Helpful Links

Helpful Links

Board of Veterans' Appeals
Research previous BVA decisions similar to yours

Federal Jobs for Veterans
Office of Personnel Management

The Veterans Corporation
For Vets wanting to do business with the government

VA Facilities
Hospitals, Clinic, Vet Centers, Regional Offices, etc.

Disability Evaluation Under Social Security (also known as the Blue Book)

Diagnostic Criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD

The Veterans Health Initiative (VHI) is a comprehensive program to recognize the connection between certain health effects and military service, to allow military medical history to be better documented, to prepare health care providers to better serve their veteran patients. The independent study courses below have been developed to deliver important education and information in the specified areas. They provide the guides below:

	Agent Orange (HTML, PDF)
	Caring for War Wounded (HTML, PDF)
	Cold Injury (HTML, PDF)
	Endemic Infectious Diseases of Southwest Asia (HTML, PDF)
	Gulf War (HTML, PDF)
	Health Effects from Weapons (HTML, PDF)
	Hearing Impairment (HTML, PDF)
	Military Sexual Trauma (HTML, PDF)
	POW (HTML, PDF)
	PTSD (HTML, PDF)
	Radiation (HTML, PDF)
	Spinal Cord Injury (HTML, PDF)
	Traumatic Amputation (HTML, PDF)
	Traumatic Brain Injury (HTML, PDF)
	Visual Impairment (HTML, PDF)