Board of Veterans' Appeals (searchable): http://www.index.va.gov/search/va/bva.html

 

Courts:

 

Supreme Court of the United States http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

 

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/

 

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims http://www.vetapp.gov/

 

DoD Boards (BCMRs, DRBs):

 

     Army DRB & BCMR: http://arba.army.pentagon.mil/

 

     Reading Room (All Branches): http://boards.law.af.mil/

 

Federal Register: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

 

News: Legal

 

How Appealing (Howard Basham) http://howappealing.law.com/

 

SCotUS Blog (Akin Gump) http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/ 

 

BVA's Law Review http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/lawReview_contents.htm

 

ABA Journal http://www.abajournal.com/

 

Law.Com http://www.law.com

 

News: VA

 

VA Watchdog http://www.vawatchdog.org/

 

Lawyers & Computers:

 

The Connected Lawyer http://www.theconnectedlawyer.com/

 

Legal Writing:

 

Legalwriting.net Blog (Wayne Schiess) http://blog.legalwriting.net/
 
The (New) Legal Writer (Raymond Ward) http://raymondpward.typepad.com/newlegalwriter/
 
Writing, Clear and Simple http://rmjacobsen.squarespace.com/
 
Library of Congress (Thomas): http://thomas.loc.gov/

 

Science & Medicine:

 

Medscape http://www.medscape.com 

NAL's Alvin L. Young Collection re Agent Orange http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/findaids/agentorange/index.htm

 

Solicitor General (Briefs): http://www.usdoj.gov/osg/

 

U.S. Code: http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml

 

VA Resources:

 

Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission http://www.vetscommission.org/

 

VA Disability Examination Worksheets: http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/exams/index.htm 

 

VA's Adjudications Manual M21-1 http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/M21_1MR.html

 

VA GC's Precedential Opinions http://www.va.gov/ogc/precedentopinions.asp

 

VA's Monday Morning Workload Reports http://www.vba.va.gov/reports/mmwr/

 

VA Health Administration Handbooks http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/publications.cfm?Pub=2

 

VA Finance Handbooks, Bulletins, Etc http://www.va.gov/publ/direc/finance/finance.htm

 

VA Clinicians Guide http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/guide/cliniciansguide.doc  

 

VA Patient Safety Alerts http://www.patientsafety.gov/alerts.html

 

VA Medication Safety Alerts http://www.pbm.va.gov/VACenterForMedicationSafety-Index.aspx

 

VA criteria for reimbursement of travel expenses of beneficiaries http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/library/faqs/benetravelfaq.asp

 

VA Education Programs https://www.gibill.va.gov/pamphlets/CH35/CH35_Pamphlet_General.htm


Social Security Administration
www.ssa.gov
(800)772-1213

Benefits Check Up
www.benefitscheckup.org
(202)479-1200


Organizations Useful to Seniors:

Veterans of Foreign Wars
www.vfw.org

American Legion
www.legion.org

Tricare Military Health Plan
www.tricare.osd.mil
(800)931-9501

Society of Certified Senior Advisors
www.society-csa.com
(800)653-1785

Administration on Aging
www.aoa.gov
(800)677-1116

First Gov for Seniors
www.seniors.gov

American Association For Retired People
www.aarp.org
(888)687-2277

Funeral Consumers Alliance
www.funerals.org
(802)482-3437


Resources for disabled seniors:

National Association for Home Care
www.nahc.org
(202)547-7424

Eldercare Locator
www.eldercare.gov
(800) 677-1116

National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers
www.caremanager.org
(521)881-8008

Medicare's Interactive
www.medicare.gov

Senior Care Ratings
www.nursinghomereports.com
(781)431-7033

Aging with Dignity
www.agingwithdignity.org
(888)594-7437

Partnership for Caring
www.parnershipforcaring.org
(800)989-9455

National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
www.nhpco.org
(703)837-1500

Last Acts
www.lastacts.org
(703)827-8771

Mesothelioma Support
www.mesotheliomaweb.org
(877)367-6376


Resources for senior health needs:

Medicare
www.medicare.gov
(800) 633-4227

Medicaid
cms.hhs.gov
(215)861-4216

Center for Disease Control

www.cdc.gov
(800)311-3435

American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org
(800)242-8721

American Stroke Association
www.strokeassociation.org
(888)478-7653

American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org
(800)232-3472

American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
(800)227-2345

Alzheimer's Association
www.alz.org
(800)272-3900

Food Safety
www.foodsafety.gov
(888)723-3366

Partners Against Pain
www.partnersagainstpain.com
(203)588-8000