The Self-Help Guide for Veterans of the Gulf War

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From the Self-help Guide for Veterans of the Gulf War:

This Self-Help Guide (Guide) is intended to help you, a veteran of the Gulf War, and your family understand what may have happened to you in the Gulf War and tell you about the benefits that are available to you from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In addition to being potentially eligible for compensation designed specifically for Gulf War veterans with undiagnosed illnesses (so called “Gulf War Syndrome” or “Desert Storm Diseases”), you are also potentially eligible for regular VA disability benefits. You should consider both types of compensation benefits.

This Guide describes the VA’s regular service-connected compensation and non-service-connected pension programs. The Guide then explains the disability and medical benefits that are unique to veterans of the Gulf War. A short overview of the VA claims process is included to help you understand how best to present a claim for any VA benefit.

As you read, please remember that this Guide is a basic overview designed to help you deal with what may have happened to you in the Gulf War and to help you and your advocate obtain VA disability or pension benefits and medical care. It does not cover every problem that may confront veterans of the Gulf War. Military personnel on active duty who become ill will also find this Guide a helpful start.

The VA claims process can be both complicated and confusing. No single publication can cover every situation. To five yourself the best chance of winning VA benefits, read this Guide to get an understanding of the VA benefits system, and get someone to help you, someone who will act on your behalf — and advocate or representative. You can get free representation through a network of advocates who work for national, state, and county service organizations. (You don’t have to me a member of a service organization to get free help from it.) For more detailed information, you may want to read The Veterans Self-Help Guide on VA Claims, which (like this Guide) is published by the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) and distributed by Veterans Resource Network Association to Veterans Resource Network Association members.

There are many private, VA, and Department of Defense (DOD) programs for Gulf War veterans; research efforts; Gulf War veterans associations; hotlines; websites; an on-going efforts to solve the causes of, and compensate, ill veterans and their families. This Guide describes most of them and provides contact information.

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