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To fulfill President Lincoln’s promise “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s veterans. To provide veterans the world-class benefits and services they have earned — and to do so by adhering to the highest standards of compassion, commitment, excellence, professionalism, integrity, accountability, and stewardship.

VA benefits brochures and fact sheets

Benefit Brochures 

Summary of VA Benefits
The Summary of VA Benefits provides information on compensation, education, health care, home loans, insurance, pension, veteran readiness and employment, and burial and memorial benefits.
https://www.benefits.va.gov/BENEFITS/benefits-summary/SummaryofVABenefitsFlyer.pdf

eClaim Disability Compensation Brochure
The Fully Developed Claim brochure provides information on the option for Veterans and survivors to participate more fully in the claims process. The program offers faster decisions from VA on compensation, pension, and survivor benefit claims.
Filing an eClaim for Disability Compensation on eBenefits (va.gov)

Summary of VA Pension Benefits
The Summary of VA Pension Benefits provides information on supplemental income-based pension, aid and attendance, and housebound benefits.
508_VBA_PC_Pension_Overview_Brochure_091312 (va.gov)

Summary of GI Bill Benefits
This series assist GI Bill students in navigating their education pathways, using benefits and finding employment.

Part One: A Guide to Choose Your Education pathway
Building Your Future with the GI Bill Part One: A Guide to Choosing Your Education Pathway (va.gov)

Part Two: A Guide to Understanding Your Benefits
Building Your Future with the GI Bill Part Two: A Guide to Understanding Your Benefits (va.gov)

Part Three: A Guide to Navigating Your Career
Building Your Future with the GI Bill Part Three: A Guide to Furthering Your Career (va.gov)

Summary of VA Home Loan Guaranty Benefits
The Summary of VA Home Loan Guaranty Benefits provides information on home loan guaranty, the Native American Direct Loan Program, adaptive housing grants, and Veterans' Mortgage Life Insurance benefits
508_VBA_PC_Home_Loans_Brochure_091312 (va.gov)

Summary of VA Benefits for Disabled Veterans
508_VBA_PC-Compensation_Overview_Brochure (va.gov)

The Summary of VA Benefits for Disabled Veterans provides information on disability compensation, automobile allowance, clothing allowance, specially adapted housing/special home adaptation grants, life insurance, veteran readiness and employment training, and education assistance available to eligible Servicemembers, Veterans, and certain dependents and survivors.
508_VBA_PC-Compensation_Overview_Brochure (va.gov)

Summary of VA Dependents' and Survivors' Benefits
The Summary of VA Dependents' and Survivors' Benefits provides information on dependency and indemnity compensation, survivors' pension, the Civilian Health and Medical Program, educational assistance, home loans, and burial and memorial benefits.
Summary of VA Education Benefits

The Summary of VA Life Insurance Benefits
The Summary of VA Life Insurance Benefits provides information on relatively low cost life insurance with coverage for term life, family, traumatic injury, service-disabled Veterans, and mortgage protection.
508_VBA_PC_LifeInsurance_Overview_Brochure_091312 (va.gov)

Summary of VA Benefits for National Guard and Reserve Members and Veterans
The Summary of VA Benefits for National Guard and Reserve Members and Veterans provides information on compensation, pension, home loan guaranty, education, health care, insurance, veteran readiness and employment, and burial and memorial benefits.
508_VBA_NGR_Overview_Brochure_091312 (va.gov)

Summary of VA Veteran Readiness and Employment Benefits
The Summary of VA Veteran Readiness and Employment Benefits provides information on veteran readiness counseling, job search assistance, job training, resume development, on-the-job training, and other education and training services.
508_VBA_PC_VRE_Overview_Brochure_091312 (va.gov)

VA Appeals Modernization
Any Veteran who receives an initial VA claim decision after February 2019 will follow the new Appeals Modernization process. The new VA Appeals Modernization process provides a quicker review of your disagreement with any VA claim decision.
Appeals Modernization Brochure (va.gov)

National Cemetery Administration

VA Survivors and Burial Benefits Kit:
Planning Your Legacy: VA Survivors and Burials Benefits Kit

Fact Sheets

VA Benefits for Servicemembers
ServicemembersFactSheet.pdf (va.gov)

VA Benefits for Veterans Entering the Physical Evaluation Board
PEBFactSheet.pdf (va.gov)

Benefits Delivery at Discharge
BDDFactSheet.pdf (va.gov)

Intent to File
intenttofile.pdf (va.gov)

Disability Compensation Benefits
VA Disability Compensation Factsheet

Individual Unemployability
VA Individual Unemployability Factsheet

Military Sexual Trauma
Disability Compensation for Conditions Related to Military Sexual Trauma (MST) (va.gov)

Standard Claims and Appeals Forms Update
standardclaims.pdf (va.gov)

VA Appeals Modernization
Appeals Modernization Fact Sheet (va.gov)

Pension
VA Pension Factsheet

Pension Program and Representation
VA Pension Program and Representation Factsheet

Assistance for Homeless Veterans
VA Assistance for Homeless Veterans Factsheet

Pension Poaching
pension-poaching.pdf (va.gov)

Post-9/11 GI Bill - Transferability of Benefits
VA Post-9/11 GI Bill: Transferability Fact Sheet

Post-9/11 GI Bill - Yellow Ribbon Program
VA Post-9/11 GI Bill: Yellow Ribbon Program Fact Sheet

VA Guaranteed Home Loans
VA_Guaranteed_Home_Loans.pdf

Specially Adapted Housing Grant
Specially Adapted Housing Program (va.gov)

Dependency and Indemnity Compensation
VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Factsheet

Survivor Pension Benefits
VA Survivors Pension Benefit Factsheet

Burial and Plot-Interment Allowances
Burial and Plot Interment Allowance (va.gov)

Burial Flags
Burial Flag (va.gov)

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance
Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (va.gov)

Veterans' Group Life Insurance
VGLI.pdf (va.gov)

Facts about the Fiduciary Program
Fiduciary Program (va.gov)

Contact Us

Tel - 202-530-9219
Web - http://www.va.gov
Email - angela.cherry1@va.gov
Address - 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20420 

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