DisabilityInfo.gov: Benefits: Veterans & Military Community

Helps relieve financial distress of Air Force members and families and assists them in financing their higher education goals. Find the nearest AFAS location in the U.S. or overseas.

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Program serves to assist in the recovery of wounded members until they return to active duty or are medically retired. Includes finding them jobs in government civilian positions or making arrangements for higher education.

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2008 "roadmap and reference manual" to benefits, assistance and resources. 599 pg. print and e-book subtitled "How to Cut Through the Bureaucracy and Get What You Need and Are Entitled To", by Veterans for America. Select topics include: accommodations for returning disabled Vets; disability separation, retirement and discharges; disability compensation, and more.

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Online applications for disabled veterans services, insurance, compensation, pension, education, vocational rehabilitation, and health benefits.

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Apply for VA health care, nursing home, domiciliary or dental benefits by completing VA Form 10-10EZ Application for Health Benefits.

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Helps soldiers and dependents through emergency financial assistance. There are 91 AER Sections of U.S. Army installations worldwide. Find the nearest location.

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Provides soldiers and their families advocacy and support, including information on issues related to deployment, well-being and behavioral health.

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Links to resources for wounded soldiers, including the CSA Wounded Soldier and Family Hotline, which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1-800-984-8523.

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Provides severely disabled soldiers and their families with a system of advocacy and follow-up to provide personal support that assists them in transitioning from military service and into the civilian community.

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Aid and financial assistance to the entire Coast Guard family, including active duty and retired military personnel, reservists and their families.

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Links to fact sheets on several VA benefits programs, including those for veterans with disabilities. Available en Espanol.

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Provides prosthetic equipment, sensory aids and devices to veterans.

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The VA provides rehabilitation programs targeting low vision and blind veterans, and is also aggressively pursuing innovative service delivery models.

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Information on VEAP, an education benefit for veterans who paid into the program while they were in the service.

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Information on services available to help veterans with service-connected disabilities prepare for, find and keep suitable jobs.

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

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Fact sheet on VA disability compensation, a benefit paid to a Veteran because of injuries or diseases that happened while on active duty, or were made worse by active military service.

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The official voice of America's service-connected disabled veterans, their families and survivors.

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Information on a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 that restored the retired pay deducted from retirees who receive Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) compensation.

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Information for veterans with disabilities on scholarships and other financial aid, education and training opportunities, grants and loans and access to transition centers.

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Traumatic Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (TSGLI) is a traumatic injury protection rider under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) that provides for payment to any member of the uniformed services covered by SGLI who sustains a traumatic injury that results in certain severe losses.

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Information and prescreening on what government benefits you may be eligible to receive.

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Designed to welcome home Service Members who, because of injuries sustained, can no longer serve in the military.

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Information on life insurance programs provided by the VA for service-disabled Veterans.

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Provides detailed information and resources about military and Veteran benefits, including pay, GI Bill, VA home loans, health care, retirement benefits and more for active duty, Veterans and retirees.

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Information for families who have spouses, children or dependent parents who require special medical or educational services.

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Designed to help America's troops and their families deal with life's issues. Offers access to articles, educational materials, interactive tools and more.

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The central, trusted, up-to-date source for Service members and families to obtain information about all Quality of Life programs and services. Whether you live the military lifestyle or support those who do, you'll find what you need!

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Provides education benefits to eligible veterans for college, business, technical or vocational school; tuition assistance; apprenticeship; job training; correspondence courses and other educational programs.

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A partnership among the U.S. Departments of Labor, Defense and Veterans Affairs, the NRD is an online directory that offers resources and information to help wounded warriors, their families and those who serve them as they transition back to civilian life.

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Information on helping veterans who have sustained injury, illness or a disability.

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The Navy's non-medical case management program for wounded, ill and injured sailors and their family members, which supports and assists sailors through recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration.

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Provides financial, educational and other assistance to members of the Naval Services of the U.S., family members and survivors when in need.

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DoD has two programs designed to reduce the reduction in retired pay due to receipt of Veteran Administration compensation, for certain disabled retirees. Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments (CRDP) provides a 10-year phase-out of the offset to military retired pay due to receipt of VA disability compensation for members whose combined disability rating is 50% or greater. Members retired under disability provisions must have 20 years of service. Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) pays added benefits to retirees who receive VA disability compensation for combat-related disabilities and have 20 years of service.

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Works to maximize the quality of life for people with spinal cord injury and disease. Advocates for health care, research, education, veterans' benefits and rights, accessibility and the removal of architectural barriers, sports programs and disability rights. Find a local chapter near you.

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List of resources for those returning from deployment including information for active duty, reservists and National Guard members and their families.

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Provides information about Social Security disability benefits, including how to apply and how to expedite processing of disability claims for military Service Members.

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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.

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Select a state from the map to find out about services and benefits for veterans.

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A non-profit service organization committed to long term career development and life skills support for severely wounded veterans and their spouses. Web site includes a Job Center with job listings, resume guides and interviewing tips.

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Fact sheet from the Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) on the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), which was established to meet the needs of separating Service Members during their period of transition into civilian life by offering job-search assistance and related services. Click here for a complete overview of the program.

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Committee reviews veterans' programs, examines current laws and reports bills and amendments to strengthen existing laws concerning veterans and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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This Committee handles all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters relating to veteran's issues such as compensation, pensions, readjustment of servicemen to civil life, medical care, vocational rehabilitation and education.

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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.

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Education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of certain veterans. May be used for degree and certificate programs, apprenticeship and on-the-job training.

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Every month 730,000 veterans or survivors look for their compensation, pension checks or educational assistance payments in their mailboxes. Nearly all receive them, but theft and mail delays cause problems for some veterans, which can be prevented by direct deposits. You can sign up for direct deposit by calling VA toll-free at (800) 333-1795 or by enrolling online at www.GoDirect.org.

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Information from the VA about services that the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program provides to veterans with service-connected disabilities.

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Information on the Department of Veterans Affairs national cemeteries and other burial benefits.

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An official U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Web site that enables veterans to apply for benefits using the Internet.

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Provides programs and services designed to ease the burdens of the men and women of our armed forces who have been severely injured during the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations around the world, assist their families, aid in the recovery process and smooth their transition back to civilian life.

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