Veteran's Guide to Benefits
Complete, updated information on veterans' benefits\ Who's eligible, what's available, how to obtain benefits\ Plus, a directory of federal and state-run veterans facilities and offices\ \ One of America's favorite guides to benefits available to former members of the armed services and those planning to leave the service. Contains detailed information on veterans' medical programs, pensions, life insurance, home loans, disability pay, burial allowances, payments to families, and a wide...
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One of America's favorite guides to benefits available to former members of the armed services and those planning to leave the service. Contains detailed information on veterans' medical programs, pensions, life insurance, home loans, disability pay, burial allowances, payments to families, and a wide assortment of educational benefits. Learn who's eligible, what's available, how to obtain benefits, plus, a directory of federal and state-run veterans facilities and offices.Author Biography: Phillip J. Budahn is a veteran military author with extensive experience with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He resides in northern Virginia
Introduction ix\ 1 Basics on Veterans Benefits 1\ 2 Kinds of Veterans (and Spouses, Too) 7\ Just-Plain-Veteran Veterans 8\ Disabled Veterans 10\ Low-Income Veterans 13\ "Bad-Paper" Veterans 14\ Military Retirees 17\ Special Veterans 19\ Spouses and Survivors 20\ 3 The Soon-To-Be Veteran 22\ Final Paycheck 23\ Final Physical 27\ Health Care 28\ Dental Care 30\ Time Off 30\ Getting Home 33\ Job Search 38\ Unemployment Compensation 41\ Veterans Preference 44\ 4 Health Care 46\ VA Health Care 47\ VA-Paid Hospital Care 53\ VA Nursing Homes 54\ VA-Paid Nursing Homes 57\ Care for Family Members 59\ Spina Bifida 61\ Children of Women Vietnam Veterans 64\ Gulf War Families 65\ 5 Care for Chronically Ill or Elderly Veterans 67\ VA Domiciliaries 68\ State Veterans Homes 71\ Adult Day Care 73\ U.S. Retirement Homes 75\ And Spouses, Too 78\ 6 Disability Pay 80\ Disability Compensation 81\ Disability Retirement 85\ Temporary Disability Retirement 89\ Disability Severance Pay 92\ 7 Veterans Pensions 96\ Improved Pension 97\ Old-Law Pension 104\ Section 306 Pension 106\ 8 Payments to Families 109\ Dependency and Indemnity Compensation 110\ Death Pension 115\ Birth Defects 118\ Help for Caregivers 118\ 9 Life Insurance 119\ Veterans Group Life Insurance 120\ Servicemember's Group Life Insurance 124\ Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance 127\ Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance 129\ Programs for Pre-1974 Discharges 131\ 10 Home Loans 135\ VA Home Loans 135\ 11 Education and Training 146\ Post-9/11 GI Bill 147\ Montgomery GI Bill 154\ Montgomery GI Bill (Selected Reserve) 159\ Reserve Educational Assistance Program 163\ Veterans Educational Assistance Program 168\ Vietnam-Era GI Bill 171\ Vocational Rehabilitation 172\ 12 Tying up Loose Ends with the Military 176\ Copies of Discharges 177\ Upgrading Discharges 179\ Correcting Military Records 182\ Copies of Medals 186\ 13 Taps 188\ Burial Allowances 189\ Headstones and Markers 190\ National Cemeteries 192\ Final Honors 194\ Appendixes\ VA Facilities 196\ State Veterans Facilities 242\ Veterans Helping Veterans 250\ Nonmilitary Veterans 254\ Official Wartime Periods 258\ Two Centuries of Veterans: Some Statistics 261\ Index 264
