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Useful Links

HQ Air Force Sergeants Association - http://www.afsahq.org

US Government

• The White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov/
• United States Senate - http://www.senate.gov/
• United States House of Representatives - http://www.house.gov/
• Federal Voting Assistance Program - http://www.fvap.gov/
• Library of Congress - http://thomas.loc.gov/
• Roll Call (The Newspaper of Capitol Hill) - http://capwiz.com/rollcall/home/
• Department of Defense - http://www.defenselink.mil/
• Department of State - http://www.state.gov/
• Department of Treasury - http://www.treas.gov/
• Department of Veterans Affairs - http://www.va.gov/
• Department of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service - http://www1.va.gov/volunteer/
• VA Press Releases - http://www.appc1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressarchinternet.cfm
• Thrift Savings Plan - http://www.tsp.gov/
• Social Security Administration - http://www.ssa.gov
• National Personnel Records Center - http://www.archives.gov/research_room/vetrecs/index.html
• Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office - http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/powday/index.htm
• Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) - http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/

US Air Force

• Air Force Link - http://www.af.mil/
• Air Force Customer Service Center - http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/cst/
  (or call 1-800-616-3775)
• U.S.A.F. Physical Disability Division - http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/disability/
• Defense Finance & Accounting Service - http://www.dfas.mil/
• Air Force Aid Society - http://www.afas.org/
• Air Force Memorial Foundation - http://www.airforcememorial.org
• Your Guardians of Freedom - http://www.yourguardiansoffreedom.com/Default.aspx

Veterans & Professional Organizations

• Air Force Sergeants Association - http://www.afsahq.org
• Veterans of Foreign Wars - http://www.vfw.org/
• Noncommissioned Officers Association - http://www.ncoausa.org/
• The Military Coalition - http://www.themilitarycoalition.org/
• The Air Force Association - http://www.afa.org/
• American Veterans (AMVETS) - http://www.amvets.org/
• Military Order of the Purple Heart - http://www.purpleheart.org/
• The American Legion - http://www.legion.org/
• Disabled American Veterans - http://www.dav.org/
• Veterans News and Information Service - http://www.vnis.com/
• POW/MIA Resource Guide - http://members.aol.com/USAHeroes/warlib26.htm

Miscellaneous

• Vote for America - http://www.voteforamerica.org/
• Defend America - http://www.defendamerica.gov
• AnyServiceMember.org - http://www.anyservicemember.org
• Appeals <http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch05.doc>
  Board of Veteran's€(tm) Appeals <http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/>
  CARES Commission <http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/>
  CARES Draft National Plan <http://www1.va.gov/cares/page.cfm?pg=105>
  Center for Minority Veterans <http://www1.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans/>
  Center for Veterans Enterprise <http://www.vetbiz.gov/default2.htm>
  Center for Women Veterans <http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/>
  Clarification on the changes in VA healthcare for Gulf War Veterans <http://www.gulfwarvets.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000016.html>
  Classified Records - American Gulf War Veterans Assoc <http://www.gulfwarvets.com/ubb/Forum18/HTML/000011.html>
  Compensation for Disabilities Associated with the Gulf War Service <http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/part6/ch07.doc>
  Compensation Rate Tables, 12-1-03 <http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm>
  Department of Veterans Affairs Home Page <http://www.va.gov/>
  Directory of Veterans Service Organizations <http://www1.va.gov/vso/index.cfm?template=view>
  Disability Examination Worksheets Index, Comp <http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/exams/index.htm>
  Due Process <http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch02.doc>
  Duty to Assist <http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch01.doc>
  Electronic Code of Federal Regulations <http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/>
  Emergency, Non-emergency, and Fee Basis Care <http://www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/fedben.pdf>
  Environmental Agents <http://www1.va.gov/environagents/>
  Environmental Agents M10 <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1002>
  Establishing Combat Veteran Eligibility <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=315>
  EVALUATION PROTOCOL FOR GULF WAR AND IRAQI FREEDOM VETERANS WITH POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) <http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DUHandbook1303122304.DOC> and <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1158>
  See also,
  Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet <http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DepletedUraniumFAQSheet.doc>
  EVALUATION PROTOCOL FOR NON-GULF WAR VETERANS WITH POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) <http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DUHANDBOOKNONGW130340304.DOC>
  Fee Basis, PRIORITY FOR OUTPATIENT MEDICAL SERVICES
  AND INPATIENT HOSPITAL CARE <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=206>
  Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependants 2005 <http://www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/fedben.pdf> OR, <http://www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/current_benefits.htm>
  Forms and Records Request <http://www.va.gov/vaforms/>
  General Compensation Provisions <http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter11_subchaptervi_.html>
  Geriatrics and Extended Care <http://www1.va.gov/geriatricsshg/>
  Guideline for Chronic Pain and Fatigue MUS-CPG <http://www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/cpgn/mus/mus_base.htm> Guide to Gulf War Veteran's€(tm) Health <http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/VHIgulfwar.pdf>
  Gulf War Subject Index <http://www1.va.gov/GulfWar/page.cfm?pg=7&template=main&letter=A>
  Gulf War Veteran's€(tm) Illnesses Q&As
  <http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/GWIllnessesQandAsIB1041.pdf>
  Hearings <http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch04.doc>
  Homeless Veterans <http://www1.va.gov/homeless/>
  HSR&D Home <http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/>
  Index to Disability Examination Worksheets C&P exams <http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/benefits/exams/index.htm>
  Ionizing Radiation <http://www1.va.gov/irad/>
  Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom Veterans VBA <http://www.vba.va.gov/EFIF/>
  M10 for spouses and children
  <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1007>
  M10 Part III Change 1 <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1008>
  M21-1 Table of Contents <http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/M21_1.html>
  Mental Disorders, Schedule of Ratings <http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38CFR/BOOKC/PART4/S4_130.DOC>
  Mental Health Program Guidelines <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1094>
  Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers <http://www.mirecc.med.va.gov/>
  MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Centers of Excellence <http://www.va.gov/ms/about.asp>
  My Health e Vet <http://www.myhealth.va.gov/>
  NASDVA.COM â€" National Association of State Directors <http://www.nasdva.com/>
  National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention <http://www.nchpdp.med.va.gov/postdeploymentlinks.asp>
  Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders, Schedule of Ratings http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38cfr/bookc/part4/s4%5F124a.doc <http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38cfr/bookc/part4/s4_124a.doc>
  OMI (Office of Medical Inspector) <http://www.omi.cio.med.va.gov/>
  Online VA Form 10-10EZ <https://www.1010ez.med.va.gov/sec/vha/1010ez/>
  Parkinson's Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders <http://www1.va.gov/resdev/funding/solicitations/docs/parkinsons.pdf> and,
  <http://www1.va.gov/padrecc/>
  Peacetime Disability Compensation <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+38USC1131>
  Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death <http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter15_subchapteri_.html>
  and, <http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter15_subchapterii_.html>
  and, <http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter15_subchapteriii_.html>
  Persian Gulf Registry <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1003>
  This program is now referred to as Gulf War Registry Program (to include Operation Iraqi Freedom) as of March 7, 2005: <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1232>
  Persian Gulf Registry Referral Centers <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1006>
  Persian Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Research 1999, Annual Report To Congress http://www1.va.gov/resdev/1999_Gulf_War_Veterans'_Illnesses_Appendices.doc <http://www1.va.gov/resdev/1999_Gulf_War_Veterans%27_Illnesses_Appendices.doc>
  Persian Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Research 2002, Annual Report To Congress <http://www1.va.gov/resdev/prt/gulf_war_2002/GulfWarRpt02.pdf>
  Phase I PGR <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1004>
  Phase II PGR <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1005>
  Policy Manual Index <http://www.va.gov/publ/direc/eds/edsmps.htm>
  Power of Attorney <http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch03.doc>
  Project 112 (Including Project SHAD) <http://www1.va.gov/shad/>
  Prosthetics Eligibility <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=337> Public Health and Environmental Hazards Home Page <http://www.vethealth.cio.med.va.gov/> Public Health/SARS <http://www.publichealth.va.gov/SARS/>
  Publications â€" Manuals <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/publications.cfm?Pub=4>
  Publications and Reports <http://www1.va.gov/resdev/prt/pubs_individual.cfm?webpage=gulf_war.htm>
  Records Center and Vault Homepage <http://www.aac.va.gov/vault/default.html>
  Records Center and Vault Site Map <http://www.aac.va.gov/vault/sitemap.html>
  REQUEST FOR AND CONSENT TO RELEASE OF INFORMATION FROM CLAIMANT'S RECORDS <http://www.forms.va.gov/va/Internet/VARF/getformharness.asp?formName=3288-form.xft>
  Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses April 11, 2002
  <http://www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/docs/Minutes_April112002.doc>
  Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses <http://www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/docs/ReportandRecommendations_2004.pdf>
  Research and Development <http://www.appc1.va.gov/resdev/programs/all_programs.cfm>
  Survivor's and Dependents' Educational Assistance <http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partiii_chapter35_.html>
  
  
  Title 38
  Index
  Parts 0-17
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  Part 3 â€" Adjudication
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  Pensions, Bonuses & Veteransâ€(tm) Relief
  (also § 3.317 Compensation for certain disabilities due to undiagnosed illnesses found here)
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  Title 38
  PART 4--SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES
  Subpart B--DISABILITY RATINGS
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  Title 38
  § 4.16 Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the
  individual. PART 4â€"SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES
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  U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims <http://www.vetapp.gov/>
  VA Best Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) <http://www.avapl.org/pub/PTSD%20Manual%20final%206.pdf>
  VA Fact Sheet <http://www1.va.gov/opa/fact/gwfs.html>
  VA Health Care Eligibility <http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/home/hecmain.asp>
  VA INSTITUTING GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTION (GAF) <http://www.avapl.org/gaf/gaf.html>
  VA Life Insurance Handbook â€" Chapter 3 http://www.insurance.va.gov/inForceGliSite/GLIhandbook/glibookletch3.htm#310 <http://www.insurance.va.gov/inForceGliSite/GLIhandbook/glibookletch3.htm>
  VA Loan Lending Limits and Jumbo Loans <http://valoans.com/va_facts_limits.cfm>
  VA MS Research <http://www.va.gov/ms/about.asp>
  VA National Hepatitis C Program <http://www.hepatitis.va.gov/>
  VA Office of Research and Development <http://www1.va.gov/resdev/>
  VA Trainee Pocket Card on Gulf War <http://www.va.gov/OAA/pocketcard/gulfwar.asp>
  VA WMD EMSHG <http://www1.va.gov/emshg/>
  VA WRIISC-DC <http://www.va.gov/WRIISC-DC/>
  VAOIG Hotline Telephone Number and Address <http://www.va.gov/oig/hotline/hotline3.htm>
  Vet Center Eligibility - Readjustment Counseling Service <http://www.va.gov/rcs/Eligibility.htm>
  Veterans Benefits Administration Main Web Page <http://www.vba.va.gov/>
  Veterans Legal and Benefits Information <http://valaw.org/>
  VHA Forms, Publications, Manuals <http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/>
  VHA Programs - Clinical Programs & Initiatives <http://www1.va.gov/health_benefits/page.cfm?pg=13>
  VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page <http://www.publichealth.va.gov/>
  VHI Guide to Gulf War Veteransâ€(tm) Health <http://www1.va.gov/vhi_ind_study/gulfwar/istudy/index.asp>
  Vocational Rehabilitation <http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/>
  Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence <http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/InterSubsistencefy04.doc>
  VONAPP online <http://vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/main.asp>
  WARMS - 38 CFR Book C <http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/bookc.html>
  Wartime Disability Compensation <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+38USC1110>
  War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center - New Jersey <http://www.wri.med.va.gov/>
  Welcome to the GI Bill Web Site <http://www.gibill.va.gov/>
  What VA Social Workers Do <http://www1.va.gov/socialwork/page.cfm?pg=3>
  WRIISC Patient Eligibility <http://www.illegion.org/va1.html>