| Description |
xv, 305 pages : forms ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Oceana's legal almanac series: law for the layperson |
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Oceana's legal almanac series. Law for the layperson.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 305). |
| Contents |
About the author -- Introduction -- 1: Department Of Veterans Affairs -- History and background -- Benefits -- Employment -- Veterans administration -- Military installations -- Veterans preference -- Expert system -- Complaint process under the veterans employment opportunity act -- Veteran statistics -- Age -- Ethnicity -- Branch of service -- Operations enduring freedom/Operation Iraqi freedom (OEF/OIF) -- VA special programs and initiatives -- Health care programs -- Agent orange health effects and Vietnam veterans -- Blind rehabilitation service -- Cancer program -- Cold injury prevention program -- Diabetes prevention program -- Flu program -- Gulf war veterans' health program -- Health care programs for elderly and chronically ill veterans -- HIV/AIDS/hepatitis program -- Kidney disease program -- Mental health strategic healthcare group -- Mental illness research, education, and clinical centers -- National center for post-traumatic stress disorder -- National center for patient safety -- Office of nursing services -- Polytrauma system of care -- Prosthetics an sensory aids service -- Recreation/creative arts therapy service -- Social work program -- War-related illness and injury study center -- Advisory committees -- Center for faith-based and community initiatives -- Center for women veterans: programs & initiatives from women veterans -- Debt managements center -- Homeless assistance programs & initiatives -- VA medical training program -- Records center & vault -- VA franchise fund -- VA vets center program -- Veterans industries -- VA organizations -- Veterans benefits administration -- Veteran health administration -- National cemetery administration -- Board of contract appeals -- Board of veterans' appeal -- Center for woman veterans -- Office of acquisition & material management -- Office of alternative dispute resolution and mediation -- Office of budget -- Office of public affairs & intergovernmental affairs -- Office of congressional affairs -- Office of employment discrimination complaint adjudication -- Office of financial management -- Office of general counsel -- Office of human resources & administration -- Office of information & techology -- Office of the inspector general -- Office of occupational safety & health -- Office of policy, planning, and preparedness -- Office of regulation policy and management -- Office of small & disadvantaged business utilization -- VA research -- 2: Disability Compensation And Pension Benefits -- In general -- Disability compensation -- Eligibility -- Amount of benefits -- Application process -- Veterans pension -- Eligibility -- Countable income -- Exclusions and deductions -- Veteran's pension calculation -- Application process -- Aid and attendance and housebound benefits -- Aid and attendance benefits -- Housebound benefits -- Applying for aid and attendance or housebound benefits -- Periods of wartime service for VA benefits eligibility -- World War I -- World War II -- Korean conflict -- Vietnam era -- Persian Gulf War -- Future dates -- 3: Health Care Benefits -- In general -- Medical benefits package -- Preventive care services -- Ambulatory diagnostic and treatment services -- Hospital diagnostic and treatment services -- Medications and supplies -- Eligibility -- Enrollment system -- Applying for benefits -- Required evidence -- Duty to assist-the veterans claims act of 2000 and duty to assist -- Health care appointments -- Priority scheduling for veterans with service-connected disabilities -- Long term care -- Special and limited health care benefits -- Agent orange health effects and Vietnam veterans -- Automobile assistance -- Beneficiary travel -- Bereavement counseling -- Blind veterans services -- Dental care -- Domiciliary care -- Emergency care in non-VA facilities -- Extended care -- Eyeglasses and hearing aids -- Gulf War illnesses -- Home health services -- Home improvement and structural alterations (HISA) -- Homeless programs -- Ionizing radiation exposure treatment and registry examination -- Maternity care -- Military sexual trauma counseling -- Non-VA health care services -- Nose/throat radium treatment -- Nursing home care -- Project 112/SHAD participants -- Prosthetic aids -- Readjustment counseling -- Women veterans services -- Co-pays and charges -- Means test -- Income verification -- Private health care insurance -- Exempt services -- Co-pay waivers and alternatives -- Veterans identification card -- My healthevet program -- Personal health journal -- Personal information -- Wallet ID card -- Military health history -- Medications -- Allergies -- Tests -- Medical events -- Health eLogs -- Medical benefits for family members -- Civilian health and medical program of VA (CHAMPVA) -- Eligibility -- Benefits -- General exclusions -- Medicare impact -- New and expectant parents -- Remarried widows/widowers -- Spina bifida program -- Children of women Vietnam veterans program -- Tricare -- Eligible persons 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4: Veterans Group Life Insurance -- In general -- Servicemembers' group life insurance -- Eligibility for Veterans group life insurance -- Amount of coverage -- Period of coverage -- Premium payments -- Converting SGLI coverage to VGLI coverage -- Application within 120 days following separation -- Application between 120 days and 1 year and 120 days following separation -- Accelerated benefits option -- Policy beneficiary -- Designating a beneficiary -- Death claims -- Alliance accounts -- Beneficiary financial counseling services -- Converting VGLI coverage to commercial life insurance -- Office of servicemembers group life insurance -- 5: Education And Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits -- In general -- Montgomery GI bill-active duty -- Eligibility -- Category 1-requirements -- Category 2-requirements -- Category 3-requirements -- Category 4-requirements -- Amount of benefits -- Buy-up program -- Application process -- Montgomery GI bill-selected reserve -- Eligibility -- Application process -- VA work-study allowance program -- Eligibility -- Amount of benefits -- Type of work -- Application process -- Survivors' and dependents' education assistance program (DEA) -- Eligibility -- Period of eligibility -- Son or daughter -- Spouse -- Application process -- Eastern region -- Central region -- Western region -- Southern region -- Vocational rehabilitation -- Vocational rehabilitation and employment service -- Eligibility and entitlement -- Vocational and educational counseling -- Services for disabled children of Vietnam and Korean veterans -- 6: Home Financing Benefits -- In general -- Features of the VA home loan -- Applying for a VA home loan -- Requirements for VA loan approval -- Application process -- Amount of the loan -- Eligible loan purposes -- Refinancing loans -- Loan repayment terms -- Traditional fixed-payment mortgage -- Graduated payment mortgage (GPM) -- Buydowns -- Growing equity mortgage (GEM) -- Adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) -- Down payment requirements -- Interest rates -- Closing costs -- Funding fee -- VA loan guaranty -- Services eligibility -- Wartime service -- Peacetime service -- Service between September 7, 1980 or October 16, 1981 and August 1, 1990 -- Active duty service personnel -- Members of the selected reserve -- Other types of service -- Certificate of eligibility -- Entitlement -- 7: Dependent And Survivor Benefits -- In general -- Dependency and indemnity compensation -- Eligibility -- Surviving spouse -- Surviving child -- Surviving parent -- Application process -- Amount of benefit -- Death pension -- Eligibility -- Age restriction -- Countable income -- Exclusions and deductions -- Death pension calculation -- Application process -- Aid and attendance and housebound benefits -- Survivors' and dependents' educational assistance (DEA) -- Home loan guaranty program -- Burial benefits -- Life insurance benefits and financial counseling -- Bereavement counseling -- Vocational rehabilitation & employment service (VR&E) -- Medical benefits for family members -- Children of Vietnam veterans -- 8: Burial Rights And Memorial Benefits -- History and background -- Statistics -- Burial benefits -- Burial in a VA national cemetery -- Burial in a private cemetery -- Eligibility -- Persons eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery -- Veterans and members of the armed forces -- Members of reserve components and reserve officers' training corps -- Commissioned officers, national oceanic and atmospheric administration -- Public health service -- World War II merchant mariners -- Philippine armed forces -- Spouses and dependents -- Persons who are not eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery -- Disqualifying discharge -- Discharge from draft -- Person found guilty of a capital crime -- Subversive activities -- Active or inactive duty for training -- Former spouses -- Other family members -- Verifying veteran status -- Arranging for burial in a VA national cemetery -- Burial flag -- Headstones and markers -- Presidential memorial certificates -- Military funeral honors -- Burial allowance -- Eligibility -- Amount of benefit -- Service-related death -- Nonservice-related death -- Applying for a burial allowance -- 9: Board Of Veterans Appeals -- In general -- Appeals process -- Notice of disagreement -- Statement of case -- Personal hearing-- Decision -- Remand -- Denial -- US court of appeals for veterans claims -- Filing the appeal -- Filing by mail -- Filing by fax -- Appeal process -- Finding a representative --Veterans consortium pro bono program -- 10: Servicemembers Civil Relief Act -- In general -- Provisions -- Interest rate caps -- Stay of judicial proceedings -- Protection against default judgments -- Protection from eviction -- Termination of residential lease -- Prior to military service -- During military service -- Mortgage payment relief -- Termination of automobile lease -- Protection from double-taxation -- Additional protections -- Appendices -- 1: VA benefits centers -- 2: Directory of US Army military installations -- 3: Directory of US Navy military installations -- 4: Directory of US Air Force military installations -- 5: Directory of US Marine Corps military installations -- 6: Directory of US Coast Guard military installations -- 7: Veterans employment opportunities act (Pub L no 105-339, 10/31/98) -- 8: Veterans centers -- 9: Veteran's application for compensation and/or pension (form 21-526) -- 10: Directory of VA medical centers -- 11: Application for health benefits (form 10-10ez) -- 12: Application for veteran's group life insurance (form SGL 8714) -- 13: List of VGLI participating insurance companies -- 14: Application fro VA education benefits (form 22-1990) -- 15: Application for work-study allowance (form 22-8691) -- 16: Application for survivors' and dependents' educational assistance (form 22-5490) -- 17: Application for vocational-educational counseling (form 28-8832) -- 18: Request fro a certificate of eligibility (form 26-1880) -- 19: Application for dependency and indemnity compensation, death pension and accrued benefits by surviving spouse or child (form 21-534) -- 20: Directory of VA national cemeteries -- 21: Application for standard government headstone or marker (form 40-1330) -- 22: Application for US flag for burial purposes (form 21-2008) -- 23: Presidential memorial certificate request (form 40-0247) -- 24: Application for burial benefits (form 21-530) -- 25: Selected provisions of the servicemembers civil relief act (Pub L no. 108-189, 12/19/03) -- Glossary -- Bibliography and additional resources. |
| Summary |
From the Publisher: As soldiers return from war, they begin the difficult process of re-assimilating into society. Veterans' Rights and Benefits is written for the returning and active soldier and his or her family in an effort to clarify those rights available to them, as well as explain some of the obstacles they may encounter in seeking them. Author, Margaret C. Jasper explains in detail rights and benefits such as basic health care, including specializations including PTSD or amputation therapies; education and vocational rehabilitation, which spans from college education and funding to basic reintegration rehabilitation; compensation and pension benefits, applications, qualifications, and spousal support; home loans, applications, qualifications, and rate details; life insurance, terms of applications and extent of coverage; and burial and survivor benefits. This Almanac serves as a one-stop resource for accessing the most up-to-date information on the rights and benefits of Veterans in an easy-to-read format. |
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Military pensions -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Veterans -- Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Veterans -- Education -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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| ISBN |
9780195376524 hardback |
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0195376528 hardback |
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