthly Compensation (SMC), Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) - Surviving Spouse or Parents, Improved Pension - Disability or Death.
Institute of Medicine; Health of Veterans and Deployed Forces
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National Organization of Veterans Advocates (NOVA)
National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP)
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Office of the General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel - Precedent Opinions
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U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs
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VA; Forms
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VBA Monday Morning Workload Reports
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Veterans Disability Benefits Commission Final Report 2007
A 21st Century System for Evaluating Veterans for Disability Benefits