Veterans & Military

Fact sheet from the VA explaining financial assistance available to help disabled Veterans purchase an automobile or adapt a vehicle. This link opens a Word document and is also available in Spanish.

Provides information about Veteran benefits and services administered by VA's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service to Veterans, employers and the general public.

Fact sheet from the VA on disability compensation benefits, including who is eligible, how much the VA pays and how to apply. This link opens a Word document and is also available in Spanish.

Fact sheet describing how the VA can help Veterans suffering from the effects of trauma in military service. This link opens a Word document and is also available in Spanish.

This booklet contains a summary of the benefits programs provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for which Veterans and their families may be eligible. Eligibility for most VA benefits is based upon discharge from active military service under other than dishonorable conditions. Some VA benefits require service during wartime. Applications for VA benefits can be submitted online. This document can also be downloaded in PDF format in Spanish.

Fact sheet from the VA describing the three main grant programs to assist disabled Veterans and Service Members with necessary home modifications. This link opens a Word document and is also available in Spanish.

Fact sheet from the VA on S-DVI, life insurance for Veterans who have received a service-connected disability rating from the VA. Includes information on coverage, eligibility, cost and how to apply. This link opens a Word document and is also available in Spanish.

Special benefits are available to certain World War II Veterans, including Veterans who served in the active U.S. military from September 16, 1940 - July 24, 1947, and Filipino Veterans who served in the organized military of the Philippines from July 26, 1941 - December 30, 1946 (while those forces were in the service of the U.S. Armed Forces). Download the fact sheet.

Information about Agent Orange, possible health-related problems and VA benefits.  Prior newsletters on Agent Orange, Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses and Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Hazardous Exposures are also available.  Subscribe to receive future newsletters by e-mail.

VA provides a Medical Benefits Package, a standard enhanced health benefits plan available to all enrolled Veterans. This plan emphasizes preventive and primary care, and offers a full range of outpatient and inpatient services within the VA health care system.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is reducing the paperwork and speeding up the process for Veterans seeking compensation for disabilities related to their military service. VA has shortened application forms to reduce paperwork for Veterans. The new forms include a shortened VA Form 21-526 for Veterans applying for the first-time to VA for disability compensation or pension benefits and VA Form 21-526b for Veterans seeking increased benefits for conditions already determined by VA to be service-connected.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is warning Veterans not to give credit card numbers over the phone to callers claiming to update VA prescription information. Veteran Service Organizations have brought to VA's attention that callers are misrepresenting the VA to gain personal information over the phone. They say VA recently changed procedures for dispensing prescriptions and ask for the Veteran's credit card number. Veterans with questions about VA services should contact the nearest VA medical center or call, toll-free, 1-877-222-8387.

Fact sheet from the VA describing the vocational rehabilitation program's five tracks to employment: reemployment, rapid access to employment, self-employment, employment through long-term services and independent living services. This link opens a Word document and is also available in Spanish.