The Links Page
In no particular order. Some day we'll get around to organizing all these.
VA Handbooks
Almost every topic imaginable.
RefDesk Dot Com
The fact checker for the Internet
Regulations Dot Gov
Your source for all regulations (or rulemakings) issued by U.S. government agencies
* All Federal regulations that are open for public comment (i.e., proposed rules) and closed for comment (i.e., final rules) as published in the Federal Register.
* Many Federal agency notices published in the Federal Register.
* Additional supporting materials, public comments, and Federal agency guidance and adjudications.
Office of the General Counsel - Precedent Opinions
1989 - 2008
Finance
Debt to the VA from overpayments, dispute procedures, waivers, compromises, collection actions, medical care debts, directives, handbooks, manuals and bulletins.
VBA Monday Morning Workload Reports
Do we really get farther behind each week? Could these reports be more inconclusive and vague?
BVA
The Board of Veterans Appeals
USCAVC
The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
FOIA
The Freedom of Information Act is a handy tool to have available. If you were ever involved in any covert activity or if you can't find the records you need, all government agencies react to FOIA.
Title 38
The whole thing, including DEA, VBA, DIC and much more
Title 38: Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
PART 3—Adjudication
TITLE 38--Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
PART 17--Medical
The Federal Register (FR): Main Page
Fedstats
Statistics from more than 100 agencies
GSA Forms
Need an obscure form? It may be here
M21-1MR
The instruction manual
Office of the General Counsel
Public notice of interpretations of the General Counsel that must be followed in benefit matters.
VA Forms
VA has a form for everything. There's even a form to request more forms. Wow.
GAO
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (The investigative arm of Congress).
VAOIG
The Inspector General of the VA.
The House Committee On Veterans Affairs
The authorizing Committee for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
U.S. Senate Committee On Veterans Affairs
Reviewing all matters relating to veterans: Compensation, Life insurance, National cemeteries, Pensions, Readjustment, Soldiers' and sailors' relief, medical care, Veterans' measures generally, Vocational rehab and education.
The VA Home Page
One of the more useful sites on the Internet. It isn't the easiest to navigate but once you have the hang of it, there is a lot of data here.
Government Health IT
Learn about Information Technology as it's used in health care applications in government applications. Geeks only, please.
Thomas
Legislative information from the Library of Congress
The Veterans History Project
First hand accounts of military service and war told by the veterans who were there.
Priority Groups
Everything you wanted to know about Priority groups and associated benefits.
A 21st Century System for Evaluating Veterans for Disability Benefits (2007)
Recommendations for change.
C & P Service Clinicians Guide
This is a "must-read" for anyone who is having a Compensation and Pension Examination.
Disability worksheets
These are what the examiner should follow during your C & P exam.
The Alvin L.Young Collection On Agent Orange
The largest collection of AO science I've found.
CRSC
The Combat Related Special Compensation benefit may eliminate the offset of your retired pay and a VA disability award. This Army site also covers CRDP, Concurrent Retirement Disability Pay. The Navy / USMC site is here. The Air Force provides information here
Know The Future
This is the only truly reliable method of determining how your claim will turn out.
NIH
The National Institutes of Health
CMS
Medicare and Medicaid services
IOM
The Institute of Medicine
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