Resources

We have included a few useful links to external websites to help you find what you are looking for:

• Social Security Administration
• Social Security Office Locator
• Veterans Administration
• Veterans Law Library
• Board of Veterans Appeals
• US Court of Appeals for Veterans’ Claims
• US Courts
• FindLaw
• Aging.com

Department of Veterans Affairs Pages

• Home Page
  • VA History in Brief
  • Guide to Benefits
  • VA’s Strategic Plan
  • VA’s Performance and Accountability Report
  • Application for Compensation or Pension Benefits
  • Veterans Law Review
• List of Regional Offices (ROs)
• Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) Home Page
  • BVA Chairman’s Annual Reports to Congress
  • BVA Guide to the Appeals Process
• VA’s List of State Veterans Affairs Offices
• VA’s List of Veterans Service Organizations

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

• Home Page
• Opinions
• Calendar of Upcoming Arguments
• Audio of Oral Argument Search Tool
• Statistics

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC)

• Home Page
• Opinions
• List of Upcoming Arguments
• Audio of Oral Arguments
• CAVC Annual Reports

Organizations of Veterans Representatives

The following are groups of attorneys (and non-attorney representatives) who represent veterans in individual claims for benefits:

• Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program
• National Veterans Legal Services Program
• National Organization of Veterans Advocates
• CAVC Bar Association

Major Chartered Veterans Service Organizations

The following is a partial list of congressionally-chartered service organizations authorized to represent veterans before VA. For additional groups, please refer to VA’s List of Veterans Service Organizations.

• The American Legion
• AMVETS
• Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
• Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
• Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)
• Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)

Useful Military Service Websites

• National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)
• DoD Information on Verifying Chemical and Biological Exposures
• Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
  (Useful for verifying “brown water” service in Vietnam.)

Downloads

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