Veterans Benefits Guide - New and Revised for 2008, VA Compensation, Appeals, Disability, Medical Care, Insurance Programs, Plans for Families, GI Bill, Home Loan Guaranty (Two CD-ROM Set)

This comprehensive electronic book on two CD-ROMs, updated with the new 2008 Edition of the Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents, presents an enormous library of federal government documents and publications covering all aspects of veterans benefits and the VA, the Department of Veterans Affairs. Some of the topics covered by this material include: * Compensation * Pensions * Education Programs, GI Bill, Training Programs * Home Loan Guaranty * Life Insurance * Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment * Survivors' and Dependents' Benefits * Medical Care and the VA Hospital System * Disability Programs * Service-connected Disabilities * Transition Assistance * Alternative Dispute Resolution * Benefits Timetables * Burial and Plot Allowances, Burial Flag * National Cemetery Administration * Death Pension Benefits * Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) * Forms * Health Benefits * Jobs and Business Programs * Reservists * Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) * Board of Veterans Appeals * Women Veterans * VA's Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents - Phone Numbers, Facilities, General Eligibility, Documents Needed for Claims, Acronyms, Enrollment, Priority Groups, Health Registries, Readjustment Counseling Services, Prosthetic and Sensory Aids, Mental Health Care Treatment, Outpatient Dental Treatment, Pharmacy Services, Nursing Home Care, Presumptive Conditions for Disability, Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments, Combat-related Special Compensation, Eligibility for Disability Pension, Improved Disability Pension, Payment Rates, Protected Pension Programs, Medal of Honor Pension, Montgomery GI Bill, VEAP, VA Life Insurance, Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance, Traumatic Injury Protection, Family coverage, Funeral Honors, Headstones and Markers, Reserve and National Guard, Outreach to Homeless, Living or Traveling Overseas * Fourteen Reports on Special Veterans' Health Issues - including Agent Orange, Caring for War Wounded, Cold Injury, Infectious Diseases of Iraq and Afghanistan, Gulf War, Health Effects from Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Weapons, Hearing Impairment, Military Sexual Trauma, POWs, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Radiation, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Visual Impairment and Blindness (Veterans Health Initiative Independent Study Courses) 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.