Important Links and Phone Numbers This Page lists all Important Phone Numbers, Web Sites, To Call Capital Hill, State Veterans Offices, Armed Forces Links, Service, Help and Information Organizations for Veterans. This Page is pretty powerfully packed with a lot of info and links to all the sites any Veteran would need for help and Information. Important Phone Numbers VA Benefits-1-800-827-1000. Health Care-1-877-222-8387. Education-1-888-442-4551. Life Insurance1-800-669-8477. Debt Management-1-800-827-0648. Mammography Hotline-1-888-492-7844. Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD)-1-800-829-4833. CHAMPVA.-1-800-733-8387. Headstones and Markers-1-800-697-6947. Special Health Issues: Gulf War, Agent Orange, Project 112/Shad.1-800-749-8387. Web Sites VA Home Page www.va.gov Returning Veterans www.seamlesstransition.va.gov/ Survivors www.vba.va.gov/survivors/index.htm VA Facilities www.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp VA Forms www.va.gov/vaforms/ VA Benefit Payment Rates www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/rates/ Education Benefits www.gibill.va.gov/ Home Loan Guaranty.www.homeloans.va.gov/ Life Insurancewww.insurance.va.gov/
Voc Rehab www..vba.va.gov/bln/vre/index.htm Burial and Memorial Benefits www.cem.va.gov/ Veterans Employment and Training www.dol.gov/vets/ Federal Jobs www.usajobs.opm.gov/ Veterans Preference www.opm.gov/veterans/index.asp Records www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/ Department of Defense -http://www.defense.gov The National Archives and Records Administration is where you can order a copy of your military personnel and medical records. Always have copies of these. The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims could be your next step if your claim has been denied. Study this site carefully...you will find everything needed to take your claim to the court. You can get to the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs with this link. Are your Senators working for you? Click on this link to find out how your Senator has voted. There are lots of great links on this page...especially check out the appropriations link. Here is the link to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Find out what your reps are doing for you. You can click on this link to find out how your representative in the House has voted. Again, there are other great informational links on this page. If you want to write to the elected Representative for your district...here is the page to find them. If you want to write to your Senator...here is the page to find them. firstgov.gov is a portal that will take you to all government sites. To call Capitol Hill: U.S. House of Representatives switchboard. 202/225-3121 U.S. Senate switchboard 202/224-3121 STATE VETERANS OFFICES Here is a list of the states and links to their Veterans Offices. Once you get to your state be sure to look for county and city listings for veterans. There is lots of great help at the local level. All the States are listed and each state has it's own link.
Alabama http://www.va.state.al.us/ Arizona https://dvs.az.gov/ Alaska http://veterans.alaska.gov/ Arkansas http://www.veterans.arkansas.gov/ California https://www.calvet.ca.gov/ Colorado https://www.colorado.gov/dmva/ Connecticut http://www.ct.gov/ctva/site/default.asp Delaware http://delaware.gov/ Florida http://floridavets.org/ Georgia https://veterans.georgia.gov/ Hawaii http://www.hawaii.va.gov/ Idaho http://www.veterans.idaho.gov/benefits-a-services/ova Illinois
http://www.illinois.gov/veterans/pages/default.aspx Indiana http://www.in.gov/dva/ Iowa https://va.iowa.gov/ Kansas http://kcva.ks.gov/ Kentucky http://veterans.ky.gov/benefits/fieldreps/pages/default.aspx Louisiana http://www.vetaffairs.la.gov/ Maine http://www.maine.gov/dvem/bvs/ Maryland http://veterans.maryland.gov/ Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/veterans/utility/contact.html Michigan http://www.michigan.gov/dmva Minnesota http://mn.gov/mdva/ Mississippi http://www.vab.ms.gov/ Missouri http://mvc.dps.mo.gov/
Montana http://montanadma.org/montana-veterans-affairs Nebraska https://veterans.nebraska.gov/ Nevada http://www.veterans.nv.gov/ New Hampshire http://www.nh.gov/nhveterans/ New Jersey http://www.state.nj.us/military/ New Mexico http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/ New York https://veterans.ny.gov/ North Carolina http://www.milvets.nc.gov/ North Dakota http://www.nd.gov/veterans/ Ohio http://dvs.ohio.gov/ Oklahoma http://odva.ok.gov/ Oregon http://www.oregon.gov/odva/pages/index.aspx Pennsylvania
http://www.dmva.pa.gov/pages/default.aspx#.vvktn0zkywe Rhode Island http://www.vets.ri.gov/ South Carolina http://va.sc.gov/ South Dakota http://vetaffairs.sd.gov/ Tennessee https://www.tn.gov/veteran/ Texas http://www.tvc.state.tx.us/ Utah http://veterans.utah.gov/ Vermont http://veterans.vermont.gov/ova Virginia http://www.dvs.virginia.gov/ Washington http://www.dva.wa.gov/ West Virginia http://www.veterans.wv.gov/pages/default.aspx Wisconsin http://dva.state.wi.us/pages/home.aspx Wyoming http://wyomilitary.wyo.gov/veterans/
District of Columbia http://www.washingtondc.va.gov/ Back to top of States List ARMED SERVICES Here are links to the armed services: ARMY http://www.army.mil/ NAVY http://www.navy.mil/ AIR FORCE http://www.af.mil/ MARINES http://www.marines.mil/ COAST GUARD http://www.uscg.mil/ SERVICE, HELP AND INFORMATION ORGANIZATIONS FOR VETERANS The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)- http://www.vfw.org/, is one of the best organizations when it comes to fighting for your benefits. even if you are not a member the VFW has Service Officers at most VA facilities who can help you with your claims. The American Legion - http://www.legion.org/, is the largest veterans organization in the world. Again, a great source of information and help if you need it. The Legion can represent you in the claims process and you don't have to be a member. A great organization with incredible resources and lots of information is the Disabled American Veterans (DAV)- https://www.dav.org/. Just click the link to peruse their services and see if they might be able to help with your particular situation. Here is the link to AMVETS- http://www.amvets.org/, another great service organization. Even if you aren't a Vietnam vet the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)- http://www.vva.org/, can provide great information on VA benefits and dealing with the VA. This is a great site to explore.
USDR is the Uniformed Services Disabled Retirees. This is a great site for retirees who are disabled. Always up-to-date information. Find them here (http://www.naus.org/) For veterans' legal assistance in the Los Angeles area... http://www.lafla.org/ and http://www.innercitylaw.org/. Blue Water Navy( http://www.bluewaternavy.org/)... Dioxin exposure information for sailors. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) (http://iava.org/)... formerly known as Operation Truth. The National Gulf War Resource Center provides incredible information for anyone who served in the Gulf at any time. The site is NGWRC.org.(http://www.ngwrc.org/)