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> Master Condition List
> Federal Benefits List by Combined Ratings
> Insider Insight into VBA Claim Processing
> Rating Schedule Index
> Filing a VA Disability Claim
> Filing an Appeal
Categories

> Death & Survivor Benefits

> Education & Employment

> Health care

> Housing

> Miscellaneous

> VA Disability Compensation

> VA Pension

VA Disability Compensation

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> 'Ask VA to Decide My Claim' Button > Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD)
> Buddy Letters
> Commonly Overlooked Disabilities > Compensation & Pension Examinations (C&P)
> Dealing with a Bad Examiner > Disability Benefit Questionnaires (DBQs)
> Duty to Assist > Effective Dates
> Examiner Insight > Finding Which Conditions are Static (Online)
> Filing for Aid and Attendance/Housebound > Filing an Appeal
> Filing a VA Disability claim > Increasing Your Combined VA Disability Rating
> Independent Medical Opinion (IMO)/Nexus Letter > Insider Insight into VBA Claim Processing
> Jurisdictions > Mandatory Future Reexaminations
> Master Condition List > National Guard/Reservist Claims
> Permanent & Total Disability (P&T) > Personal Statement/Statement in Support of Claim
> Presumptive Conditions (Agent Orange, Burn Pits, etc.) > Priority Processing
> Proposed Rating Reduction, Incompetence, or Entitlement Severance > Rating Protections
> Rating Schedule > Requests - Claim Status
> Requesting your C-file/Code Sheet > Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Claims
> Secondary Conditions Due to Alcohol, Drugs, or Tobacco
> Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) > Stages of a Claim (Claim Status)
> Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU/IU) > Understanding Rating Decisions
> VA Math > Voluntary Reduction/Severance
> Withdrawing Appeals/Claims

Death & Survivor Benefits

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> Death Benefits > Death To-Do List
> Life Insurance > Survivor Benefits

Education & Employment

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> 85/15 Rule > Becoming an Accredited Claims Agent/Attorney
> Becoming a VA Employee > Becoming a Veteran Service Officer (VSO)
> Chapter 35 (Dependents’ Educational Assistance - DEA) > Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship
> Federal Employment Benefits > GI Bills
> GI Bill Extension > Requesting Student Loan Forgiveness (Total and Permanent Disability Discharge)
> States Offering Free Tuition to Veterans and their Dependents > Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act (USERRA)
> Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) Program > Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS)
> Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) > VetSuccess On Campus (VSOC)
> Work Study Program > Yellow Ribbon Program

Health Care

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> CHAMPVA (Dependent Health Care) > Chapter 17 (Health Care)
> Community Care (Emergency and Urgent Care) > Cross Talk - When the VBA and VHA Communicate
> Dental Care > Elderly & Long Term Care
> Foreign Medical Program > Hearing Care
> Registries > Service Dogs
> TRICARE > U.S. Army Chemical or Biological Research Program Participants
> VA Health Care > VA Mobile Apps
> Vet Centers > Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC)
> Vision Care > Weight-loss Program (MOVE!)
> Whole Health Program

Housing

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> Homeless Assistance > Housing
> States with Property Tax Exemptions for Veterans

VA Pension

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> Aid and Attendance > Housebound
> Medal of Honor Pension > Survivors Pension
> VA Pension

Miscellaneous

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> Acronym and Abbreviation List > Advice for Separating Servicemembers
> Automobile and Adaptive Equipment Allowance > Claim Types/End Products (EPs)
> Clothing Allowance > Cold War Certificate
> Congressional Inquiry > Dependents
> Disabled American Veteran (DAV) ID > Discharge Upgrade
> Divorce and Creditors > Federal Benefits List by Combined Ratings
> Financial Incompetence (Fiduciary) > Finding Those You Served With
> How to Change your Legal Name > Legal Help for Veterans
> Living Overseas as an Expat > MedBoard/IDES (Integrated Disability Evaluation System)
> Obtaining your Medals, Ribbons, and Badges for FREE > Record Corrections
> Recoupment of Separation Benefits > Space A Flights
> State and Territory Specific Benefits > Technical Support: DS Logon - Unable to Change Password
> Tech Support: Unable to Upgrade DS Logon To Premium > VA Money Matters
> Veteran Service Officer (VSO) > Veteran Service Organization (VSO)
> Visitor Engagement Reporting Application (VERA)

Additional Resources

  1. The Clinicians Guide

    • This guide is designed to assist clinicians when performing compensation and pension (C&P) examinations. Since C&P examinations differ markedly from traditional medical examinations, special clinician guidance is required. This guide provides information for performing examinations that meet the requirements of the federal law.

  2. State Veteran Benefit Finder

  3. M21-1 Compensation and Pension Manual

  4. Helpful VA Phone Numbers

  5. More Granular VA Claim Tracker (extension)

  6. Veterans Benefits Administration Reports (Annual Benefits Report)