2006 Essential Guide to the VA, Department of Veterans Affairs - Benefits, Compensation, Medical Care, Insurance Programs, Plans for Families, GI Bill, Home Loan Guaranty (CD-ROM)

This up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on CD-ROM presents an enormous library of federal government documents and publications covering all aspects of the VA, the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was established on March 15, 1989, succeeding the Veterans Administration. It is responsible for providing federal benefits to veterans and their families. Headed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, VA is the second largest of the 15 Cabinet departments and operates nationwide programs for health care, financial assistance and burial benefits. Of the 24.8 million veterans currently alive, nearly three-quarters served during a war or an official period of conflict. About a quarter of the nation's population, approximately 63 million people, are potentially eligible for VA benefits and services because they are veterans, family members or survivors of veterans. The responsibility to care for veterans, spouses, survivors and dependents can last a long time. The last dependent of a Revolutionary War veteran died in 1911. Five children of Civil War veterans still draw VA benefits. About 440 children and widows of Spanish-American War veterans still receive VA compensation or pensions. VA's fiscal year 2004 spending was $63.5 billion -- $29.1 for health care, $34 billion for benefits, and $155 million for the national cemetery system. Disability compensation is a monetary benefit paid to veterans who are disabled by injury or disease incurred or aggravated during active military service. Veterans with low incomes who are permanently and totally disabled may be eligible for monetary support through VA’s pension program. In fiscal year 2004, VA provided $27.6 billion in disability compensation, death compensation and pension to 3.4 million people. About 2.9 million veterans received disability compensation or pensions from VA. Also receiving VA benefits were 539,290 spouses, children and parents of deceased veterans. Among them are 145,740 survivors of Vietnam-era veterans and 265,456 survivors of World War II veterans. Some of the topics covered by this material include: · Compensation · Pensions · Education Programs and the GI Bill · Home Loan Guaranty · Life Insurance · Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment · Survivors’ and Dependents’ Benefits · Medical Care and the VA Hospital System · Disability Programs This incredible CD-ROM is packed with over 43,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. Our news and educational CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.