Blinded Veterans' Programs

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Where to go for help

Toll-free:
VA has toll-free numbers for the convenience of veterans and dependents:
Computers:
The VA Federal Benefits booklet and other VA information is available to the public by computer. On the Internet, information can be found on the VA World Wide Web Home Page Server at http://www.va.gov/. VA also has a to ll-free bulletin board called VA ONLINE, which can be reached at 1-800-US1-VETS.

VA Facilities

Note: The following symbols indicate additional programs are available at medical centers: *for nursing-home care units; #for domiciliaries.

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

GUAM

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDlANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

PHILIPPINES

PUERTO RICO

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

VIRGIN ISLANDS

WASHINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA

WISCONSIN

WYOMING

Index

Adapted homes 5
Allowances for dependents 5
Affirmative action 57
Agent Orange 45
Aid and Attendance 8, 37
Alcohol dependence treatment 46
Allied veterans, medical care 48
Appeals 66, 67
Arlington National Cemetery 31
Automobile grants 6
Beneficiary travel 46
Blind aids and services 47
Board of Veterans' Appeals 66
Borrowing on insurance 28
Burial benefits 30
Burial flags 33
Burial, reimbursement 33
Business utilization, small and disadvantaged 53
Cemeteries, National 30
CHAMPVA 49
Closing costs on loan guaranties 22
Clothing allowance 6
Commissary privileges 65
Compensation for disability 4
Compensation rates 4
Compensation to survivors 35, 37
Compensation, Unemployment 56
Counseling, vocational and educational 15
Court of Veterans Appeals 67
Death benefits 34-39
Death gratuity to survivors 65
Death Pension 36
Dental treatment 44
Dependent allowances 5
Dependents 34-39
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) 34, 35
Disability benefits 4,5
DIC rates 34
Disability Compensation 4
Disadvantaged businesses 53
Discharges, copies of 63
Discharges, review of 62
Dividends on life insurance 26
Domiciliary care 42
Drug dependence treatment 46
Education and training
	Veterans 9-15
	Dependents 37-38
Eligibility  1
Employment
	Assistance 54-58
	Federal 57
Exchange privileges 65
Facilities, VA 68
Farm credit 59
Federal benefits (non-VA) 54
Filing claims 2
Financing of GI home loans 23
Flags, burial 33
FHA home mortgage insurance 59
Funding fee 23
GI Bill
	Montgomery (Active Duty) 9
	Montgomery (Reserve) 11
Guaranties, Home loan 19
Headstones and markers 31, 32
Health care 40-49
Home improvements 48
Home loan guaranties 19
Homeless veterans 50
Hospitalization 40
Housing insurance 30
Income related to medical care 41
Insurance 26-30
	Borrowing 28
	Disabled veterans 28
Interior Cemeteries 31
Job assistance 54-58
Liability on home loans 24
Life Insurance 26-30
Loans
	Education 38
	Home loans 19, 39
	Farm 59
	FHA 59
	Life insurance 28
	Safeguards for borrowers 25
	SBA 60
Medals 62
Medical care
	Allied veterans 48
	Dependents 49
	Merchant seamen 48
	Veterans 40-48
Memorial plots 32
Merchant seamen, medical care 48
Montgomery GI Bill
	Active Duty 9
	Selected Reserve 11
Military records 64
Mortgage Life Insurance 30
Native American home loans 25
Naturalization preference 59
Nursing-home reduction 8
Nursing-home care 41
Occupational Conversion and Training Program 54
Operation Transition 58
Outpatient dental treatment 44
Outpatient medical treatment 43
Outpatient pharmacy service 44
Overseas benefits 51
Overseas cemeteries 62
Passports 62
Pension
	Dependents 36
	Improved pension 8
	Rates 7, 37
	Survivors pension 36
	Veterans 7
Persian Gulf War
	Registry 45
	Treatment 45
Persian Gulf compensation 6
Presidential Memorial Certificates 32
Prisoners and parolees 2
Prisoners of war 5
Prosthetic services 46
Radiation
	Registry 45
	Treatment 45
Readjustment counseling 48
Reemployment rights 55
Repossessed houses 25
Restored Entitlement Program 36
Retirement homes, Armed Forces 64
Small Business Administration 60
Social Security 61
Spanish, Introduction in 3
Special groups with veterans 
benefits 51
State veteran cemeteries 31
Supplemental Security Income 61
Survivors benefits 34-39
	CHAMPVA 49
	Compensation 34
	Death gratuity 65
	Education 37
	GI Bill death benefits 39
	Medical care (CHAMPVA) 49
	Pensions 36, 37
Timetable, veterans benefits vi
Transition Assistance Program 58
Travel reimbursement 46
Unemployable veterans 17
Unemployment compensation 59
Vet Centers 48
Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP) 13
Vocational counseling 15
Vocational rehabilitation 16
Vocational rehabilitation rates 18
Vocational training 8
Wartime service  2
Women veterans 2, 50
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