Acquired Brain Injury Network Of Pennsylvania, Inc.

1. HBOT Treatment - HBOT Study offers free treatment to Veterans with brain injury or brain injury plus PTSD.

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1. www.aap.org/sections/unifserv/deployment/index.html - American Academy of Pediatrics: Support for Military Children & Adolescents
2. www.armywife.com - Army Wife
3. www.connectforkids.org - CFK Connect For Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center
4. www.CNN.com/Cominghome - Coming Mome: Families Touched By War
5. www.defenselink.mil - U.S. Department of Defense
6. www.dodea.edu - Department of Defense Education Activity
7. fcs.tamu.edu/about_fcs/index.php - Texas A&M University Extension Service
8. www.federationoffamilies.org - Federation of Families: For Children's Mental Health (Tampa Bay Region)
9. www.fischerhouse.com - Fischer House: Photo Gallery
10. www.fortsamhoustonmwr.com - Fort Sam Houston Morale Welfare and Recreation
11. www.governor.state.al.us/ogh - Grateful Heart: Helping Service Members & Their Families (Alabama)
12. health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Vets-w-TBI/ - This is a Yahoo community group for ALL Veterans who have received a Traumatic Brain Injury or Concussive Brain Injuries in War or Peace time, in-service or afterwards. One must be both Brain Injured AND a Vet to Join
13. www.jama.ama-assn.org - Journal of the American Medical Association
14. www.military.com - All the Benefits of Service
15. www.military.adoption.com - Adopting In The Military & From Overseas
16. www.militarychild.org - Military Child Education Coalition: For The Sake Of The Child
17. www.militaryonesource.com - A 24/7 Resource For Military Members, Spouses & Families
18. www.militarystudent.org - Military Impacted Schools Association: Providing For The Needs Of Military Children
19. www.nmfa.org - National Military Family Association: The Voice For Military Families
20. www.ourmilitarykids.org - Supporting National Guard & Military Reserve Families One Child at a Time
21. www.preparerespondrecover.com - Safety Planning and Disaster Response & Recovery
22. www.sesameworkshop.org/tlc - "In recognition of the contributions made by the United States Armed Forces, Sesame Workshop presents this bilingual educational outreach initiative designed for military families and their young children to share"
23. www.sofarusa.org - SOFAR: Strategic Outreach To Families Of All Reservists
24. www.stomp.com - STOMP: Specialized Training Of Military Parents
25. www.taps.org -Tradegy Assistance Program For Survivors: Front Line Resource For All Who Are Grieving The Death Of a Loved One Serving Our Country
26. www.tea.state.tx.us/mil/index.html - Texas Education Agency: Resources For Military Families In Texas
27. www.unmetneeds.com - VFW Unmet: Our Military Families Need Your Help Here At Home
28. www.usa4militaryfamilies.org - Department Of Defense and States, Partnering To Support Military Families
29. www.va.gov/OIG/ - VA IGF website for additional info.
30. www.va.gov/oig/54/reports/VAOIG-05-01818-165.pdf - VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports health status and services for returning veterans of Iraq and Afghan wars
31. www.veteransandfamilies.org - Welcome To Veterans & Families Coming Home
32. www.walmartfoundation.org - The Wal-Mart Foundation: Creating Opportunities So People Can Live Better
33. www.woundedwarrior.org - Wounded Warrior Project: The Greatest Casualty Is Being Forgotten

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1. America's Heroes at Work - America's Heroes at Work is a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) project that focuses on the employment challenges of returning service members living with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The project equips employers and the workforce development system with the tools they need to help returning service members affected by TBI and/or PTSD succeed in the workplace - particularly service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
2. Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center DVBIC) - The mission of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is to serve active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs
3. Documentary Film: Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury - This 29-minute video, introduced by General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.), offers an introduction to TBI, a health issue affecting at least 1.4 million Americans each year. It features the recovery journeys of several service personnel and their families. (this is on the DVBIC web site)
4. TBISERV - Listserv for the Federal TBI Program
5. TBISERV - Search the TBISERV archives

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Below are websites that provide information on Veterans benefits and how to file/ask for them. Accordingly, there are many sites that explain how to obtain books, military/medical records, information and how to appeal a denied claim with the VA.

(With thanks to Edward Butler, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Governor’s Office for People with Disabilities.)

Please pass this information on to every Veteran you know. Nearly 100% of this information is free and available for all veterans, the only catch is: you have to ask for it, because they won't tell you about a specific benefit unless you ask for it. You need to know what questions to ask so the right doors open for you - and then be ready to have an advocate who is willing to work with and for you, stay in the process, and press for your rights and your best interests.

1. Appeals:  www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch05.doc
2. Board of Veteran's Appeals:  www.va.gov/vbs/bva
3. CARES Commission: www.va.gov/vbs/bva
4. CARES Draft National Plan:  www1.va.gov/cares/page.cfm?pg=105
5. Center for Minority Veterans:  www1.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans
6. Center for Veterans Enterprise:  www.vetbiz.gov/default2.htm
7. Center for Women Veterans:  www1.va.gov/womenvet/
8. Clarification on the changes in VA healthcare for Gulf War Veterans:  www.gulfwarvets.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000016.html
9. Classified Records - American Gulf War Veterans Assoc.:  www.gulfwarvets.com/ubb/Forum18/HTML/000011.html
10. Compensation for Disabilities Associated with the Gulf War Service:  www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/part6/ch07.doc
11. Compensation Rate Tables, 12-1-03:  www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm
12. Department of Veterans Affairs Home Page:  www.va.gov
13. Directory of Veterans Service Organizations:  www1.va.gov/vso/index.cfm?template=view
14. Disability Examination Worksheets Index, Comp:  www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/exams/index.htm
15. Due Process:  www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch02.doc
16. Duty to Assist:  www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch01.doc
17. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations:  www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/
18. Emergency, Non-emergency, and Fee Basis Care:  www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/fedben.pdf
19. Environmental Agents:  www1.va.gov/environagents
20. Environmental Agents M10:  www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1002
21. Establishing Combat Veteran Eligibility:  www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=315
22. Evaluation Protocol for Gulf War and Iraqi Freedom Veterans with Potential Exposure to Depleted Uranium (DU):  www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DUHandbook1303122304.DOC and  www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1158
    See also, Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet:  www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DepletedUraniumFAQSheet.doc
23. Evaluation Protocol for Non-Gulf War Veterans with Potential Exposure to Depleted Uranium (DU):  www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DUHANDBOOKNONGW130340304.DOC
24. Fee Basis, Priority for Outpatient Medical Services and Inpatient Hospital Care: 
25. Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependants 2005:  www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/fedben.pdf or,  www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/current_benefits.htm
26. Forms and Records Request:  www.va.gov/vaforms
27. General Compensation Provisions:  www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter11_subchaptervi_.html
28. Geriatrics and Extended Care:  www1.va.gov/geriatricsshg
29. Guideline for Chronic Pain and Fatigue MUS-CPG:  www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/cpgn/mus/mus_base.htm
30. Guide to Gulf War Veteran's Health:  www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/VHIgulfwar.pdf
31. Gulf War Subject Index:  www1.va.gov/GulfWar/page.cfm?pg=7 and http://www1.va.gov/GulfWar/page.cfm?pg=7&template=main&letter=A&template=main&letter=A
32. Gulf War Veteran's Illnesses Q&As:  www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/GWIllnessesQandAsIB1041.pdf
33. Hearings:  www.warms.vba.va.gov/admi and  www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch04.docn21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch04.doc
34. Homeless Veterans:  www1.va.gov/homeless
35. HSR&D Home:  www.hsrd.research.va.gov
36. Index to Disability Examination Worksheets C&P exams:  www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/benefits/exams/index.htm
37. Ionizing Radiation:  www1.va.gov/irad
38. Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom Veterans VBA:  www.vba.va.gov/EFIF
39. M10 for spouses and children:  http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1007
40. M10 Part III Change 1:  www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1008
41. M21-1 Table of Contents:  www.warms.vba.va.gov/M21_1.html
42. Mental Disorders, Schedule of Ratings:  www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38CFR/BOOKC/PART4/S4_130.DOC
43. Mental Health Program Guidelines:  www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1094
44. Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers:  www.mirecc.med.va.gov
45. MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Centers of Excellence:  www.va.gov/ms/about.asp
46. My Health e Vet:  www.myhealth.va.gov
47. NASDVA.COM National Association of State Directors:  www.nasdva.com
48. National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention:  www.nchpdp.med.va.gov/postdeploymentlinks.asp
49. Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders, Schedule of Ratings:  www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38cfr/bookc/part4/s4_124a.doc
50. OMI (Office of Medical Inspector):  www.omi.cio.med.va.gov
51. Online VA Form 10-10EZ:  www.1010ez.med.va.gov/sec/vha/1010ez
52. Parkinson's Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders:  www1.va.gov/resdev/funding/solicitations/docs/parkinsons.pdf and,   www1.va.gov/padrecc
53. Peacetime Disability Compensation:
    frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc and  frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/
      getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+38USC1131&docid=Cite:+38USC1131
54. Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death:  www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter15_subchapteri_.html and,  www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter15_subchapterii_.html and,  www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter15_subchapteriii_.html
55. Persian Gulf Registry:  ww1.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:  www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1232
56. Persian Gulf Registry Referral Centers:  www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1006
57. Persian Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Research 1999, Annual Report To Congress:  http://www1.va.gov/resdev/1999_Gulf_War_Veterans'_Illnesses_Appendices.doc
58. Persian Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Research 2002, Annual Report To Congress:  www1.va.gov/resdev/prt/gulf_war_2002/GulfWarRpt02.pdf
59. Phase I PGR:  www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1004
60. Phase II PGR:  www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1005
61. Policy Manual Index:  www.va.gov/publ/direc/eds/edsmps.htm
62. Power of Attorney:  www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch03.doc
63. Project 112 (Including Project SHAD):  www1.va.gov/shad
64. Prosthetics Eligibility:  www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=337
65. Public Health and Environmental Hazards Home Page:  www.vethealth.cio.med.va.gov
66. Public Health/SARS:  www.publichealth.va.gov/SARS
67. Publications Manuals:  www1.va.gov/vhapublications/publications.cfm?Pub=4
68. Publications and Reports:  www1.va.gov/resdev/prt/pubs_individual.cfm?webpage=gulf_war.htm
69. Records Center and Vault Homepage:  www.aac.va.gov/vault/default.html
70. Records Center and Vault Site Map:  www.aac.va.gov/vault/sitemap.html
71. Reques for and Consent to Release of Information from Claimant's Records:  www.forms.va.gov/va/Internet/VARF/getformharness.asp?formName=3288-form.xft
72. Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses April 11, 2002:  www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/docs/Minutes_April112002.doc
73. Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses: 
    www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/docs/ReportandRecommendations_2004.pdf
74. Research and Development:  www.appc1.va.gov/resdev/programs/all_programs.cfm
75. Survivor's and Dependents' Educational Assistance:  www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partiii_chapter35_.html
76. Title 38
    Index, Parts 0-17:
    ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfrv1_02.tpl
    Parts 18-75:
    ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfrv2_02.tpl
77. Title 38
    Part 3 Adjudication
    Pensions, Bonuses & Veterans Relief
    (also 3.317 Compensation for certain disabilities due to undiagnosed illnesses found here):
    ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfr3_main_02.tpl
78. Title 38
    PART 4 - Schedule for Rating Disabilities
    Subpart A - General Policy in Rating
    (see 4.16 Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the individual)
    ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div6&view=text&node=38:1.0.1.1.5.1&idno=38
79. Title 38
    Part 4 - Schedule for Rating Disabilities
    Subpart B - Disability Ratings
    ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=3c60967029d458eb832d813a7fb27001;rgn=div6;view=text;node=38%3A1.0.1.1.5.2;idno=38;cc=ecfr
80. U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims:  www.vetapp.gov
81. VA Best Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):
    www.avapl.org/pub/PTSD%20Manual%20final%206.pdf
82. VA Fact Sheet:  www1.va.gov/opa/fact/gwfs.html
83. VA Health Care Eligibility:  www.va.gov/healtheligibility/home/hecmain.asp
84. VA Instituting Global Assessment of Function (GAF):  www.avapl.org/gaf/gaf.html
85. VA Life Insurance Handbook, Chapter 3:  www.insurance.va.gov/inForceGliSite/GLIhandbook/glibookletch3.htm#310
86. VA Loan Lending Limits and Jumbo Loans:  valoans.com/va_facts_limits.cfm
87. VA MS Research:  www.va.gov/ms/about.asp
88. VA National Hepatitis C Program:  www.hepatitis.va.gov
89. VA Office of Research and Development:  www1.va.gov/resdev
90. VA Trainee Pocket Card on Gulf War:  www.va.gov/OAA/pocketcard/gulfwar.asp
91. VA WMD EMSHG:  www1.va.gov/emshg
92. VA WRIISC-DC:  www.va.gov/WRIISC-DC
93. VAOIG Hotline Telephone Number and Address:  www.va.gov/oig/hotline/hotline3.htm
94. Vet Center Eligibility - Readjustment Counseling Service:  www.va.gov/rcs/Eligibility.htm
95. Veterans Benefits Administration Main Web Page:  www.vba.va.gov
96. Veterans Legal and Benefits Information:  valaw.org
97. VHA Forms, Publications, Manuals:  www1.va.gov/vhapublications
98. VHA Programs - Clinical Programs & Initiatives:  www1.va.gov/health_benefits/page.cfm?pg=13
99. VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page:  www.publichealth.va.gov
100. VHI Guide to Gulf War Veterans(tm) Health:  www1.va.gov/vhi_ind_study/gulfwar/istudy/index.asp
101. Vocational Rehabilitation:  www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre
102. Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence:  www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/InterSubsistencefy04.doc
103. VONAPP online:  vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/main.asp
104. WARMS - 38 CFR Book C:  www.warms.vba.va.gov/bookc.html
105. Wartime Disability Compensation:  frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc and
     frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+38USC1110
106. War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center - New Jersey:  www.wri.med.va.gov
107. Welcome to the GI Bill Web Site:  www.gibill.va.gov
108. What VA Social Workers Do:  www1.va.gov/socialwork/page.cfm?pg=3
109. WRIISC Patient Eligibility:  www.illegion.org/va1.html

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