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A Veterans Guide to VA BenefitsThis guide is design to help you understand the claims process and your rights and responsibilities. We would like to come to your community and explain its contents and how you can help to improve the claims processing.So please volunteer to setup a town hall meeting in your community.

COMPENSATION CLAIMSVA disability compensation provides monthly benefits to Veterans in recognition of the effects of disabilities, diseases, or injuries incurred or aggravated during active military service.The program also provides monthly payments to surviving spouses, dependent children, and dependent parents in recognition of the economic loss caused by a Veterans death during military service or, after discharge from military service, as a result of a service-connected disability.

TYPE OF COMPENSATION CLAIMSThere are many types of claims for disability compensation. For example, if you're filing a VA claim for the very first time, you have anoriginal claim. Areopened claimmeans you have newandmaterial evidence and you want VA to reconsider a claim it once denied. There are also new claims,secondary claims, andspecial claims.

HOW TO FILE A COMPENSATION CLAIME-BENEFITS https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits-portal/ebenefits.portal you may print and mail-inVA Form 21-526EZ, Application for Disability Compensation and Related Compensation Benefitsor call VA at 1-800-827-1000 to have the form mailed to you. http://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/VBA-21-526EZ-ARE.pdfDependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)VA Form 21-534EZ, Application for DIC, Death Pension, and/or Accrued Benefitsand mail it to your nearest VA regional office. http://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/VBA-21-534EZ-ARE.pdfVISIT/CONTACT YOUR COUNTY VA OFC (CVAO)VISIT/CONTACT A VETERAN SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (VSO) AL, DAV, VFW, PVA, ETC.VA FORM 526b - Supplemental Claimshttp://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/VBA-21-526b-ARE.pdf

Fully Developed Claims (FDC)http://benefits.va.gov/compensation/

The Fully Developed Claims (FDC) program is an optional new initiative that offers Veterans, and survivors faster decisions from VA on compensation, pension, and survivor benefit claims.

Veterans and survivors simply submit all required records and documentation at the time they make their claim and certify that they have no further evidence. VA can then review and process the claim more quickly.

PENSION CLAIMS

VA helps Veterans and their families cope with financial challenges by providing supplemental income through the Veterans Pension and Survivors' Pension benefit programs.

Veterans Pension:Tax-free monetary benefit payable to low-income wartime Veterans.

Survivors' Pension:Tax-free monetary benefit payable to a low-income, un-remarried surviving spouse and/or unmarried child(ren) of a deceased Veteran with wartime service.

HOW TO FILE A PENSION CLAIME-BENEFITS https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits-portal/ebenefits.portal you may print and mail-inVA Form 21-527EZ, Application for Disability Compensation and Related Compensation Benefitsor call VA at 1-800-827-1000 to have the form mailed to you. http://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/VBA-21-527EZ-ARE.pdfDependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)VA Form 21-534EZ, Application for DIC, Death Pension, and/or Accrued Benefitsand mail it to your nearest VA regional office. http://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/VBA-21-534EZ-ARE.pdfVISIT/CONTACT YOUR COUNTY VA OFC (CVAO)VISIT/CONTACT A VETERAN SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (VSO) AL, DAV, VFW, PVA, ETC.VA FORM 527 - Supplemental Claims

Step 1 - Honorable Active Military ServiceCFR 3.203 In order to be eligible for disability compensation benefits, you must have a service-related disability and were discharged under other than dishonorable conditions. Acceptable documents to established veterans status are:An original copy or carbon copy of the original separation documenta copy of the separation document certified by a clerk of court or authorized VBA employeeA copy of the separation document certified by County Affairs Officer or Service organization member who has been approved by VA Unacceptable documents to established veterans status are:Notarized copies of separation documentsZerox copies of separation documents that have not been properly certifiedThe separation documents must contain the entry on active duty and released from active duty dates, branch of service and characterization of serviceIf documents are not available, the VA will assistance you in verifying your service as long as you provide the your service dates, branch of service and serial number if different from your SSN.

STEP 2 Service Treatment Records (STR)38 CFR 3.159If you have the original copy of the STRS, VA will need it.If you do not have the original VA will assist, you in obtaining it.If you are an active member of a Reserve or National Guard Unit, VA will need:Your units name and complete mailing address

STEP 3 Medical Records38 CFR 3.159If you have been treated at a VA medical facility, tell VA the name of the facility, dates of treatment, and the disability treated for and VA will get these records.If you have been treated at a Federal facility VA will assist you in getting those records or you can send in the relevant treatment records. If you have been treated by a private doctor/facility, you can send in the relevant treatment records, or send a VA Form 21-4142, Authorization form (a separate one for each doctor/facility) and the VA will assist you in obtaining the records. It is your responsibility to provide the VA with the necessary information to obtain the medical records complete mailing addressdates of treatmentand disability treated for.

STEP 4 Other EvidenceCFR 3.159VA will assist you in obtaining other relevant evidence, such as service records, employment info etc.ReminderIt is your responsibility to provide the VA with the necessary information to obtain the evidence

STEP 5 Examinations38 CFR 3.326& 3.159

In claims for compensation a VA exam is not mandatory. The law requires that certain requirements be meet.

VA will provide a medical examination or obtain a medical opinion based upon a review of the evidence of record if VA determines it is necessary to decide the claim. A medical examination or medical opinion is necessary if the information and evidence of record does not contain sufficient competent medical evidence to decide the claim, but:Contains competent lay or medical evidence of a current diagnosed disability or persistent or recurrent symptoms of disability;Establishes that the veteran suffered an event, injury or disease in service, or has a disease or symptoms of a disease listed in 3.309, 3.313, 3.316, and 3.317 manifesting during an applicable presumptive period provided the claimant has the required service or triggering event to qualify for that presumption; andIndicates that the claimed disability or symptoms may be associated with the established event, injury, or disease in service or with another service-connected disability.

38 CFR 3.159 VCAA - Veterans Claims Assistance ActRequires VA to notify the you and your representative (if any), in writing of:any information or evidence that is necessary to substantiate your claim, including medical and lay evidencethe information or evidence you must submit, andthe information or evidence that VA will attempt to obtain on the your behalf.

Federal Records 38 CFR 3.159The VA is responsible for assisting you in obtaining federal records:Service records to include treatment records, VA medical records, records in the custody of a federal agencies to include National Guard records.The VA will continue to pursue federal records until it is determine the records do not exists or further efforts to obtain them would be futile. VA will notify you if efforts fail and give you 10 days to provide the evidence before deciding your claim. However, remember you still have 12 months from the VCAA notification date to send the records to the VA.

Non Federal Records38 CFR 3.159The VA is responsible for assisting you in obtaining private records.It is limited to 30 days, initial request 15 days and 15 days follow-up.VA is responsible for notifying you each time your private records are requested.It is still your responsibility to ensure VA gets these records prior to the 40 days.If the records are not received within 30 days, VA can make a decision on your claim. However, you still have 12 months from the date of VCAA notification to submit the evidence.

38 CFR 3.303-6 Service ConnectionYour disability must have occurred during or was aggravated by your military serviceYou must have a current disabilityThere must be a nexus (link) between your current disability and your military serviceExample: If you broke your ankle in service, and now you are having problems with your ankle then there is a possibility that it is related to your serviceorIf you broke your ankle prior to service, but it was aggravated by your service then there is a possibility that it is related to your service.

38 CFR 3.156 New and material evidenceA claimant may reopen a finally adjudicated claim by submitting new and material evidence.

Final adjudicated means that you have been notified of the decision and 12 months have past since notification.

New evidence means existing evidence not previously submitted to agency decisionmakers.

Material evidence means existing evidence that, by itself or when considered with previous evidence of record, relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.

New and material evidence can be neither cumulative nor redundant of the evidence of record at the time of the last prior final denial of the claim sought to be reopened, and must raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 5103A(f), 5108)

38 CFR 3.307 Presumptive service connectionA chronic, tropical, prisoner of war related disease, or a disease associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents listed in CFR 3.309 will be considered to have been incurred in or aggravated by service under the circumstances outlined in this section even though there is no evidence of such disease during the period of service. No condition other than one listed in 3.309(a) will be considered chronic.

38 CFR 3.309(a) Chronic diseasesThe following diseases shall be granted service connection as a result of chronic diseases if all provisions of law are meet and it is manifested to a compensable degree within one year of service, except for Hansens disease and Tuberculosis which is 3 years and Multiple Sclerosis which is 7 years following service in a period of war or following peacetime service on or after January 1, 1947 Anemia, primary. Arteriosclerosis. Arthritis. Atrophy, progressive muscular. Brain hemorrhage. Brain thrombosis. Bronchiectasis. Calculi of the kidney, bladder, or gallbladder. Cardiovascular-renal disease, including hypertension. (This term applies to combination involvement of the type of arteriosclerosis, nephritis, and organic heart disease, and since hypertension is an early symptom long preceding the development of those diseases in their more obvious forms, a disabling hypertension within the 1-year period will be given the same benefit of service connection as any of the chronic diseases listed.) Cirrhosis of the liver. Coccidioidomycosis. Diabetes mellitus. Encephalitis lethargica residuals. Endocarditis. (This term covers all forms of valvular heart disease.) Endocrinopathies. Epilepsies. Hansen's disease (3 years). Hodgkin's disease. Leukemia. Lupus erythematosus, systemic Myasthenia gravis. Myelitis.

38 CFR 3.309(a) Chronic diseases cont Myocarditis. Nephritis. Other organic diseases of the nervous system. Osteitis deformans (Paget's disease). Osteomalacia. Palsy, bulbar. Paralysis agitans. Psychoses. Purpura idiopathic, hemorrhagic. Raynaud's disease. Sarcoidosis. Scleroderma. Sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral. Sclerosis, multiple (7 Years). Syringomyelia. Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease). Tuberculosis, active (3 Years). (Tumors, malignant, or of the brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves. Ulcers, peptic (gastric or duodenal) (A proper diagnosis of gastric or duodenal ulcer (peptic ulcer) is to be considered established if it represents a medically sound interpretation of sufficient clinical findings warranting such diagnosis and provides an adequate basis for a differential diagnosis from other conditions with like symptomatology; in short, where the preponderance of evidence indicates gastric or duodenal ulcer (peptic ulcer). Whenever possible, of course, laboratory findings should be used in corroboration of the clinical data.

38 CFR 3.303(b) Tropical diseasesThe following diseases shall be granted service connection as a result of tropical service if all provisions of law are meet and it is manifested to compensable degree within one year following service in a period of war or following peacetime service Amebiasis. Blackwater fever. Cholera. Dracontiasis. Dysentery. Filariasis. Leishmaniasis, including kala-azar. Loiasis. Malaria. Onchocerciasis. Oroya fever. Pinta. Plague. Schistosomiasis. Yaws. Yellow fever. Resultant disorders or diseases originating because of therapy administered in connection with such diseases or as a preventative thereof.

38 CFR 3.309(c) POWWERE YOU A POW?If a veteran is a former prisoner of war, the following diseases shall be service connected if manifest to a degree of disability of 10 percent or more at any time after discharge or release from active military, naval, or air service even though there is no record of such disease during service, provided the rebuttable presumption provisions of 3.307 are also satisfied. DO YOU HAVE A DISEASE LISTED IN 309(C) Psychosis.Any of the anxiety states.Dysthymic disorder (or depressive neurosis).Organic residuals of frostbite, if it is determined that the veteran was interned in climatic conditions consistent with the occurrence of frostbite.Post-traumatic osteoarthritis.Atherosclerotic heart disease or hypertensive vascular disease (including hypertensive heart disease) and their complications (including myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, arrhythmia).Stroke and its complications.On or after October 10, 2008, Osteoporosis, if the Secretary determines that the veteran has posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

38 CFR 3.309(c) POW Cont Were you interned or detained for not less than 30 days?The following diseases shall be service connected if manifest to a degree of 10 percent or more at any time after discharge or release from active military, naval, or air service even though there is no record of such disease during service, provided the rebuttable presumption provisions of 3.307 are also satisfied. Avitaminosis.Beriberi (including beriberi heart disease).Chronic dysentery.Helminthiasis.Malnutrition (including optic atrophy associated with malnutrition).Pellagra.Any other nutritional deficiency.Irritable bowel syndrome.Peptic ulcer disease.Peripheral neuropathy except where directly related to infectious causes.Cirrhosis of the liver.On or after September 28, 2009, Osteoporosis.

38 CFR 3.309(d) Radiation-Risk Activity DID YOU PARTICIPATE IN A RADIATION RISK ACTIVITY?A) Onsite participation in a test involving the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device. (B) The occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan, by United States forces during the period beginning on August 6, 1945, and ending on July 1, 1946. (C) Internment as a prisoner of war in Japan(or service on active duty in Japan immediately following such internment) during World War II which resulted in an opportunity for exposure to ionizing radiation comparable to that of the United States occupation forces in Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan, during the period beginning on August 6, 1945, and ending on July 1, 1946. DO YOU HAVE ANY DISEASE LISTED IN CFR 3.309(d)? Leukemia (other than achronic lymphocytic leukemia.Cancer of the thyroid.Cancer of the breast.Cancer of the pharynx.Cancer of the esophagus.Cancer of the stomach.Cancer of the small intestine.Cancer of the pancreas.Multiple myeloma.Lymphomas (except Hodgkins disease).Cancer of the bile ducts.Cancer of the gall bladder.Primary liver cancer (except if cirrhosis or hepatitis B is indicated).Cancer of the salivary gland.Cancer of the urinary tract (urinary tract means the kidneys, renal pelves, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra)Bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma.Cancer of the bone.Cancer of the brain.Cancer of the colon.Cancer of the lung.Cancer of the ovary.

38 CFR 3.309(e) Agent OrangeWere you exposed to Agent Orange?Exposure conceded by VA?service in the RVN or its inland waterways, orservice in other locations if the conditions of service involved duty or visitation in the RVN.service along the DMZ in Korea, and was assigned to one of the units recognized by VA between April 1968 and July 1969.The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has confirmed that the Navy destroyer USS Ingersoll (DD 652) traveled into the inland waterways of RVN on October 24 and 25, 1965 Any exposure to herbicide agents during service in locations other than the ones listed above must be established on a factual basisHow were you exposed?provide the approximate dates, location, and nature of the alleged exposure.

38 CFR 3.309(e) Agents Orange ContDo you have a disease listed 3.309(e)AL amyloidosisChloracne or other acneform disease consistent with chloracneType 2 diabetes (also known as Type II diabetes mellitus or adult-onset diabetes)Hodgkin's diseaseIschemic heart disease (including, but not limited to, acute, subacute, and old myocardial infarction; atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease including coronary artery disease (including coronary spasm) and coronary bypass surgery; and stable, unstable and Prinzmetal's angina)All chronic B-cell leukemias (including, but not limited to, hairy-cell leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia)Multiple myelomaNon-Hodgkin's lymphomaParkinson's diseaseAcute and subacute peripheral neuropathyPorphyria cutanea tardaProstate cancerRespiratory cancers (cancer of the lung, bronchus, larynx, or trachea)Soft-tissue sarcoma (other than osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposis sarcoma, or mesothelioma)The term soft-tissue sarcoma includes the following:Adult fibrosarcoma; Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Liposarcoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Epithelioid leiomyosarcoma (malignant leiomyoblastoma); Rhabdomyosarcoma; Ectomesenchymoma; Angiosarcoma (hemangiosarcoma and lymphangiosarcoma); Proliferating (systemic) angioendotheliomatosis; Malignant glomus tumor; Malignant hemangiopericytoma; Synovial sarcoma (malignant synovioma); Malignant giant cell tumor of tendon sheath; Malignant schwannoma, including malignant schwannoma with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation (malignant Triton tumor), glandular and epithelioid malignant schwannomas; Malignant mesenchymoma; Malignant granular cell tumor;Alveolar soft part sarcoma; Epithelioid sarcoma; Clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses; Extraskeletal Ewings sarcoma; Congenital and infantile fibrosarcoma; Malignant ganglioneuroma

38 CFR 3.814 AO Certain Children With Disabilities Born Of Vietnam And Certain Korea Service Veterans38 CFR 3.814 Monetary allowance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 18 for an individual suffering from spina bifida whose biological father or mother is or was a Vietnam veteran.Under Public Law 106-419, VA identified the birth defects of children of women Vietnam veterans that 1) are associated with Vietnam service; and 2) result in permanent physical or mental disability. Birth defects not included in this benefit program as those abnormalities that result from the following: 1) a familial disorder; 2) a birth-related injury, 3) a fetal or neonatal infirmity with well-established causes. The law defines the term "child" as an individual, regardless of age or marital status that is the natural child of a woman Vietnam veteran, and was conceived after the veteran first entered Vietnam. The legislation provides for health care services, vocational training, and a monthly allowance for eligible children TO APPLY COMPLETE VA FORM IS 21-0304 AND MAIL IT TO: VA Regional Office, Veterans Service Center (339/21), Box 25126, Denver, CO 80225All CLAIMS FOR THIS BENEFIT IS HANDLED BY BY THE DENVER RO.

38 CFR 3.304 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

WHAT IS NEEDED FOR SERVICE CONNECTION?Per 38 CFR 3.304(f), a finding of service connection for PTSD requirescredible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressor actually occurredmedical evidence diagnosing the condition in accordance with 38 CFR 4.125, anda link, established by medical evidence, between current symptomatology and the claimed in-service stressor.Note: The lay testimony of a Veteran alone may, under certain circumstances, establish the occurrence of an in-service stressor if the stressor is related to the VeteransPTSD is diagnosed in service, and the stressor is related to that service, or the stressor is related to the Veteransengagement in combat with the enemy experience as a POW as defined by 38 CFR 3.1(y), orfear of hostile military or terrorist activity, if a VA psychiatrist or psychologist, or contract equivalent, confirms the claimed stressor is adequate to support a diagnosis of PTSD, andthe Veterans symptoms are related to the claimed stressor.

Stressor Definitions Engaging in combat with the enemy means personal participation in events constituting an actual fight or encounter with a military foe or hostile unit or instrumentality. It includes presence during such events either as acombatant, orservice member performing duty in support of combatants, such as providing medical care to the wounded Fear of hostile military or terrorist activity meansthe Veteran experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or circumstance that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, ora threat to the physical integrity of the Veteran or others, and the Veterans response to the event or circumstances involved a psychological or psycho-physiological state of fear, helplessness, or horror. Examples of exposure to hostile military or terrorist activity include presence at events involvingactual or potential improvised explosive devices (IEDs) vehicle-imbedded explosive devicesincoming artillery, rocket, or mortar firessmall arms fire, including suspected sniper fires, oror attacks upon friendly aircraft.

38 CFR 3.304 Posttraumatic Stress DisorderDO YOU HAVE A VERIFABLE STRESSOR?If you have receive any of the combat decorations listed below, VA will presume that the you engaged in combat with the enemy, unless there is clear and convincing evidence to the contrary:Air Force Achievement Medal with V DeviceAir Force Combat Action MedalAir Force Commendation Medal with V DeviceAir Force CrossAir Medal with V DeviceArmy Commendation Medal with V DeviceBronze Star Medal with V DeviceCombat Action BadgeCombat Action Ribbon (Note: Prior to February 1969, the Navy Achievement Medal with V Device was awarded.)Combat Aircrew InsigniaCombat Infantry/Infantryman BadgeCombat Medical BadgeDistinguished Flying CrossDistinguished Service CrossJoint Service Commendation Medal with V DeviceMedal of HonorNavy Commendation Medal with V DeviceNavy CrossPurple Heart, and/orSilver Star.Important: Receipt of one of the decorations cited above is not the only acceptable evidence of engagement in combat.

Stressor Related to Fear of Hostile Military or Terrorist Activity Under 38 CFR 3.304(f)(3), a Veterans lay statement alone may establish the occurrence of a stressor related to the fear of hostile military or terrorist activity if evidence shows the Veteran served in an area of potential hostile military or terrorist activity, anda VA psychiatrist or psychologist (or contract equivalent) accepts the Veterans statement as being adequate to support a diagnosis of PTSD, andrelates the Veterans symptoms to the claimed stressor.Notes: The receipt of military awards such as, but not limited to, the Vietnam Service or Campaign Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, and Afghanistan Campaign Medal is generally considered evidence of service in an area of potential hostile military or terrorist activity. The receipt of military awards such as the National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, and Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) Service Medal generally does not indicate service in locations that involve exposure to hostile military or terrorist activity, because these are general medals that do not denote service in a particular area or campaign. If the Veteran served in an area of potential hostile military or terrorist activity, he/she would have received a more specific medal for such service.

Stressor Corroboration RequiredExamples of claimed stressors that must be corroborated are a plane crash caused by severe weather a severe motor vehicle accidentwitnessing the death, injury, or threat to the physical being of another person caused by something other than hostile military or terrorist activity, andactual or threatened death or serious injury, or other threat to ones physical being, caused by something other than hostile military or terrorist activity.

PTSD Personal Trauma

Personal trauma is an event of human design that threatens or inflicts harm, Veterans claiming service connection for disability due to in-service personal trauma face unique problems documenting their claims.These incidents are often violent and may lead to the development of PTSD. Examples: Rape, physical assault, domestic battering, robbery, mugging, stalking, and harassment.Note: Service connection for PTSD based on in-service personal trauma derives from the PTSD personal assault regulation, 38 CFR 3.304(f)(5)

MST Incidents DoD offers two reporting options for MST, restricted and unrestricted. Restricted reporting allows a servicemember to file a report confidentially without initiating the investigative process. Following an MST incident, a servicemember may elect one of these reporting options by completing DD Form 2910, Victim Reporting Preference Statement.The servicemember may also elect an optional sexual assault forensic examination (SAFE), which is performed by a healthcare provider and is documented on DD Form 2911, Forensic Medical Report: Sexual Assault Examination.Notes: DoD may have used other forms prior to the issuance of DD Form 2910. For example, the Department of the Navy used the form NAVPERS 1752/1, Sexual Assault Incident Data Collection Report.In restricted reporting cases, DoD stores the evidence, including results from the SAFE, for one year following the date of the victims report of sexual assault. If the victim does not claim the evidence or elect an unrestricted report within one year, DoD destroys it.

38 CFR 3.311 Ionizing RadiationWere you exposed to Ionizing Radiation?atmospheric testing of nuclear weaponsthe occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan from September 1945other radiation-risk activities as claimed (I.E. X-RAY TECHNICIAN, REACTOR PLANT ACTIVITIES, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, RADIOGRAPHY, ETC)Do You have a disease in CFR 3.311(b)(2) and disease first manifested within the period specified in 38 CFR 3.311(b)(5)Or Do you have a disease not listed, but can cite or have competent scientific or do you have medical evidence that the claimed condition is a radiogenic disease Medical or scientific EVIDENCE IS REQUIRED

38 CFR 3.311 Ionizing Radiation Cont. Do You have a disease in CFR 3.311(b)(2) and disease first manifested within the period specified in 38 CFR 3.311(b)(5)All forms of leukemia except chronic lymphatic (lymphocytic) leukemia;Thyroid cancer;Breast cancer;Lung cancer;Bone cancer;Liver cancer;Skin cancer; Esophageal cancer; Stomach cancer; Bone cancer must become manifest within 30 years after exposure;Leukemia may become manifest at any time after exposure;Posterior subcapsular cataracts must become manifest 6 months or more after exposure; andOther diseases specified in paragraph (b)(2) of this section must become manifest 5 years or more after exposure

Colon cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Kidney cancer; Urinary bladder cancer; Salivary gland cancer; Multiple myeloma; Posterior subcapsular cataracts;Non-malignant thyroid nodular disease;Ovarian cancer; Parathyroid adenoma; Tumors of the brain and central nervous system;Cancer of the rectum;Lymphomas other than Hodgkins disease;Prostate cancer; andAny other cancer. a disease not listed, but can cite or have competent scientific or do you have medical evidence that the claimed condition is a radiogenic disease

38 CFR 3.316 Mustard Gasa) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, exposure to the specified vesicant agents during active military service under the circumstances described below together with the subsequent development of any of the indicated conditions is sufficient to establish service connection for that condition:(1) Full-body exposure to nitrogen or sulfur mustard during active military service together with the subsequent development of chronic conjunctivitis, keratitis, corneal opacities, scar formation, or the following cancers: Nasopharyngeal; laryngeal; lung (except mesothelioma); or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.(2) Full-body exposure to nitrogen or sulfur mustard or Lewisite during active military service together with the subsequent development of a chronic form of laryngitis, bronchitis, emphysema, asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.(3) Full-body exposure to nitrogen mustard during active military service together with the subsequent development of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.(b) Service connection will not be established under this section if the claimed condition is due to the veterans own willful misconduct (See 3.301(c)) or there is affirmative evidence that establishes a nonservice-related supervening condition or event as the cause of the claimed condition (See 3.303).

38 CFR 3.317 Undiagnosed Illnesses.ARE YOU EXPERIENCING ANY OR A COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:An undiagnosed illness;The following medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illnesses that are defined by a cluster of signs or symptoms:(1) Chronic fatigue syndrome;(2) Fibromyalgia;(3) Irritable bowel syndrome; or(4) a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illnessThe term medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness means a diagnosed illness without conclusive pathophysiology or etiology, that is characterized by overlapping symptoms and signs and has features such as fatigue, pain, disability out of proportion to physical findings, and inconsistent demonstration of laboratory abnormalities. Chronic multisymptom illnesses of partially understood etiology and pathophysiology will not be considered medically unexplained.

38 CFR 3.317 Undiagnosed illnesses Cont.SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS WHICH MAY BE MANIFESTATIONS OF UNDIAGNOSED ILLNESS OR MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED CHRONIC MULTISYMPTOM ILLNESS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:(1) Fatigue(2) Signs or symptoms involving skin(3) Headache(4) Muscle pain (5) Joint pain(6) Neurologic signs and symptoms(7) Neuropsychological signs or symptoms(8) Signs or symptoms involving the respiratory system (upper or lower)(9) Sleep disturbances(10) Gastrointestinal signs or symptoms(11) Cardiovascular signs or symptoms(12) Abnormal weight loss(13) Menstrual disorders.DO YOU HAVE SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE ? The Southwest Asia theater of operations includes the following locations and the airspace above them:IraqKuwaitSaudi Arabiathe neutral zone between Iraq and Saudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesBahrainQatarOmanthe Gulf of Adenthe Gulf of Omanthe Persian Gulfthe Arabian Sea, andthe Red Sea.

38 CFR 3.318 ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis manifested at any time after discharge or release from active military, naval, or air service is sufficient to establish service connection for that disease.(b) Service connection will not be established under this section:(1) If there is affirmative evidence that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis was not incurred during or aggravated by active military, naval, or air service;(2) If there is affirmative evidence that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is due to the veterans own willful misconduct; or(3) If the veteran did not have active, continuous service of 90 days or more. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a)(1))

ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASESM21-1MR PART IV

Many people with asbestos-related diseases have only recently come to medical attention because the latent period varies from 10 to 45 or more years between the first exposure and development of a disease.Note: The exposure may have been direct or indirect; the extent and duration of exposure is not a factor.Inhalation of asbestos fibers can produce:fibrosis, the most commonly occurring of which is interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, or asbestosis tumorspleural effusions and fibrosispleural plaquesmesotheliomas of pleura and peritoneumcancers of the lungbronchusgastrointestinal tractlarynxpharynx, and urogenital system, except the prostate.Specific effects of exposure to asbestos includelung cancer that originates in the lung parenchyma rather than the bronchi, andeventually develops in about 50 percent of persons with asbestosisgastrointestinal cancer that develops in 10 percent of persons with asbestosis urogenital cancer that develops in 10 percent of persons with asbestosis, andmesothelioma that develops in 17 percent of persons with asbestosis.

38 CFR 3.310 SECONDARY S/C(a) General. Except as provided in 3.300(c), disability which is proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disease or injury shall be service connected. When service connection is thus established for a secondary condition, the secondary condition shall be considered a part of the original condition.(b) Aggravation of nonservice-connected disabilities. Any increase in severity of a nonservice-connected disease or injury that is proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disease or injury, and not due to the natural progress of the nonservice-connected disease, will be service connected. However, VA will not concede that a nonservice-connected disease or injury was aggravated by a service-connected disease or injury unless the baseline level of severity of the nonservice-connected disease or injury is established by medical evidence created before the onset of aggravation or by the earliest medical evidence created at any time between the onset of aggravation and the receipt of medical evidence establishing the current level of severity of the nonservice-connected disease or injury. The rating activity will determine the baseline and current levels of severity under the Schedule for Rating Disabilities (38 CFR part 4) and determine the extent of aggravation by deducting the baseline level of severity, as well as any increase in severity due to the natural progress of the disease, from the current level. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1110 and 1131)(c) Cardiovascular disease. Ischemic heart disease or other cardiovascular disease developing in a veteran who has a service-connected amputation of one lower extremity at or above the knee or service-connected amputations of both lower extremities at or above the ankles, shall be held to be the proximate result of the service-connected amputation or amputations. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 1110-1131)

INCREASEYour service connected disability must get worse.

38 CFR 4.29-30 Temporary 100%Paragraph 29 - periods of hospitalization in excess of 21 days for medical treatment of an Service Connected disability, Paragraph 30 Assign a temporary 100-percent convalescent rating under 38 CFR 4.30 only following regular hospital discharge or outpatient release, regardless of the length of hospitalization, if treatment of an Service Connected disability resulted insurgery necessitating at least one-month convalescence surgery with severe postoperative residuals, orimmobilization of at least one major joint by cast without surgery, including procedures performed at an outpatient clinic.

38 CFR 4.16 IU a) To establish entitlement to compensation as if 100 percent disabled based on individual unemployability (IU), a Veteran must be unable to secure or retain employment by reason of service-connected (SC) disability. The Veteran must be unemployable in fact by reason of SC disability and eithermeet the schedular requirements of 38 CFR 4.16,

4.16 - Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the individual.(a) Total disability ratings for compensation may be assigned, where the schedular rating is less than total, when the disabled person is, in the judgment of the rating agency, unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as a result of service-connected disabilities: Provided That, if there is only one such disability, this disability shall be ratable at 60 percent or more, and that, if there are two or more disabilities, there shall be at least one disability ratable at 40 percent or more, and sufficient additional disability to bring the combined rating to 70 percent or more. For the above purpose of one 60 percent disability, or one 40 percent disability in combination, the following will be considered as one disability: (1) Disabilities of one or both upper extremities, or of one or both lower extremities, including the bilateral factor, if applicable, (2) disabilities resulting from common etiology or a single accident, (3) disabilities affecting a single body system, e.g. orthopedic, digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular-renal, neuropsychiatric, (4) multiple injuries incurred in action, or (5) multiple disabilities incurred as a prisoner of war. It is provided further that the existence or degree of nonservice-connected disabilities or previous unemployability status will be disregarded where the percentages referred to in this paragraph for the service-connected disability or disabilities are met and in the judgment of the rating agency such service-connected disabilities render the veteran unemployable. Marginal employment shall not be considered substantially gainful employment. For purposes of this section, marginal employment generally shall be deemed to exist when a veteran's earned annual income does not exceed the amount established by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, as the poverty threshold for one person. Marginal employment may also be held to exist, on a facts found basis (includes but is not limited to employment in a protected environment such as a family business or sheltered workshop), when earned annual income exceeds the poverty threshold. Consideration shall be given in all claims to the nature of the employment and the reason for termination. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501) orhave an extra-schedular evaluation approved by the Compensation and Pension (C&P) Service (211B). (b) It is the established policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs that all veterans who are unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation by reason of service-connected disabilities shall be rated totally disabled. Therefore, rating boards should submit to the Director, Compensation and Pension Service, for extra-schedular consideration all cases of veterans who are unemployable by reason of service-connected disabilities, but who fail to meet the percentage standards set forth in paragraph (a) of this section. The rating board will include a full statement as to the veteran's service-connected disabilities, employment history, educational and vocational attainment and all other factors having a bearing on the issue.

CFR 3.340 P&T - Permanent Total Ratings (a) Total disability ratings (1) General. Total disability will be considered to exist when there is present any impairment of mind or body which is sufficient to render it impossible for the average person to follow a substantially gainful occupation. Total disability may or may not be permanent. Total ratings will not be assigned, generally, for temporary exacerbations or acute infectious diseases except where specifically prescribed by the schedule.(2) Schedule for rating disabilities. Total ratings are authorized for any disability or combination of disabilities for which the Schedule for Rating Disabilities prescribes a 100 percent evaluation or, with less disability, where the requirements of paragraph 16, page 5 of the rating schedule are present or where, in pension cases, the requirements of paragraph 17, page 5 of the schedule are met.(3) Ratings of total disability on history. In the case of disabilities which have undergone some recent improvement, a rating of total disability may be made, provided:(i) That the disability must in the past have been of sufficient severity to warrant a total disability rating;(ii) That it must have required extended, continuous, or intermittent hospitalization, or have produced total industrial incapacity for at least 1 year, or be subject to recurring, severe, frequent, or prolonged exacerbations; and(iii) That it must be the opinion of the rating agency that despite the recent improvement of the physical condition, the veteran will be unable to effect an adjustment into a substantially gainful occupation. Due consideration will be given to the frequency and duration of totally incapacitating exacerbations since incurrence of the original disease or injury, and to periods of hospitalization for treatment in determining whether the average person could have reestablished himself or herself in a substantially gainful occupation.(b) Permanent total disability. Permanence of total disability will be taken to exist when such impairment is reasonably certain to continue throughout the life of the disabled person. The permanent loss or loss of use of both hands, or of both feet, or of one hand and one foot, or of the sight of both eyes, or becoming permanently helpless or bedridden constitutes permanent total disability. Diseases and injuries of long standing which are actually totally incapacitating will be regarded as permanently and totally disabling when the probability of permanent improvement under treatment is remote. Permanent total disability ratings may not be granted as a result of any incapacity from acute infectious disease, accident, or injury, unless there is present one of the recognized combinations or permanent loss of use of extremities or sight, or the person is in the strict sense permanently helpless or bedridden, or when it is reasonably certain that a subsidence of the acute or temporary symptoms will be followed by irreducible totality of disability by way of residuals. The age of the disabled person may be considered in determining permanence.(c) Insurance ratings. A rating of permanent and total disability for insurance purposes will have no effect on ratings for compensation or pension.

CFR3.381 Dental ClaimsDENTAL TRAUMA (CLASS II(a)VETERANS HAVING A DENTAL CONDITION RESULTING FROM COMBAT WOUNDS OR SERVICE TRAUMA MAY BE AUTHORIZED ANY REASONABLE NECESSARY TREATMENT FOR THE CONDITION.

CLAIMS FOR TREATMENT ONLY IS HANDLED BY THE VA MEDICAL CENTER

38 CFR 3.361 1151 ClaimBenefits under 38 U.S.C. 1151(a) for additional disability or death due to hospital care, medical or surgical treatment, examination, training and rehabilitation services, or compensated work therapy program. (a) Claims subject to this section?(1) General. Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section applies to claims received by VA on or after October 1, 1997. This includes original claims and claims to reopen or otherwise readjudicate a previous claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C. 1151 or its predecessors. The effective date of benefits is subject to the provisions of ? 3.400(i). For claims received by VA before October 1, 1997, see ? 3.358. (2) Compensated Work Therapy. With respect to claims alleging disability or death due to compensated work therapy, this section applies to claims that were pending before VA on November 1, 2000, or that were received by VA after that date. The effective date of benefits is subject to the provisions of ?? 3.114(a) and 3.400(i), and shall not be earlier than November 1, 2000. (b) Determining whether a veteran has an additional disability. To determine whether a veteran has an additional disability, VA compares the veteran's condition immediately before the beginning of the hospital care, medical or surgical treatment, examination, training and rehabilitation services, or compensated work therapy (CWT) program upon which the claim is based to the veteran's condition after such care, treatment, examination, services, or program has stopped. VA considers each involved body part or system separately. (c) Establishing the cause of additional disability or death. Claims based on additional disability or death due to hospital care, medical or surgical treatment, or examination must meet the causation requirements of this paragraph and paragraph (d)(1) or (d)(2) of this section. Claims based on additional disability or death due to training and rehabilitation services or compensated work therapy program must meet the causation requirements of paragraph (d)(3) of this section.

38 CFR 351 A&A and Housebound General. This section sets forth criteria for determining whether: (1) Increased pension is payable to a veteran by reason of need for aid and attendance or by reason of being housebound. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1521(d), (e))(2) Increased compensation is payable to a veteran by reason of the veteran's spouse being in need of aid and attendance. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(E))(3) Increased dependency and indemnity compensation is payable to a surviving spouse or parent by reason of being in need of aid and attendance. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1311(c), 1315(h))(4) Increased dependency and indemnity compensation is payable to a surviving spouse who is not in need of aid and attendance but is housebound. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1311(d))(5) Increased pension is payable to a surviving spouse by reason of need for aid and attendance, or if not in need of aid and attendance, by reason of being housebound. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1541(d), (e)) (6) Increased death compensation is payable to a surviving spouse by reason of being in need of aid and attendance. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1122) (b) Aid and attendance; need. Need for aid and attendance means helplessness or being so nearly helpless as to require the regular aid and attendance of another person. The criteria set forth in paragraph (c) of this section will be applied in determining whether such need exists.

38 CFR 351 A&A and Housebound Cont(c) aid and attendance; criteria. The veteran, spouse, surviving spouse or parent will be considered in need of regular aid and attendance if he or she: (1) 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; or2) Is a patient in a nursing home because of mental or physical incapacity; or (3) Establishes a factual need for aid and attendance under the criteria set forth in ? 3.352(a). (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1502(b)) (d) Housebound, or permanent and total plus 60 percent; disability pension. The rate of pension payable to a veteran who is entitled to pension under 38 U.S.C. 1521 and who is not in need of regular aid and attendance shall be as prescribed in 38 U.S.C. 1521(e) if, in addition to having a single permanent disability rated 100 percent disabling under the Schedule for Rating Disabilities (not including ratings based upon unemployability under ? 4.17 of this chapter) the veteran: (1) Has additional disability or disabilities independently ratable at 60 percent or more, separate and distinct from the permanent disability rated as 100 percent disabling and involving different anatomical segments or bodily systems, or (2) Is ?permanently housebound? by reason of disability or disabilities. This requirement is met when the veteran is substantially confined to his or her dwelling and the immediate premises or, if institutionalized, to the ward or clinical area, and it is reasonably certain that the disability or disabilities and resultant confinement will continue throughout his or her lifetime. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1502(c), 1521(e))

(e) Housebound; dependency and indemnity compensation. The monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to a surviving spouse who does not qualify for increased dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1311(c) based on need for regular aid and attendance shall be increased by the amount specified in 38 U.S.C. 1311(d) if the surviving spouse is permanently housebound by reason of disability. The ?permanently housebound? requirement is met when the surviving spouse is substantially confined to his or her home (ward or clinical areas, if institutionalized) or immediate premises by reason of disability or disabilities which it is reasonably certain will remain throughout the surviving spouse's lifetime. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1311(d)) (f) Housebound; improved pension; death. The annual rate of death pension payable to a surviving spouse who does not qualify for an annual rate of death pension payable under ? 3.23(a)(6) based on need for aid and attendance shall be as set forth in ? 3.23(a)(7) if the surviving spouse is permanently housebound by reason of disability. The ?permanently housebound? requirement is met when the surviving spouse is substantially confined to his or her home (ward or clinical areas, if institutionalized) or immediate premises by reason of disability or disabilities which it is reasonably certain will remain throughout the surviving spouse's lifetime. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1541(e))

3.350SMC-Loss of Use a) Ratings under 38 U.S.C. 1114(k). Special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1114(k) is payable for each anatomical loss or loss of use of one hand, one foot, both buttocks, one or more creative organs, blindness of one eye having only light perception, deafness of both ears, having absence of air and bone conduction, complete organic aphonia with constant inability to communicate by speech or, in the case of a woman veteran, loss of 25% or more of tissue from a single breast or both breasts in combination (including loss by mastectomy or partial mastectomy), or following receipt of radiation treatment of breast tissue. This special compensation is payable in addition to the basic rate of compensation otherwise payable on the basis of degree of disability, provided that the combined rate of compensation does not exceed the monthly rate set forth in 38 U.S.C. 1114(l) when authorized in conjunction with any of the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 1114 (a) through (j) or (s). When there is entitlement under 38 U.S.C. 1114 (l) through (n) or an intermediate rate under (p) such additional allowance is payable for each such anatomical loss or loss of use existing in addition to the requirements for the basic rates, provided the total does not exceed the monthly rate set forth in 38 U.S.C. 1114(o). The limitations on the maximum compensation payable under this paragraph are independent of and do not preclude payment of additional compensation for dependents under 38 U.S.C. 1115, or the special allowance for aid and attendance provided by 38 U.S.C. 1114(r).

38 CFR 3.356 Helpless Child(a) Basic determinations. A child must be shown to be permanently incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical defect at the date of attaining the age of 18 years.

38 CFR 3.2, 3.3, 3.12a DISABILITY PENSIONVA Form 526 (Original) or VA Form 527(Reopen) DID YOU SERVED DURING A PERIOD OF WAR? World War 4-6-1917 to 11-11-1918World War II12-7-1941 to 12-31-1946Korean Conflict6-27-1950 to 12-31-1955Vietnam Era2-281961 to 8-4-1964 (must have been physically in Vietnam8-5-1964 to 5-7-1975Gulf War8-2-1990 to date to be prescribed by Presidential proclamation or law

DO YOU MEET THE TIME IN SERVICE REQUIREMENT?i) Served in the active military naval or air service for 90 days or more during a period of war (38 U.S.C. 1521(j)); or(ii) Served in the active military, naval or air service during a period of war and was discharged or released from such service for a disability adjudged service-connected without presumptive provisions of law, or at time of discharge had such a service-connected disability, shown by official service records, which in medical judgment would have justified a discharge for disability (38 U.S.C. 1521(j)); or(iii) Served in the active military naval or air service for a period of 90 consecutive days or more and such period began or ended during a period of war (38 U.S.C. 1521(j)); or(iv) Served in the active military, naval or air service for an aggregate of 90 days or more in two or more separate periods of service during more than one period of war (38 U.S.C. 1521(j)); After originally enlisted in a regular compenent of the Armed Forces after September 7, 1980 or entered on active duty after October 16, 1981 must complete i) Twenty-four months of continuous active duty or. (ii) The full period for which a person was called or ordered to active duty.YOU MUST MEET THE THE ANNUAL INCOME LIMITS AND NEW WORTH REQUIREMENTS?

DO YOU HAVE A Permanently & totally disabled nonservice connected disability not due to your own willful misconduct .

DO YOU MEET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITION65 years old or olderIn a nursing homeReceiving disability social security

38 CFR 3.312 Cause of deathVA Form 21-534 (Initial Claim)a) General. The death of a veteran will be considered as having been due to a service-connected disability when the evidence establishes that such disability was either the principal or a contributory cause of death. The issue involved will be determined by exercise of sound judgment, without recourse to speculation, after a careful analysis has been made of all the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of the veteran, including, particularly, autopsy reports.(b) Principal cause of death. The service-connected disability will be considered as the principal (primary) cause of death when such disability, singly or jointly with some other condition, was the immediate or underlying cause of death or was etiologically related thereto.(c) Contributory cause of death. (1) Contributory cause of death is inherently one not related to the principal cause. In determining whether the service-connected disability contributed to death, it must be shown that it contributed substantially or materially; that it combined to cause death; that it aided or lent assistance to the production of death. It is not sufficient to show that it casually shared in producing death, but rather it must be shown that there was a causal connection.(2) Generally, minor service-connected disabilities, particularly those of a static nature or not materially affecting a vital organ, would not be held to have contributed to death primarily due to unrelated disability. In the same category there would be included service-connected disease or injuries of any evaluation (even though evaluated as 100 percent disabling) but of a quiescent or static nature involving muscular or skeletal functions and not materially affecting other vital body functions.(3) Service-connected diseases or injuries involving active processes affecting vital organs should receive careful consideration as a contributory cause of death, the primary cause being unrelated, from the viewpoint of whether there were resulting debilitating effects and general impairment of health to an extent that would render the person materially less capable of resisting the effects of other disease or injury primarily causing death. Where the service-connected condition affects vital organs as distinguished from muscular or skeletal functions and is evaluated as 100 percent disabling, debilitation may be assumed.(4) There are primary causes of death which by their very nature are so overwhelming that eventual death can be anticipated irrespective of coexisting conditions, but, even in such cases, there is for consideration whether there may be a reasonable basis for holding that a service-connected condition was of such severity as to have a material influence in accelerating death. In this situation, however, it would not generally be reasonable to hold that a service-connected condition accelerated death unless such condition affected a vital organ and was of itself of a progressive or debilitating nature.

38 CFR 3.2, 3.3, 3.12a DEATH PENSIONVA Form 21-534 (Initial)

ARE YOU A SPOUSE, CHILD UNDER 18, OR A CHILD OVER 18 AND ATTENDING SCHOOL AND THE DECEASED VETERAN SERVED DURING A PERIOD OF WAR?World War II 12-7-1941 to 12-31-1946Korean Conflict 6-27-1950 to 12-31-1955Vietnam Era 2-28-1961 to 8-4-1964 (must have been physically in Vietnam 8-5-1964 to 5-7-1975Gulf War 8-2-1990 to date to be prescribed by Presidential proclamation or lawDID THE DECEASED VETERAN MEET THE TIME IN SERVICE REQUIREMENT?Served in the active military naval or air service for 90 days or more during a period of war (38 U.S.C. 1521(j)); orServed in the active military, naval or air service during a period of war and was discharged or released from such service for a disability adjudged service-connected without presumptive provisions of law, or at time of discharge had such a service-connected disability, shown by official service records, which in medical judgment would have justified a discharge for disability (38 U.S.C. 1521(j)); orServed in the active military naval or air service for a period of 90 consecutive days or more and such period began or ended during a period of war (38 U.S.C. 1521(j)); orServed in the active military, naval or air service for an aggregate of 90 days or more in two or more separate periods of service during more than one period of war (38 U.S.C. 1521(j)); After originally enlisted in a regular component of the Armed Forces after September 7, 1980 or entered on active duty after October 16, 1981 must complete Twenty-four months of continuous active duty or. The full period for which a person was called or ordered to active duty.YOU MUST MEET THE ANNUAL INCOME LIMITS AND NEW WORTH REQUIREMENTS?

ANCILLARY BENEFITS

Specially Adaptive Housing or Special Home Adaptation GrantVA Form 26-4555Automobile and Adaptive EquipmentVA Form 21-4502 Medical Care Eligibility under 38 USC Chapter 17 Vocational Rehabilitation VA Form 28-1900Veterans Civil Service Preference Insurance PurposesService connection for Psychosis under 38 USC 1702Discharge of Liability For Education Loans

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