Disabled Veterans Tips

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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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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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 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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