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Following are
brief
descriptions of the major benefits available to eligible veterans and their dependents through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Click on the underlined text for more detailed information.
Disability Compensation Monthly monetary benefit payable to veterans who are disabled by injury or disease incurred or aggravated during active military
service.
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Monthly monetary benefit payable to surviving spouses, certain children, and low-income parents of service members or veterans who died from:
- a disease or injury incurred or aggravated while on active
duty or active duty for training, or
- an injury incurred or aggravated in the line of duty while on
inactive duty training; or
- a disability compensable by VA.
Pension Veterans with low incomes may be eligible for this monetary support if they have 90 days or more of active military service,
one day of which was during a period of war. The veteran must be permanently
and totally disabled for reasons traceable to neither military service nor to
willful misconduct.
Death Pension Surviving spouses and unmarried children of deceased veteran with wartime service may be eligible for a
nonservice-connected pension based on need.
Medical Treatment Overseas Medical treatment for service connected disabilities can be had while living abroad.
Education Monetary assistance is available to veterans, surviving spouses and dependent children through the Montgomery GI Bill (Active Duty),
Montgomery GI Bill (Selected Reserve), Veterans' Education Assistance, and Dependents Education Assistance
programs.
Vocational Rehabilitation & Counseling An eligible service-connected disabled veteran may receive employment assistance, self
-employment assistance, training in a rehabilitation facility, and college and
other training needed to overcome an employment handicap caused by his/her
service-connected disability. While in training and for 2 months after
completing training, eligible veterans may receive subsistence allowances in
addition to their disability compensation or retirement pay. Outside of the
United States, the veteran must be training in a degree-granting college or
university.
Burial Benefits Eligible veterans may be entitled to a burial allowance, a burial flag, a headstone or grave marker, a Presidential Memorial Certificate, and burial in a National cemetery.
Insurance Two regular and two disabled insurance
programs are currently open for new policyholders.
Servicemen's Group Life
Insurance is open to active-duty members of the uniformed services.
Veterans'
Group Life Insurance is available to individuals released from active duty
after August 1, 1974, and to reservists.
Service Disabled Insurance is
available for veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Education Programs Abroad
VA's Education Service may approve certain education programs for veterans living abroad.
For more detailed information and eligibility criteria, the latest version of the VA publication, Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents (2006 Edition), is available in PDF format.
(Downloads as either a 1.08 MB or a 868 KB PDF file.) Note:
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You may also want to visit the Veterans Benefits Administration Home Page; the
VA Education Home Page, and the
VA Insurance Home Page.
Benefits Forms
To obtain copies of
benefit forms, visit the
VA forms web
site.
