Useful Materials And Links
Useful Materials and Links
- Article on Veterans Legal Institute’s partnership with Starbucks
https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/starbucks-helps-provide-legal-services-veterans - Orange County Veterans Study
OC Vets study.pdf - Estimating your Post-9/11 G.I. Bill Benefits
http://m.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/04/14/estimate-your-education-costs-just-few-clicks-gi-bill-comparison-tool - IRS guidelines on how to obtain your stimulus check
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/economic-impact-payments-what-you-need-to-know - LinMs. Balta’s appearance on Local Edition of PBS discussing veterans issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZALvp9Kll5U - Orange County Register Article about Ms. Balta’s receipt of the Orange County Black Chamber of Commerce’s Community Leadership Award
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/first-632491-business-group.html - Department of Defense Announces Guidance for Upgrading Discharge Requests http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=16915
- Office of General Counsel Accreditation FAQs http://www.va.gov/ogc/accred_faqs.asp
Appeals
- U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
http://www.uscourts.cavc.gov/ - Board of Veteran’s Appeals
http://www.bva.va.gov/ - “How Do I Appeal?” Brochure (BVA)
http://www.bva.va.gov/docs/Pamphlets/010202A.pdf
Veterans Benefits & General Information
- Resources and information for veterans and their families
http://www.militaryconnection.com/veterans/veteran - Federal Benefits Handbook for Veterans, Dependents & Survivors (2011)
http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book.asp - Center for Women Veterans
http://www.va.gov/womenvet/ - Department of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/
- EBenefits (Online VA Benefits) https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits-portal/ebenefits.portal
- EVetRecs (Discharge Documents Online) http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/
- Electronic Code of Federal Regulations Title 38 http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=1ae742bee69025407334fd77281b5fcb&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38tab_02.tpl
- G.I. Bill Website http://www.gibill.va.gov/
- Homeless Veterans VA Website http://www.va.gov/homeless/
- My HealtheVet (Online VA Health Records) http://www.myhealth.va.gov/
- Veterans Crisis Line (Suicide Prevention Lifeline) www.veteranscrisisline.net/
- Returning Service Members (Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom) http://www.oefoif.va.gov/
- Vocational Rehabilitation http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/
- Web Automated Reference Material System (WARMS) http://www.benefits.va.gov/WARMS/Site_Map.asp
- Stateside Legal (Legal Help for military members, veterans and their families) http://statesidelegal.org/
- Free Health Clinic Locator http://nafcclinics.org/
- LawHelpCA (general legal information in California) https://www.lawhelpca.org/
VA Claims Resources
- VA Forms Online
http://www.va.gov/vaforms/ - Veterans Benefits Administration
http://www.vba.va.gov/VBA/ - Veterans Online Application (VONAPP) https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits-portal/ebenefits.portal?_nfpb=true&_portlet.async=false&_pageLabel=ebenefits_myeb_vonapp1
- Agent Orange Registry http//www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/
- Compensation Rate Tables http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm
- Disability Examination Worksheets http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/benefits/exams/index.htm
- Gulf War Registry http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/gulfwar/
Forms
- Declaration of Financial Hardship http://www.uscourts.cavc.gov/documents/Rules_of_Practice_and_Procedure_effective_Sept_15_2011_-_Form_4.pdf
- CAVC Notice of Appeal Form http://www.uscourts.cavc.gov/documents/Rules_of_Practice_and_Procedure_effective_Sept_15_2011_-_Form_1.pdf
- CAVC Notice of Appearance http://www.uscourts.cavc.gov/documents/FORM_3-_-NOTICEOFAPPEARANCE_-_FORM.pdf
Other Health Care
- Information for Veterans about Essential Coverage http://www.coveredca.com/individuals-and-families/special-circumstances/veterans/
- Life Events which Require You to Notify Covered California http://www.coveredca.com/members/reporting-a-change/
- Qualifying Life Events for Special Enrollment www.coveredca.com/individuals-and-families/getting-covered/special-enrollment/qualifying-life-events/
Veterans Service Organizations
- American Legion http://www.legion.org/
- Disabled American Veterans http://www.dav.org/
- Paralyzed Veterans of American http://www.pva.org
- National Veterans Legal Services Program http://www.nvlsp.org/
- AMVETS http://www.amvets.org/
- Blinded Veterans Association http://www.bva.org/
- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America http://iava.org/
- Military Order of the Purple Heart http://www.purpleheart.org/
- National Association of County Veterans Service Officers http://www.nacvso.org/
- Vietnam Veterans of America http://www.vva.org/
- State and Local Veterans Service Organizations http://www.va.gov/vso/rpt_statelocal.cfm
- California Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve https://caesgrsb.us/