VA Benefits Explorer

Specialized PTSD clinical teams at nearly 200 VA facilities offering evidence-based psychotherapy (Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure), medication management, residential programs, and telehealth options.

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Interdisciplinary evaluation and rehabilitation for veterans with traumatic brain injuries, including five VA polytrauma rehabilitation centers for those with complex, multiple-system injuries.

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Inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation for veterans and active-duty service members who are blind or have low vision, including vision devices and training in their use, visual skills, and orientation and mobility training, to help them live independently.

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Monthly tax-free payment for veterans with service-connected physical or mental health conditions. Compensation amount is based on the combined disability rating (0% to 100%) and the number of dependents.

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Additional tax-free compensation above the standard rating for veterans with severe service-connected disabilities such as loss of use of a limb, blindness, need for regular aid and attendance, or being housebound.

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Allows veterans unable to maintain substantially gainful employment due to service-connected conditions to receive compensation at the 100% rate, even if their combined rating is below 100%.

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Pre-discharge program allowing servicemembers to file a disability claim 90 to 180 days before separation so VA can begin processing before the member leaves the military.

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Certain chronic conditions listed in 38 CFR 3.309(a), such as high blood pressure, arthritis, diabetes, and peptic ulcers, are presumed service-connected when they appear within 1 year after discharge from active service and are at least 10 percent disabling, with no need to show that service caused them.

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VA presumes service connection for a list of conditions, including several cancers, Type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and ischemic heart disease, for veterans who served in Vietnam or other qualifying herbicide-exposure locations.

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The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson PACT Act (2022) added more than 20 presumptive conditions, including cancers and respiratory conditions, for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins, and added presumptive-exposure locations for Agent Orange and radiation.

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Disability compensation and health care for veterans (and some family members) who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune, NC for 30+ days between August 1953 and December 1987. Compensation covers 8 presumptive conditions; VA health care covers 15 conditions with no copay.

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Presumptive service connection for radiogenic diseases for veterans who participated in atmospheric nuclear weapons testing, the occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, or other qualifying radiation exposure events.

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Presumptive service connection for chronic undiagnosed illnesses and medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illnesses for veterans who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations or in Afghanistan, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, or Jordan, plus certain infectious diseases for service in the locations VA lists.

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Presumptive service connection for a list of conditions tied to captivity, some for any length of captivity and more for 30 days or longer, when the condition becomes at least 10 percent disabling at any time after service. Former POWs are placed in health care priority group 3.

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Combat veterans may establish the in-service stressor for PTSD with a lay statement alone; no corroborating evidence of the specific event is required, streamlining the initial claim process.

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