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Disabled Veterans Organizations
There are a few disabled veterans organizations that every disabled veteran should be in touch with. These organizations not only provide updates on services, but they can also provide support for military related disabilities. These organizations include:
Disabled American Veterans: http://www.dav.org/ - this website provides information about disabled veterans, how to find help and other services, lists of benefits for disabled veterans and support forums.
Veterans Administration: http://www.va.gov/ - the VA website provides information about its services and disability claims. Services include health care, the ability to file disability claims, hospice care and travel assistance to and from the hospital.
Vetfriends.com: http://www.vetfriends.com/organizations/directory.cfm?type=14 – vetfriends.com provides a listing local disabled veterans organizations. It also provides a means to search for other veterans, a discussion forum, information on getting military records, loan information, reunion information and links to other sites for military pay and other military matters.
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Military Family Support
Military family support (militaryfamilysupport.org) is a group that was founded in 2005 to help support military families. Families are often uprooted and moved to different states. In times of war, fathers and mothers are sent overseas for long periods of time. While not having one parent home for such a long period of time is rough for families with a child without a disability, it is rougher for families with a child with a disability. The support network is broken because of distance, and with the added stress of wondering if and when the military family member is coming home, things can get rough.
Militaryfamilysupport.org has a nationwide network of information centers through their “Computers 4 Heroes” program. Each of the centers collects information from local cities, including city, county and federal sources. These sources are then made available to military families. Sources may include help from public charities, assistance from the individual branches of the military and base resources. The group also provides education via the Internet or on DVD for families to learn to help themselves.
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Disabled Veteran’s Forum
There are several forums on the Internet for disabled veterans. These forums are for disabled veterans to communicate with other disabled veterans. Information regarding how to file claims and benefits available for disabled veterans is also available on disabled veteran’s forums.
http://www.hadit.com/ - this website has a number of forums dealing with disabled veterans’ issues, including health problems, psychological problems, PTSD, benefits and more.
http://www.veteranstoday.com/modules.php?name=Forums – this website also has a number of forums. Some of the forums on VeteransToday.com include fallen warriors, finding a veteran, fraud issues, reunions, coping, PTSD and medical alerts.
http://www.VeteransToday.com/modules.php?name=Forums – this website includes a forum and articles of interest to disabled veterans. Some of the articles include a rating schedule, changes to a rating schedule and the time frame for the VA to process disability claims.
http://www.americanwarlibrary.com/personnel/disabled.htm – this website provides a forum for discussion of military service connected disabilities.
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Disabled Veterans: Benefits
Disabled veterans can get healthcare from the United States government at any of the VA medical centers throughout the nation. If the disability is service connected, the health care is free. If the disability is not service connected, the veteran pays a co-payment to the VA. Prescriptions are also available at a lower cost. If the veteran has service connected disabilities that are less than 100 percent, there is a co-pay on the prescriptions, but the price is the same, no matter what the prescription is. Veterans that are deemed 100 percent disabled have free prescription coverage. Thus, there are many disabled veterans benefits available to those in need, regardless of the type of disability.
Disabled veterans are paid a monthly stipend if the disability is service connected. Benefits start out at 0 percent and go up to 100 percent. A veteran must apply for disability through the VA, then is set up for an appointment for a doctor to check the claimed disability. If the disability is caused by active-duty service, a check will be disbursed to the veteran by the first of each month. Veterans’ monthly payments are retroactive to the date of filing the disability claim.
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Disabled Veteran’s Assistance
The disabled veteran’s assistance website (http://www.dav.org/) offers disabled veterans assistance and support in a number of areas.
The disabled veteran can get claim assistance. Click on the link for locating the DAV service office nearest you. The DAV service office will help a disabled veteran file a claim for veteran’s disability. The staff at the office will be able to help the disabled veteran with the claim forms. They can even fill out and mail the claim forms for you, if needed. The DAV service office will also explain how to get service-connected disability payments and can explain how the payments are determined.
If the disabled veteran needs a ride to a VA hospital, the DAV has a service network to help you get to the medical care you need in a non-emergency. If the disabled veteran has an emergency, she or he should call 911. If the VA hospital is close enough so that the veteran’s life is not in danger, the disabled veteran can request that the ambulance take him or her to the VA hospital. If the disabled veteran cannot get to the VA hospital, he or she should go to the nearest hospital. The disabled veteran or a family member should contact the VA within 24 hours of admission to alert the VA that a veteran that is getting medical care at the VA hospital has been admitted elsewhere. The VA may cover those hospital bills.
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Disabled Veteran Employment
A disabled veteran can apply for employment at any job he or she is qualified for and is physically able to do. The federal government hires disabled veterans and will provide assistance so that the disabled veteran can do the job.
Another place that regularly and willingly hires disabled veterans is the VA. A disabled veteran can visit his or her local VA hospital and apply for various jobs. The veteran can also apply online.
The VA offers jobs in health care, business administration, legal jobs, engineering, architecture and technical support jobs, and trades, such as air conditioning, animal caretakers and boiler plant workers. A listing of all open positions can be found online.
Some of the benefits the VA offers include:
Competitive pay rates
Recruitment incentives
Pay increases
Premium pay
Incentive pay
Flexible Retirement Plan
Disability Retirement
Thrift Saving Plan
Life Insurance
Long Term Care Insurance
Flexible Spending Account
Student Loan Repayment
Tuition Reimbursement
Health Insurance
Health Care Management
Flexible Work Hours
On-site child care
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Disabled Military Veterans
A disabled military veteran has a lot of resources at his or her fingertips if he or she lives relatively close to a VA hospital. The VA hospital and any of its clinics provide free health care for disabled military veterans with a service-connected disability and for a small fee for a disabled military veteran without a service-connected disability.
The VA not only provides medical care, but also does research to further medical knowledge to help disabled veterans. Some of the medical centers also provide hospice care, nursing home facilities, physical therapy facilities and a place for families to stay when a veteran must be hospitalized (and the family lives more than 50 miles from the VA medical center).
Disabled military veterans are also entitled to a monthly stipend, if the disability is service connected. To find out whether a veteran’s disability qualifies, he or she must file an application for disability through the Veteran’s Administration. Disability offices are usually located at one of the main VA hospitals.
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