Here is another site worth visiting.  They support the families of our military who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan

Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund

 

Websites of interest   VetFriends.com   SS Jeremiah O'Brian    United Veterans Council of Santa Clara County   www.gatheringofeagles.org   www.soldiersangels.org   www.rebelswithacause.us   www.MoveAmericaForward.org   Save Hangar One Committee  P.O. Box 170, Moffett Field, CA 94035-0170  http://www.savehangarone.org   Moffett Field Historical Society  P.O. Box 16, Moffett Field, CA 94035-0016  650 603-9827  www.moffettfieldmuseum.org   A-4 Skyhawk Association  www.skyhawk.org   Pacific Coast Air Museum  707 575-7900  www.pacificcoastairmuseum.org   USS Hornet    510 521-8448  http://www.uss-hornet.org/   Hillar Aviation Museum    650 654-0200    www.hillar.org   The 91st Division Band - the "Band of the Wild West"

Knitting wool helmet liners for the troops: If any of you want to help, go to www.geocities.com/helmetliner  for information.   Local Military Band Schedule   Monday, May 26, 2008   11:00 A.M. 91ST DIVISION BAND MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN FRANCISCO, CA   Monday, May 26, 2008   10:30 A.M. 59th ARMY BAND MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY MT VERNON MEMORIAL PARK, CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA   Sunday, June 1, 2008   4:00 P.M. 59th ARMY BAND Community Concert Band Festival Carmichael Park, Carmichael, CA   Saturday, June 28, 2008   9:00 A. M. and 3:30 P.M. 59th ARMY BAND Rocklin Jubilee parade and concert Johnson-Springview Park, 5480 Fifth St., Rocklin, CA   Monday, June 30, 2008   7:00 P.M. 59th ARMY BAND Community Concert Fairfield, CA   Wednesday, July 2, 2008   7:00 P.M. 59th ARMY BAND Community Concert Elk Grove, CA   Thursday, July 3, 2008   7:00 P.M. 91ST DIVISION BAND CONCERT ENSEMBLE "THE SPIRIT OF 76" OHLONE COLLEGE AMPHITHEATRE, FREMONT, CA   Friday, July 4, 2008   10:00 A.M. 91ST DIVISION BAND INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE, DOWNTOWN, DANVILLE, CA   Friday, July 4, 2008   7:00 P.M. 59th ARMY BAND Community Concert Scotts Valley, CA   Sunday, July 6, 2008   3:00 P.M. 59th ARMY BAND Community Concert Yountville, CA

 

Here are Veterans' web pages:

Board of Veterans' 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 Women Veterans http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/

Center for Veterans Enterprise http://www.vetbiz.gov/default2.htm

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 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

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/

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

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

Forms and Records Request http://www.va.gov/vaforms/

Geriatrics and Extanded 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 Veterans' 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 Veterans' Illnesses Q&As http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/GWIllnessesQandAsIB1041.pdf

Homeless Veterans http://www1.va.gov/homeless/

HSR&D Home http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/

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 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 – 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

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/

Persian Gulf Registry http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1003

Persian Gulf Registry Referral Centers

http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1006

Annual Report To Congress, Persian Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Research

1999 http://www1.va.gov/resdev/1999_Gulf_War_Veterans'_Illnesses_Appendices.doc

Annual Report To Congress, Persian Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Research

2002 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

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 – 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

Title 38 Index Parts 0-17

Part 18

Title 38 Part 3 – Adjudication Subpart A—Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation

Title 38 Pensions, Bonuses & Veterans' Relief (also § 3.317 Compensation for certain disabilities due to undiagnosed illnesses found here)

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims http://www.vetapp.gov/

VA Fact Sheet http://www1.va.gov/opa/fact/gwfs.html

VA Health Care Eligibility http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/home/hecmain.asp

Veterans Legal and Benefits Information http://valaw.org/

VA Life Insurance Handbook – Chapter 3 http://www.insurance.va.gov/inForceGliSite/GLIhandbook/glibookletch3.htm#310

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 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/

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 Veterans' Health http://www1.va.gov/vhi_ind_study/gulfwar/istudy/index.asp

Vocational Rehabilitation http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/

VONAPP online http://vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/main.asp

WARMS - 38 CFR Book C http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/bookc.html

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