Benefits
(Separate Website)
This webpage provides information about benefits that are available to veterans and their families.
By: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors
(Separate Website)
2010 booklet that provides the official summary of benefits available to veterans and their dependents
By: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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A-Z Benefit Information Index
(Separate Website)
Short encyclopedia of Veterans' benefits and terms
By: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Fact Sheets
(Separate Website)
These fact sheets provide basic information on VA benefit programs by category
By: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Service Members & Veterans Resource Guide
(Separate Website)
Service Members & Veterans Resource Guide - distributed by the New York State Attorney General's office.
By: New York State Attorney General's Office
"Presumptive" Disability Benefits for Certain Groups of Veterans
(Separate Website)
The VA presumes that specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans were caused by their military service. This link outlines that presumption.
By: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Disability Compensation Benefits
(Separate Website)
Disability Compensation is a tax-free benefit paid to a veteran for disabilities that occured or made worse by injuries or diseases that happened while on active duty
By: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
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Disability Compensation for Sexual or Personal Trauma
(Separate Website)
If a veteran suffers from the effects of trauma in military service, VA may be able to help them
By: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) for Serious Disabilities
(Separate Website)
VA can pay additional compensation to a veteran who, as a result of military service, incurred the loss or loss of use of specific organs or extremities
By: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
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VA Compensation Benefits Rate Tables
(Separate Website)
Tables showing how much money you may be entitled to receive from the government for service-connected disabilities
By: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD)
(Separate Website)
The Benefits Delivery at Discharge Program or BDD allows a Servicemember to apply for disability compensation benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prior to retirement or separation from military service
By: U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans (Disability) Pension Program
(Separate Website)
Pension is a benefit paid to wartime veterans who have limited or no income, and who are age 65 or older, or, if under 65, who are permanently and totally disabled
By: U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Application for Compensation and/or Pension
(Separate Website)
APPLICATION FOR COMPENSATION AND/OR PENSION (Form 21-526)
By: U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Compensation and Benefits Handbook For Seriously Ill and Injured Members of the Armed Forces
(Separate Website)
This handbook is designed to help Service members who are wounded, ill and
injured, as well as the family members who are taking care of them, navigate
through the military and veteran disability, evaluation, compensation, and benefits
programs that are designed to help them
By: Department of Defense/Department of Veteran Affairs
The VVA Self-Help Guide to Service-Connected Disability Compensation For Exposure To Agent Orange for Veterans and Their Families
(Separate Website)
The purpose of this Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) guide is simple: to present information and describe the process in a user-friendly fashion for a Vietnam veteran or (surviving) family member
to file a claim for service-connected disability compensation or death benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
By: Vietnam Veterans of America
VA to Provide Payments to Eligible Surviving Spouses
(Separate Website)
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced immediate actions to quickly identify and pay surviving spouses who are eligible to receive the deceased veteran's VA compensation or pension benefit for the month of the veteran's death
By: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
Disability Benefits For Wounded Warriors
(Separate Website)
Military service members can receive expedited processing of disability claims from Social Security
By: Social Security Administration
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If You are Blind or Have Low Vision: How We Can Help
(Separate Website)
Information on Social Security Disability benefits and SSI Benefits for individuals who are blind or have low vision.
By: Social Security Administration
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Special Benefits For Certain World War II Veterans
(Separate Website)
Special benefits can be paid to certain World War II veterans
By: Social Security Administration
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Application for Special Benefits for World War II Veterans
(Separate Website)
Application for Special Benefits for World War II Veterans
By: Social Security Administration
Military Service and Social Security Benefits
(Separate Website)
You Can Get Both Social Security Benefits And Military Retirement
By: Social Security Administration
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Special Veterans Benefit (SVB) Decision Appeal Form
(Separate Website)
If you want to appeal a decision about a claim for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Special Veterans Benefits (SVB), then you can use this form
By: Social Security Administration
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VetSuccess
(Separate Website)
This program's primary function is to help veterans who have service-connected disabilities become suitably employed, maintain employment, or achieve independance in daily living
By: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
Workers with Disabilities Program (55-c)
(Separate Website)
Information outlining the Governor's Programs to Hire Persons/Veterans with Disabilities
By: New York State Department of Civil Service
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Application for the Governor's (55-c) Program to Hire Disabled Veterans Application for the Governor's (55-c) Program to Hire Disabled Veterans
By: New York State Department of Civil Service
Individual Unemployability Fact Sheet
(Separate Website)
Individual Unemployability is a part of the VA's disability compensation program that allows VA to pay certain veterans compensation at the 100% rate, even though VA has not rated their service-connected disabilities at the total level
By: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
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Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits Chapter 31
(Separate Website)
Vocational Rehabilitation is a program whose primary function is to help veterans with service-connected disabilities become suitably employed, maintain employment, or achieve independence in daily living
By: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
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Opportunities for Veterans (Veterans' Preference)
(Separate Website)
Veterans who are disabled or who served on active duty in the Armed Forces during specific time periods or military campaigns are entitled to preference over non-veterans in competitive hiring selections
By: Social Security Administration
Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
(Separate Website)
This guide answers questions that veterans with service-connected disabilities may have about the protections they are entitled to when they seek to return to their former jobs or look to find their first, or new, civilian jobs.
By: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Preference in Housing for Disabled Veterans
(Separate Website)
A recent amendment to Section 31 of the Private Housing Finance Law requires that housing companies give preference in admission to disabled veterans
By: Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR)
Home Modification Programs
(Separate Website)
VA has three main grant programs to assist disabled veterans and servicemembers with necessary home modifications
By: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
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Discrimination Based Upon Military Status and Against Veterans with Disabilities
(Separate Website)
The New York State Human Rights Law prohibits discrimination based on military service.
By: New York State Division of Human Rights
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Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (S-DVI)
(Separate Website)
Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance is life insurance for veterans who have received a service-connected disability rating by the Department of Veterans Affairs
By: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
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Application for service-disabled veterans insurance (S-DVI)
(Separate Website)
VA Form 29-4364 is used to apply for basic S-DVI
By: U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Traumatic Injury Protection Under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance
(Separate Website)
The Traumatic Injury Protection Under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (TSGLI) program provides automatic traumatic injury coverage to all members of the uniformed services covered under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program.
By: U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI)
(Separate Website)
Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI) is an insurance program that provides insurance coverage on the home mortgages of certain severely disabled veterans.
By: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
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VA Form 29-8636, Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance Statement
(Separate Website)
VA Form 29-8636, Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance Statement
By: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
New Services for Family Caregivers of Post-9/11 Veterans
(Separate Website)
Additional VA services are now available to seriously injured post-9/11 Veterans and their Family Caregivers through a new program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers. VA is now accepting applications for these services.
By: U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Application for Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers Program
(Separate Website)
Application for Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers Program
By: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
Automobile and Special Adaptive Equipment Grants
(Separate Website)
Financial assistance, in the form of a grant, is available to purchase a new or used automobile (or other conveyance) to accommodate a veteran or servicemember with certain disabilities that resulted from an injury or disease incurred or aggravated during active military service
By: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
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Beneficiary Travel Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
(Separate Website)
VA has authority to provide eligible beneficiaries reimbursement for mileage, special mode of transportation (when medically justified by a VA health care provider), and in certain circumstances, taxi or hired car
By: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
A Self-Help Guide for Gulf War Illness
(Separate Website)
Self-Help Guide for Gulf War Veterans
By: The National Gulf War Resource Center, Inc
Child Care Assistance For Families of Severely Injured Military Members
(Separate Website)
NACCCRA and the U.S. Military Services have partnered to provide families of severely injured military members with assistance to find and pay for safe, licensed child care services for a period of six months during their period of recuperation. (Extensions beyond the 6-month period will be considered based upon physician reassessment.)
By: The National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
VA patient and nursing home residents rights and responsibilities
(Separate Website)
Your basic rights and responsibilities as a patient or resident of a VA medical facility/nursing home are outlined in this document
By: U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Resources for Wounded or Injured Servicemembers and their Families
(Separate Website)
Resources for Wounded or Injured Servicemembers and their Families
By: National Military Family Association
Blind Rehabilitation Service
(Separate Website)
The mission of Blind Rehabilitation Service is to coordinate a healthcare service delivery system that provides a continuum of care for blinded veterans extending from their home environment to the local VA facility and to the appropriate rehabilitation setting
By: U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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A Guidebook for Reentry Veterans in New York State
(Separate Website)
This guidebook offers information useful to veterans transitioning out of prison, and details numerous housing, employment and healthcare resources/benefits.
By: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Complaints About Attorneys
(Separate Website)
If you have a complaint against an attorney, you may contact the Attorney Disciplinary / Grievance Committee. The office you need to contact depends upon the location of your lawyer's office. Click for more information.
By: New York State Unified Court System
The New York City Veteran's Legal Resource Guide
(Separate Website)
This guide provides eligible low income veterans with a list of resources throughout New York City ranging from legal service providers to social service organizations.
By: City Bar Justice Center - Veterans' Assistance Project
Video: How to Work with Interpreters
(Separate Website)
In this video, you will learn some basic tips that will allow you to communicate effectively and easily through an interpreter with a person who doesn't speak your language.
By: Legal Services of New Jersey
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