Benefits.gov - Veterans

Armed Forces Tax Benefits The program offers tax credit or relief for special tax situations of active members of the U.S. Armed Forces....

Clothing Allowance The clothing allowance reimburses you if, because of a service-connected condition, your clothing gets permanently damaged by a prosthetic or orthopedic appliance you wear or a prescribed medication you use on your skin....

Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) The Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) program was enacted by Congress on 2 December 2002. The CRSC program provides compensation for eligible MILITARY retirees with combat-related disabilities. The Army CRSC program is operated by the Army H...

Compensated Work Therapy Program The Veteran Affairs (VA) Compensated Work Therapy Program matches and supports work ready veterans in competitive jobs. The program also consults with business and industry about their specific employment needs. The program helps veterans with di...

Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP) Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists provide intensive services to meet the employment needs of disabled veterans and other eligible veterans, with the maximum emphasis directed toward serving those who are economically or educationa...

Gratuitous Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (ARH) Gratuitous Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (ARH) is a program that provides posthumous life insurance coverage....

Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project (HVRP) The HVRP provides employment and training services to assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful employment within the labor force and to stimulate the development of effective service delivery systems that will address the complex pro...

Homeless Veterans' Programs Veterans Affairs (VA) offers the following special programs to help homeless veterans: Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation and Treatment Programs Homeless Grant and Per Diem Program Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment ...

Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program (JVSG) The Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program (JVSG) helps veterans find good jobs by providing employment services at One-Stop Career Centers and other locations through funding for Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists and Local Vetera...

Local Veterans Employment Representative Program (LVER) Local Veterans Employment Representatives (LVER) conduct outreach to employers and engage in advocacy efforts with hiring executives to increase employment opportunities for veterans and encourage the hiring of veterans....

Mental Health Services Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides general inpatient psychiatric services as well as mental health outpatient services. Many of these services are being integrated into primary care clinics, VA nursing homes, and residential care facilities...

Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program The purpose of the Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program (MREIDL) is to provide funds to eligible small businesses to meet its ordinary and necessary operating expenses that it could have met, but is unable to meet, because an esse...

Military Sexual Trauma The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides care for conditions resulting from experiences of sexual assault or repeated, threatening sexual harassment that happened in the military. Both physical and mental health treatment (including medicatio...

Parents' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Parents' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) is a benefit for eligible survivors. It provides a basic monthly payment for an eligible surviving spouse. The monthly payment is increased for each dependent child, and also if the surviving spous...

Payments for Children of Women Vietnam Veterans Born with Certain Birth Defects Biological children of women veterans who served in Vietnam may be eligible for a monetary allowance and possibly vocational training. The allowance is paid at one of four disability levels based upon the child's degree of permanent disability....

Reserve Educational Assistance Program REAP is an educational assistance program enacted by Congress to provide benefits for persons who are called to active duty for 90 consecutive days or more. The length of the call-up determines the leve...

Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (S-DVI) Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (S-DVI) is an insurance program that provides insurance coverage to a veteran who has a service-connected disability, but otherwise is in good health....

Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act (SCRA) Under the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act (SCRA), Veterans Affairs (VA) may protect the life insurance of a service member called to active duty. The insurance will be protected from default for nonpayment of premiums for up to $400,000. The pro...

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) Disability Extension The Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) Disability Extension is for service members who are totally disabled at the time of discharge. The benefit allows the member to retain their SGLI coverage. There is no cost for the coverage for up to tw...

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI) Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI) is a rider under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI). It provides insurance payments to members who suffer certain serious traumatic injuries in service....

Social Security Special Benefits for Qualified WWII Veterans Special benefits can be paid to certain World War II veterans. These include veterans who served in the active U.S. military from September 16, 1940 through July 24, 1947. It also includes Filipino veterans who served in the organized military of the...

Transition Assistance Program (TAP) TAP is a cooperative effort between Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS), the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Veterans Administration (VA). TAP provides career information for active duty service ...

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) USERRA protects civilian job rights and benefits for veterans and members of reserve components. USERRA makes major improvements in protecting service member rights and benefits by clarifying the law, improving enforcement mechanisms, and adding Fede...

VA - Birth Defects Assistance - Health Care - Children of Women Vietnam Veterans Health Care Program The program covers most healthcare services and supplies that are medically or psychologically necessary for the treatment of conditions related to the covered birth defect. Veteran Affairs (VA) can also reimburse expenses for travel to and from y...

VA - Birth Defects Assistance - Health Care - Spina Bifida Health Care Program The program covers most healthcare services and supplies that are medically or psychologically necessary for the treatment of conditions related to spina bifida. VA can also re...

VA - Birth Defects Assistance - Payments for Children with Spina Bifida whose Parents Served in Vietnam or Korea Spina Bifida patients who are natural children of Vietnam and Korea veterans may be eligible for a monthly monetary allowance. The allowance is paid at three different levels, depending on how severe the disability is. Please note: If you want...

VA - Birth Defects Assistance - Vocational Training for Children with Spina Bifida or Other Birth Defects VA provides a Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program for natural children diagnosed with spina bifida (except spina bifida occulta) born to certain Vietnam veterans. This program enables a qualified child to prepare for and attain suitab...

VA - Burial Benefits - Headstones and Markers for Placement in Private Cemeteries The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) furnishes upon request, at no charge to the applicant, a Government headstone or marker for the grave of any deceased eligible veteran in any ...

VA - Burial Benefits - Partial Reimbursement of Expenses VA burial allowances are partial reimbursements of eligible veterans' burial and funeral costs. When the cause of death is not service-related, VA may be able to pay two modest allowances: One for burial and funeral expense, and One for the ...

VA - Burial Benefits - Presidential Memorial Certificates A Presidential Memorial Certificate (PMC) is an engraved paper certificate, signed by the current President, to honor the memory of honorably discharged deceased veterans....

VA - Burial Benefits - Veteran & Dependent burial in VA National Cemeteries The National Cemetery Administration honors veterans with a final resting place and lasting memorials that commemorate their service to our Nation. The Department of Veterans A...

VA - Counseling - Educational and Vocational Counseling Educational and Vocational Counseling can help you - Assess your vocational interests, aptitudes and abilities Explore vocational career opportunities Select an appropriate vocational goal Address barriers that may impede success in tr...

VA - Education - Montgomery GI Bill (Active Duty) The Montgomery GI Bill (Active Duty) is an educational assistance program enacted by Congress to attract high quality men and women into the Armed Forces. The program provides education and training opportunities to eligible persons who have serv...

VA - Education - Montgomery GI Bill (Selected Reserve) The Montgomery GI Bill (Selected Reserve) is an educational assistance program enacted by Congress to attract high quality men and women into the reserve components of the Armed ...

VA - Education - Post-9/11 GI Bill The Post 9/11 GI Bill is an educational assistance program enacted by Congress for individuals with active duty service on or after September 11, 2001....

VA - Education - Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (DEA) The DEA program provides education and training opportunities to eligible dependents and survivors of certain veterans....

VA - Grant - Automobiles and Adaptive Equipment for Disabled Veterans and Servicemembers There is a one-time payment by VA of not greater than $11,000 toward the purchase of an automobile or other transportation. VA also pays for adaptive equipment, or for repair, replacement, and reinstallation of automobile equipment required because o...

VA - Grant - Specially Adapted Housing Grant Certain veterans and servicemembers with serious service-connected disabilities may be entitled to a Specially Adapted Housing Grant to build an adapted home or modify an existing home to meet their needs. There are two types of grants administered b...

VA - Health Care - Basic Medical Benefits Package for Veterans Veterans Medical Care Benefits provide outpatient medical services, hospital care, medicines, and supplies to eligible Veterans. To receive health care, Veterans generally must be enrolled in the VA health system. They may apply for enrollment at any...

VA - Health Care - Contract Hospital Care and Medical Services in Non-VA Health Care Facilities VA may authorize a non-VA health care facility to provide necessary medical care services when such services are not routinely available at a VA health care facility, or VA determines that such services can be obtained outside the VA more economicall...

VA - Health Care - Dental Care Outpatient dental treatment available to eligible veterans may include the full spectrum of diagnostic, surgical, restorative, and preventive procedures. In many cases, however, the law permits only limited kinds of care....

VA - Health Care - Domiciliary Care Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs care for a wide range of problems. A veteran's needs might be in any of the following areas- Medical Psychiatric Vocational Educational Social Treatment and rehabilita...

VA - Health Care - Foreign Medical Program The Foreign Medical Program (FMP) is a Department of Veterans (VA) health care benefits program for U.S. veterans with VA rated service-connected conditions that are residing or traveling ...

VA - Health Care - Gulf War, Agent Orange and Ionizing Radiation Registry Program In 1978, VA set up a register of Vietnam veterans who were worried that they might have been exposed to dangerous herbicides during their military service in Vietnam. Beginning in that year, Vietnam veterans were offered an extensive medical examinat...

VA - Health Care - Health Insurance for Dependents (CHAMPVA) CHAMPVA is a comprehensive health care program in which the VA shares the cost of covered health care services and supplies with eligible beneficiaries. The program is administered by Health Administration Center and our offices are located in Denver...

VA - Health Care - Home Based Primary Care VA Home Based Primary Care is a unique home care program that provides comprehensive, interdisciplinary, primary care in the homes of veterans with complex medical, social, and behavioral conditions for whom routine clinic-based care is not effective...

VA - Health Care - Nursing Home Care Nursing home care can be provided in VA or private nursing homes for veterans who are in need of care, but are not acutely ill and not in need of hospital care. Priority is given to veterans with service-connected disabilities. If space and resou...

VA - Health Care - Pharmacy Service To qualify for the prescription benefit provided by VA Pharmacy Service, you must be enrolled in and receiving health care from the VA health care system or be eligible based on one of the exceptions in the law. Only prescriptions written by a VA ...

VA - Health Care - Readjustment Counseling (Vet Centers) Readjustment counseling is a wide range of services provided to combat veterans in the effort to make a satisfying transition from military to civilian life. Services include: Individual counseling Group counseling Marital and family coun...

VA - Health Care - Respite Care VA medical centers can give the veteran's care-giver (family member or friend) a "break" by taking over the veteran's care for a limited time. VA medical centers may provide respite care to an eligible veteran for up to 30 days in a calendar year....

VA - Health Care - Services and Aids for Blind Veterans VA provides personal and social adjustment programs and medical or health-related services for eligible blinded veterans at selected VA Medical Centers maintaining blind rehabilitation centers. Assistance comes in many forms. Services include trai...

VA - Health Care - Veterans Alcohol and Drug Dependence Rehabilitation Program The Veterans Alcohol and Drug Dependence Rehabilitation Program provides medical, social, vocational, and rehabilitation therapies to eligible alcohol and drug dependent veterans. The programs offer various forms of treatment including detoxification...

VA - Health Care - Veterans Prosthetic Appliances VA provides medically prescribed prosthetic and sensory aids to eligible veterans. These aids include artificial limbs, hearing aids, communication aids, eyeglasses, orthopedic braces and shoes, wheelchairs, crutches and canes. If you need a prost...

VA - Home Loan - Construction VA guarantees a percentage of the loan. This helps the veteran obtain a no-down payment mortgage at a competitive interest rate....

VA - Home Loans - Cash Out Refinance (Regular Refinance) With this program, you can refinance your current loan, whether it's a VA-guaranteed mortgage or not. Usually, the new loan is limited to 90% of the appraised value of the house. There are a few exceptions....

VA - Home Loans - Interest Rate Reduction Refinancing Loan VA loan guarantees are made to service members, veterans, reservists and certain qualifying unmarried surviving spouses for the refinancing of a VA home loan....

VA - Home Loans - Native American Direct Loan (NADL) Program The Native American Direct Loan Program makes home loans available to eligible Native American veterans who wish to purchase, construct, or improve a home on Federal trust land. The home must be your primary residence. (It's also possible to us...

VA - Home Loans - Regular Purchase VA loan guarantees are made for the purchase of homes, condominiums and manufactured homes (when they're classified as real estate). VA guarantees a percentage of the loan. This helps the veteran obtain a no-down payment mortgage at a competitive...

VA - Life Insurance - Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) is currently available to all members of the uniformed services. SGLI is a group life insurance policy purchased by VA from a comme...

VA - Life Insurance - Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Family Coverage (FSGLI) In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be the spouse or dependent child of a service member (Active Duty or Ready Reserve) who has full-time SGLI coverage. A "dependent child" includes any unmarried child in one of the following categ...

VA - Life Insurance - Supplemental Service Disabled Veterans Insurance (Supplemental S-DVI) The Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992, provided for $20,000 of supplemental life insurance coverage to S-DVI policyholders. Premiums may not be waived on this supplemental coverage....

VA - Life Insurance - Veterans Life Insurance Policy Loans Policyholders who have permanent plans of insurance under one of the programs listed below may borrow up to 94 percent of the cash value of the policy after it has been in force for one year. United States Government Life Insurance (USGLI) - USGLI...

VA - Life Insurance - Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) VGLI is a program of post-separation insurance that provides for the conversion of SGLI to renewable term coverage. VGLI provides up to a maximum of $400,000 of insurance coverage, and is issued in $10,000 increments up to the amount of SGLI the...

VA - Life Insurance - Veterans' Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI) The Veterans' Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI) program began in 1971, and is designed to provide financial protection to cover eligible veterans' home mortgages in the event of death. The maximum amount of mortgage life insurance available for those...

VA - Survivor's Payments - Death Pension Death pension is a benefit paid to eligible dependents (surviving spouse and/or child) of deceased wartime veterans whose deaths were not related to military service....

VA - Survivors' Payments - Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) The Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) is a monthly check paid to eligible survivors....

VA - Travel Reimbursement VA can reimburse you: With a mileage allowance (in most cases), OR By paying for special kinds of transportation (ambulance, wheelchair van etc.) when such transportation is considered necessary for VA-authorized travel. ...

VA - Veterans Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability The Veterans' Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability is a benefit paid to wartime veterans with limited income who are no longer able to work....

VA - Veterans' Compensation for Service-Connected Disabilities VA Disability Compensation is a monthly payment that varies in proportion to the degree of disability. Rates for veterans with dependents may be higher. The benefits are tax-free....

VA - Vocational Rehabilitation - Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Services for Veterans with Disabilities Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment is an employment-oriented program that helps veterans with compensable service-connected disabilities to prepare for, find, and keep suitable jobs. For veterans with compensable service-connected disabil...

Veterans Preference (VP) Veterans who are disabled or who served on active duty in the armed forces during certain recognized periods, or in military campaigns, are entitled to preference over other qualified candidates from competitive lists of eligible applicants. They are...

Veterans Workforce Investment Program (VWIP) The primary objective of VWIP is to provide resources for the training necessary to prepare eligible veterans for meaningful employment within the labor force and to stimulate the development of effective service delivery strategies that will address...

Veterans' Employment & Training Service (VETS) The Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) proudly provides resources and expertise to assist and prepare veterans and service members to obtain meaningful careers, maximize their employment opportunities, and protect their employment rights...

Waiver of Insurance Premiums for Disabled Veterans Some Veterans Affairs (VA) life insurance policyholders may have their premiums waived, if they become totally disabled....

Women Health Care Benefits The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) provides comprehensive medical services for women veterans including: Health promotion and disease prevention Primary care Women's gender-specific health care, e.g., hormone replacement therapy, brea...