Home Loan Guaranty

VA guarantees loans to purchase a home, manufactured home, certain types of condominiums; or to build, repair, and improve homes. This benefit may be used to refinance an existing home loan. Certain disabled veterans can receive grants to have their home specially adapted to their needs. Native Americans living on Trust Land may qualify for a direct home loan. Basic eligibility requirements are:  Selected Reserve or National GuardWhen eligibility is based on reserve service, the individual must have completed six years of honorable service. If he/she was dischargeddue to service-connected disability, the required service time could be less. Active Duty - When eligibility is based on current

active duty service, eligibility begins after 181 days of active service (or 90 days during the Gulf War) unless discharged or separated from a previous qualifying period of active duty service. 

 Home Loan Guaranty - Certificate of Eligibility

toll-free - 1-888-244-6711 – East of the Mississippi River toll-free - 1-888-487-1970 – West of the Mississippi River 

Burial Benefits 

Burial benefits for veterans may include a gravesite inany of our 120 national cemeteries 

with available space, 

opening and closing of the grave, perpetual care, a Government headstone or marker, a grave liner for casketed remains, a burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, at no cost to the family. VA can pay a burial allowance of $2000 for veterans who died of service-related causes. For other veterans receiving VA benefits, VA can pay $300 for burial and funeral expenses and a $300 plot allo

wance. 

A U.S. flag for burial purposes is issued for individuals who complete at least one enlistment in the SelectedReserve or National Guard, or

who 

was discharged 

due to service-connected disability or 

whose death 

was the result of service. A flag can also be issued for individuals 

who at the time of death 

were eligible for 

retirement pay based on Selected Reserve or national Guard Service, or 

would have been entitled had the 

member attained age 60. 

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1-800-827-1000Health Benefits 877-222-8387 Education Benefits 888-442-4551

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Environmental Health 800-749-8387 Headstones (statusof claims only) 800-697-6947 TelecommunicationDevice for Deaf (TDD) 800-829-4833 Direct Deposit 877-838-2778 VA Web Sitewww.va.gov

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Organizations 

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The primary factor in determining basic eligibility to V

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benefits is “veteran status,”

which is established by

active military, naval, or air service and a discharge or release from active service under conditions other than dishonorable. 

Reservists 

who served on active duty establish 

veteran status and may therefore be eligible for V

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benefits, depending on the length of active military service and the character of discharge or release. Inaddition, reservists 

who are never called to active 

duty may qualify for some VA benefits.

National Guard members can establish eligibility for VA benefits only if the President activated the

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federal duty.

Health Care

Generally veterans must be enrolled to receive health care services. Reservists and National Guard members activated for federal duty can qualify for anumber of health care services provided by VA.  Hospital, outpatient medical, dental, pharmacy and prosthetic services  Domiciliary, nursing home, and community-based residential care  Sexual trauma counseling  Specialized health care for 

women veterans

 Health and rehabilitation programs for homeless veterans  Readjustment counseling  Alcohol and drug dependency treatment  Medical evaluation for military service exposure, including Gulf War, Agent Orange, Ionizing Radiation, and certain other environmental hazards.

VA has extended health care benefits for combat veterans. In 1998, VA 

was authorized to provide a 

broad range of health care services to U.S. veteranswho served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during a period of war after the Persian Gulf War or in combat against a hostile force during aperiod of hostilities after November 11, 1998.

Such

veterans are eligible for 2 years after leaving the military for VA hospital care, medical services, andnursing home care for any illness, even if there is insufficient medical evidence to conclude that their illness 

was a result of their combat service. 

Under this authority, health care may not be provided for any disability that is found to have resulted from acause other than the service at issue; for example, conditions existing before military service andconditions that began following military combat, like broken bones occurring after separation fro

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duty.Reservists and members of the National Guard 

who 

served on active duty in a theater of combat may beeligible for VA health care under this authority. Veterans 

with health concerns that may be related to 

combat are encouraged to seek a medical evaluation at a local VA medical facility. The families of reservists’ may also be eligible for counseling in the Readjustment Counseling Center Program. 

Disability Benefits 

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disabilities are considered “service-connected.”Additional benefits for the member and his/her dependents or survivors may apply. Pension: This income-based benefit is paid to 

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