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• Wounded, Ill & Injured Compensation & Benefits Handbook

  Provides a handbook that helps Service Members who are wounded, ill or injured, as well as the family members who are taking care of them, navigate through the military and disability, evaluation, compensation and benefits programs that are designed to help them. This link opens a 64-page PDF document.

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• Disability Compensation Benefits

  Fact sheet from the VA on disability compensation benefits, a benefit paid to a Veteran because of injuries or diseases that happened while on active duty, or were made worse by active military service.  Includes information on who is eligible, how much the VA pays and how to apply.

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• Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool (BEST)

  This tool screens for eligibility for Medicare, Social Security Disability, Social Security Retirement, Social Security Survivors, Special Veterans and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.

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• How to Apply for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

  Describes how the LIHEAP may be able to help keep you and your family safe and healthy. Includes an overview of the program and the information needed to apply. This link opens a PDF document. This information is also available in Spanish.

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• 2-1-1 California

  2-1-1 is a free and confidential way to find out about important health and human services programs in your community. Call 2-1-1 for information about health care, help paying rent and utility bills, transportation services, job training, mental health counseling and much more.

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• Frequently Asked Questions - TRICARE & Social Security

  Provides answers to questions about how being eligible for Social Security benefits can affect TRICARE eligibility.

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• Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) - GPS Home Program

  Offers direct financial assistance through grants to provide stability (GPS) to eligible Veterans to prevent homelessness. Provides assistance for necessary utilities, such as gas, water and electricity. Download the Assistance for Individual Form and fax or mail completed form to DVNF.

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• DoD Disability Severance Pay

  MyArmyBenefits provides information on disability severance pay by Army unit and service member status.

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• Disability Evaluation System (DES)

  Learn how to navigate the DES, including how much disability compensation you are entitled to receive, whether you will be placed on a Temporary Disability Retired List or Permanent Disability Retired List and what it means to be on either list. 

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• Analysis of Differences in Disability Compensation in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Volumes 1 & 2

  Provides analytical support by reporting on the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)'s detailed scientific study of the state-by-state and VA regional office variation in disability compensation claims, ratings and monetary benefits. These volumes present the study methods, analysis, findings and recommendations.

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