Va Form 21-0501 - Veterans Benefits Timetable printable pdf download

VETERANS BENEFITS TIMETABLE

Information for Veterans Recently Separated from Active Military Service

BENEFITS AND SERVICES

TIME LIMIT

WHERE TO APPLY

Disability Compensation: VA pays monthly compensation to veterans for

disabilities incurred or aggravated during military service. This benefit is not

subject to Federal or State income tax. Entitlement is established from the date of

Any VA office

separation if the claim is filed within one year from separation. Generally, military

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or call

retirement pay is reduced by any VA compensation received. Income from Special

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Separation Benefits (SSB) and Voluntary Separation Incentives (VSI) affects the

or file at

amount of VA compensation paid.

Disability Pension: This income-based benefit is paid to veterans with honorable

war-time service who are permanently and totally disabled due to

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nonservice-connected disabilities or who are 65 or older.

Medical: VA provides a wide range of health care services to veterans

including treatment for military sexual trauma, and for conditions possibly

related to exposure to Agent Orange, ionizing radiation, and other environmental

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hazards in the Persian Gulf. Generally, veterans must be

enrolled in VA’s Health Care System to receive care.

Five years from date

Combat Veterans:

If discharged from active duty

Any VA medical

of discharge from

on or after January 28, 2003

VA provides free health care for veterans

facility or call

active duty

who served in a theater of combat operations

1-877-222-8387

or file at

after November 11, 1998, for

If discharged from active duty

any illness possibly related to their service

before January 28, 2003,

Until

and were not enrolled as of

January 27, 2011

in that theater.

January 28, 2008

Dental: Veterans may receive one-time dental treatment if they were not provided

treatment within 90 days before separation from active duty. The time limit does

180 days

from separation

not apply to veterans with dental conditions resulting from service-connected

wounds or injuries.

Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty (Chapter 30)

10 years from release from

last period of active duty. Limited

extensions available.

Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP)

14 years from the date of eligibility

for the program, or until released

from the

Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve

Selected Reserve or

Education

National Guard, whichever occurs

(Chapter - 1606)

and

Any VA office

first. Some extensions

Training:

available if activated.

or call

1-888-GIBILL-1

Up to

(1-888-442-4551)

No time limit as long as individual

remains in the same level of the

36 months of

or file at

Ready Reserve from which called to

benefits for:

active duty. There are exceptions

for discharge due

to disability or transfer from the

IRR to the Selected Reserve. REAP

Reserve Educational Assistance Program

participants who separated from the

(REAP/Chapter 1607)

Selected Reserve after completing

their service contract under other

than dishonorable conditions are

now eligible for REAP benefits for

10 years after they are separated

from the Selected Reserve.

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment: VA helps veterans with

Generally 12 years from

Any VA office

service-connected disabilities prepare for, find and keep suitable employment. For

VA notice

or call

veterans with serious service-connected disabilities, VA also offers services to

to veteran of at

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improve their ability to live as independently as possible. Some of the services

least a 10 percent

or file at

offered are: job search, vocational evaluation, career exploration, vocational

disability rating.

training, education training and rehabilitation service.

Home Loan: Veterans with qualifying service are eligible for VA home loan

services including guaranteed loans for the purchase of a home, manufactured

Any VA office

home, manufactured home and lot, certain types of condominiums, or to build,

or call

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repair, and improve homes. Certain disabled veterans can receive grants to have

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their homes specially adapted to their needs. Native Americans living on Trust

Land may qualify for a direct home loan.

Continued on Reverse

21-0501

VA FORM

SUPERSEDES VA FORM 21-0501, MAR 2008,

MAY 2008

WHICH WILL NOT BE USED.

Va Form 21-0501 - Veterans Benefits Timetable

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