Contents

Introduction
Health-care Enrollment
Who’s Eligible
Wartime Service
Filing Claims
Important Documents
Introduction in Spanish

1. Health-Care Benefits
Health-Care Enrollment
Financial Assessment
Copayments
Billing Insurance Companies
Nursing-Home Care
Domiciliary Care
Outpatient Pharmacy Services
Outpatient Dental Treatment
Gulf War, Agent Orange and Ionizing Radiation
Beneficiary Travel
Alcohol- and Drug-Dependence Treatment
Home Improvements and Structural Alterations
Prosthetic and Sensory Aid Services
Services and Aids for Blind Veterans
Readjustment Counseling
Special Categories for Medical Care
Merchant Marine Seamen
Allied Veterans
Medical Care for Dependents and Survivors

2. Benefit Programs for Veterans
Disability Compensation
Receiving Benefit Payments
Prisoners of War
Agent Orange and Other Herbicides
Veterans Exposed to Radiation
Gulf War Veterans
Allowances for Dependents
Incarcerated Veterans
Other Disability Benefits
Specially Adapted Homes
Automobile Assistance
Clothing Allowance
Pension
Improved Pension
Protected Pension Programs
Aid and Attendance or Housebound
Medal of Honor Pension
Incarcerated Veterans
Montgomery GI Bill (Active Duty)
Montgomery Gl Bill (Selected Reserve)
Veterans’ Educational Assistance Program (VEAP)
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
Vocational Training for Children with Spina Bifida
Program for Unemployable Veterans
Home Loan Guaranties
Guaranty Amount
Required Occupancy
Closing Costs
Financing, Interest Rates and Terms
Release of Liability, Loan Assumption
Loans for Native Americans
Repossessed Homes
Safeguards for Veterans
Life Insurance
Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance
Veterans’ Group Life Insurance
Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance
Veterans’ Mortgage Life Insurance
Insurance Dividends
Assistance with Insurance
Burial Benefits
Burial in National Cemeteries
Headstones and Markers
Memorial Headstones or Markers
Presidential Memorial Certificates
Military Funeral Honors
Burial Flags
Reimbursement of Burial Expenses

3. Benefits for Survivors
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
DIC Payments to Surviving Spouse
DIC Payments to Parents and Children
Spina Bifida Allowance
Special Allowances
Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors
Death Pension
Dependents’ Education
Educational Loans
Home Loan Guaranties
Montgomery GI Bill Death Benefit

4 . Women Veterans

5. Homeless Veterans

6. Overseas Benefits
Medical Benefits
Other Overseas Benefits

7. Benefits for Special Groups

8. Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

9. Other Federal Benefits
Job-Finding Assistance
Job Partnership Training Act
Disabled Veterans Outreach Program
Re-employment Rights
Unemployment Compensation
Federal Contractor Affirmative Action
Federal Jobs for Veterans
Transition Assistance Program
Operation Transition
Loans for Farms and Homes
FHA Home Mortgage Insurance
Naturalization Preference
Small Business Administration
Social Security
Supplemental Security Income
Passports to Visit Overseas Cemeteries
Medals
Review of Discharges
Replacing Military Records
Correction of Military Records
Armed Forces Retirement Homes
Commissary and Exchange Privileges
Death Gratuity

10. Appeals
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

11. Tables

12. Where to Find More Information

13. VA Facilities

14. Index