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	United States Department of Veterans Affairs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for administering programs of veterans benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors.
		Veterans with a 50% service-connected disability (ie: losing a limb in battle, PTSD, etc) are provided comprehensive care and medicines at no charge.
		If a veteran is dealing with a problem that started or was aggravated due to military service, it is still advisable for that person to go to a VA Regional Office and apply for a service connected disability.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs (660 words)

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		Department -STATUTE- (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs is an executive department of the United States.
		Secretary of Veterans Affairs -STATUTE- There is a Secretary of Veterans Affairs, who is the head of the Department and is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
		Unless the President designates another officer of the Government, the Deputy Secretary shall be Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs during the absence or disability of the Secretary or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Secretary.
	law2.house.gov /download/pls/38C3.txt (7730 words)

	Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs - State Laws Affecting Veterans
		It is the duty and purpose of the Department to fully develop and maintain a comprehensive statewide veterans' assistance program; to assist the veteran and his dependents in all their problems and to inform them of all their rights and entitlements under "veterans" laws.
		Any veteran resident requiring special mechanical control devices to operate a vehicle because of service-connected disabilities; or a veteran whose service-connection exceed 50%, may be entitled to a special license plate for all vehicles owned by the veteran (solely or jointly).
		The veteran must have been a permanent civilian resident of the State of Alabama for at least one year immediately prior to (a) the initial entry into active military service or (b) any subsequent period of military service in which a break in service occurred and the Alabama civilian residency was established.
	www.va.state.al.us /laws.htm (2737 words)

	Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Military Funeral Honors Page
		The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs' Military Funeral Honors Program is designed to complement and augment existing federal and local programs that provide this solemn and dignified ceremony to honor a deceased veteran at the time of burial.
		Veterans groups who complete the certification program will not only gain updated procedures and information on conducting honors, but will also be certified if their organization desires to apply for the reimbursement of honors when federal funds become available.
		Veterans groups that perform honors are eligible under the state program to recieve a stipend of up to $50 for expenses incurred while performing honors.
	www.dva.state.wi.us /Ben_funeralhonors.asp (1667 words)

	AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
		The commissioner shall have sole power to remove any veteran whose care and treatment is paid for by the state from any hospital to another and shall appoint such agents as are necessary to see that veterans admitted to hospitals are receiving necessary food, clothing, care and treatment.
		The commitment of a veteran to the Veterans' Administration or other agency of the United States government by a court of another state or of the District of Columbia, under a similar provision of law, shall have the same force and effect as if such commitment were made by a court of this state.
		or her body be buried in said veterans' cemetery, or (2) the spouse or other next of kin may apply to the commissioner to have the body of such veteran buried in said veterans' cemetery, and in either case such request shall be granted.
	www.cga.ct.gov /2004/act/Pa/2004PA-00169-R00SB-00239-PA.htm (3000 words)

	Representative Christopher H. Smith - (NJ04) - Recognizing the Department of Veterans Affairs
		The Department of Veterans Affairs is the second largest federal agency in terms of employees, with over 220,000 dedicated men and women providing a range of vital benefits and services for veterans around the country.
		The Department of Veterans Affairs maintains a national network of veterans’ cemeteries for our nation’s veterans, consisting of 119 national cemeteries in 39 states and Puerto Rico and also administers six life insurance programs with 2.2 million policies in force having a face value of $22 billion.
		Speaker, it is an honor for me to work on behalf of our nation’s veterans and I want to pay tribute to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and especially all of their gifted and dedicated employees, on the 13th anniversary of their becoming a full Cabinet Department of the federal government.
	www.house.gov /chrissmith/news/press2003/prvaanniv.htm (744 words)

	Canada: Top court to rule on veterans' pensions
		In the 1980s, veterans and their heirs began to complain of the unfairness of this.
		In 1990, the federal government passed an amendment to the Department of Veterans Affairs Act which started paying interest — but included in the bill a clause saying that no claim could be made for any interest or principal prior to 1990.
		Lawyers representing the veterans estimate that the federal government could be liable for between $1.5 billion to $5.5 billion.
	www.globalaging.org /elderrights/world/veteran.htm (587 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Veterans - Authorson case
		The government also amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act so veterans can't sue for retroactive interest on their pensions and other money held by the government between 1919 and 1990.
		And an auditor general's report from the mid-1980s showed the Department of Veterans Affairs was aware it had neglected the duties of a trustee.
		The Supreme Court agrees that the veterans are owed decades of interest on their pension and benefit funds.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/veterans/authorson_case.html (1020 words)

	Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Backlog Reduction Act of 2003
		This Act may be cited as the `Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Backlog Reduction Act of 2003'.
		Receipt of such a claim by a County Veterans Service Officer under this Act shall be treated for all purposes as receipt of the claim by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
		Veterans' information contained in the Benefits Delivery Network of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be accessible to County Veterans Service Offices in order to provide County Veterans Service Offices with online access to client information contained in the Department of Veterans Affairs database.
	www.theorator.com /bills108/s1186.html (1032 words)

	Embassy of the United States in Manila : Veterans Affairs
		Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces have the same entitlement to monetary benefits in the Philippines that they would have in the United States with the exception of Home Loans and related programs which are not available here.
		(4) Clothing Allowance - payable to a veteran who is entitled to receive compensation for a service-connected disability for which he or she uses prosthetic or orthopedic appliances that tends to wear out or lear clothing or whose service-connected skin condition requires prescribed medication which irreparably damages the veteran's outer garments.
		If the veteran's death is service-conndected, VA will pay a burial allowance up to $750 (in Philippine peso equivalent) instead of the $150 basic allowance and the $75 plot allowance.
	manila.usembassy.gov /wwwh3031.html (1332 words)

	House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
		H.R. 3735, the Department of Veterans Affairs Overpayment Act of 2002:
		As currently formulated, veterans’ pension benefits paid by the VA are based on taxable income and therefore are reduced for those veterans with larger incomes.
		As a matter of our advocacy, AMVETS believes that totally disabled veterans are under compensated, and we urge Congress to understand that service-connected needs of veterans should be given the highest priority, and that service-connected compensation and death benefits should be liberal and generous.
	www.house.gov /va/hearings/schedule107/jun02/6-11-02/rjones.html (1531 words)

	AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS
		By law, honorably discharged veterans are eligible for admission to the state VHH if they served 90 days on active duty during wartime, as defined by CGS § 27-103, unless they were separated earlier because of a service-connected disability or the war lasted less than 90 days and they served for its duration.
		By law, honorably discharged veterans who served during wartime as defined in CGS § 27-122b are eligible for burial in the state veterans' cemetery.
		It appears that, in practice, the Veterans Affairs Department uses the wars listed in CGS § 27-103 to determine eligibility for burial in the cemetery.
	www.cga.ct.gov /2004/ba/2004SB-00239-R000080-BA.htm (377 words)

	House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Legislation to increase, as of December 1, 2005, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
		Legislation to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot project on the use of educational assistance under programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs to defray training costs associated with the purchase of certain franchise enterprises.
		Legislation to extend and expand the application of the Department of Veterans Affairs benefit for Government markers for marked graves of veterans buried in private cemeteries and to provide Government markers or memorial headstones for deceased dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable for burial.
	veterans.house.gov /legislation/index.html (1300 words)

	Notice of Class Certification - Veterans Affairs Canada
		V-1 as amended or revised or under any of its predecessor Acts, or in the administration of private monies owned by the veteran class members, all of which sums were administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the Canada Pension Commission, or their predecessor bodies.
		The representative plaintiffs also allege that section 5.1(4) of the Department of Veterans Affairs Act, which purports to take away the right of action or such damages accruing prior to January 1, 1990, and s.
		In the individual assessment process, Counsel for the representative plaintiff are not obliged to protect the interests of an individual Class member if they have a serious ethical concern relating to the Class Member's claim, and if such is the case, they will advise that individual class member or his or her representatives in writing.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /clients/sub.cfm?source=classa/notice (1498 words)

	Government's 50 Greatest Endeavors: Support Veterans' Readjustment and Training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The second bill was the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, now popularly known as "The GI bill." This monumental legislation offered returning veterans money for education, unemployment insurance, and housing.
		The Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 provided returning Korean War veterans with mustering-out pay and the same education, unemployment, and housing benefits contained in the GI bill.
		That year, Congress approved a plan to upgrade the VA to the new cabinet-level Department of Veterans’ Affairs [http://www.va.gov/].
	www.brookings.edu /gs/cps/50ge/endeavors/veterans.htm (369 words)

	Department of Veterans Affairs Act
		Department of Veterans Affairs Act (R.S., 1985, c.
		This Act may be cited as the Department of Veterans Affairs Act.
		The Governor in Council may appoint an officer called the Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs to hold office during pleasure and to be the deputy head of the Department.
	lois.justice.gc.ca /en/V-1/text.html (2238 words)

	Department of Veterans Affairs Reorganization Act of 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Department of Veterans Affairs Reorganization Act of 2002
		This Act may be cited as the `Department of Veterans Affairs Reorganization Act of 2002'.
		Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 38, United States Code.
	www.theorator.com /bills107/s2186.html (239 words)

	Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Education Benefits Page
		The veteran’s spouse must be a co-applicant, and all loans require security of either a mortgage or a guarantor.
		In addition, a remarried spouse of a deceased eligible veteran may be eligible for a PLP for the education of the veteran’s children.
		The ACME program is designed for active military personnel and veterans to create and maintain a transcript of their military experience.
	dva.state.wi.us /Ben_education.asp (924 words)

	Supervisors War Service Benefits Act - Veterans Affairs Canada
		Users of this administrative consolidation are reminded that it is prepared only for convenience of reference of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs and its associated agencies and that, as such, it has no official sanction.
		(b) for the purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs Act, to have served in the naval, army or air forces of Her Majesty; and
		Acts under the responsibility of the Minister of Veterans Affairs
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=department/legislation/swsba (252 words)

	U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For the latest news on Department of Veterans Affairs issues and activities, click here or on the links below.
		Special Outreach - Important information for all veterans no matter where they live, but especially for veterans who live in the states of Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey and Ohio where the average amount of VA disability compensation paid is lower than in other states.
		Returning Veterans - Benefits information and assistance for returning Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve service members who have participated in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
	www.va.gov (224 words)

	Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
		VA wants to be sure all veterans receiving VA compensation know how to apply for increased benefits if their disabilities have worsened or they have additional disabilities related to their service.
		VA also wants to be sure that all veterans not currently receiving VA compensation are aware of the VA disability benefits that are available and know how to apply for them.
		On April 19, 2006, the 2006 Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents booklet was made available on-line in PDF format.
	www.vba.va.gov (294 words)

	healthfinder® — Department of Veterans Affairs - DVA
		The Veterans Administration was established in 1930 and elevated to cabinet level on March 15, 1989, and is now the Department of Veterans Affairs.
		The VA provides a wide range of veterans' benefits in such areas as health care, education, housing, disability pensions, and life insurance.
		Veterans with service-related illnesses or injuries receive priority for VA medical services, and special consideration is also given to veterans who are in financial need, over 65 years old, or holders of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
	healthfinder.gov /orgs/HR1604.htm (200 words)

	Department of Veterans Affairs
		"I am proud to serve as the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Veterans, an organization committed to ensuring that Minnesota’s veterans, their dependents and survivors receive the full measure of benefits and services to which they are entitled.
		The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs is dedicated to meeting the needs of this unique group of citizens by delivering innovative, proven and cost effective programs and services, in recognition of the sacrifices our veterans have made in defense of the freedoms and liberties we all enjoy”
		Mission: To act as an advocate for Minnesota veterans, their dependents and survivors in their pursuit of benefits related to their service in the armed forces of the United States.
	www.departmentresults.state.mn.us /vets/index.html (281 words)

	DSL LegalLinks - U.S. Government Resources - Veterans Affairs
		Part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the BVA reviews benefit claims determinations made by local VA offices and issues decisions on appeals.
		The House Committee on Veterans Affairs oversees issues concerning veterans and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
		The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs is responsible for all matters relating to veterans’ compensation and veterans matters generally.
	www.dsl.psu.edu /library/lrr/links/usg/topics/veterans.html (260 words)

	Welcome to the Indiana Department of Veterans' Affairs - State Approving Agency Programs
		The State Approving Agency (SAA) is a division of the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs tasked with the responsibility of approving public schools, universities, and apprenticeship programs for those eligible for GI Bill educational benefits.
		The State Approving Agency (SAA) was established by act of congress in 1947 to insure that veterans/eligible dependents can use the GI Bill educational entitlement in an approved educational and/or training program.
		Basic guidelines for approval are derived from the code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Regulations and established SAA approving criteria.
	www.in.gov /veteran/saa (258 words)

	DSL LegalLinks - U.S. Government Resources - Department of Veterans
		The Department of Veterans Affairs was established as an executive department by the Department of Veterans Affairs Act.
		It is comprised of three organizations that administer veterans programs: the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the National Cemetery Administration.
		The Department of Veterans Affairs operates programs to benefit veterans and members of their families.
	www.dsl.psu.edu /library/lrr/links/usg/branchdept/deptveterans.html (128 words)

	Department of Veterans Services
		And since it was founded in 1942, the Virginia Department of Veterans Services has served those who served.
		The department operates 19 field offices across the Commonwealth where Veterans Service Representatives stand ready to assist you in accessing your federal and state veterans benefits.
		We also operate two veterans cemeteries and a veterans care center, with a second care center under construction.
	www.dvs.virginia.gov (124 words)

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