Useful Materials And Links

COVID-19 Resources

• Coronavirus FAQs: What Veterans need to know: https://www.va.gov/coronavirus-veteran-frequently-asked-questions/
• Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) FAQs: https://www.edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019/faqs.htm
• Coronavirus: Resources, Updates, and What You Should Know: https://home.treasury.gov/coronavirus
• IRS guidelines on how to obtain your stimulus check: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/economic-impact-payments-what-you-need-to-know
• Link to IRS tax filing assistance: https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free
• California Franchise Tax Board: https://www.ftb.ca.gov/about-ftb/newsroom/covid-19/index.html
• Department of Veterans Affairs frequently asked questions concerning coronavirus: https://www.va.gov/coronavirus-veteran-frequently-asked-questions/
• Internal Revenue Service: https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus
• Orange County Courts: https://www.occourts.org/media-relations/CoronaVirusUpdate.html
• Riverside Courts: https://riverside.courts.ca.gov/PublicNotices/COVID-19-Virus-Response.php
• Los Angeles Courts: https://www.lacourt.org
• Orange County health information a resources: https://occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/guidelines#Households
• Employer Support of the Guard and Reserves Covid Resources: https://www.esgr.mil/News-Events/COVID-19-Resources

Useful Materials and Links

• Article on Veterans Legal Institute's partnership with Starbucks: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/starbucks-helps-provide-legal-services-veterans
• Orange County Veterans Study OC Vets study.pdf
• Estimating your Post-9/11 G.I. Bill Benefits: http://m.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/04/14/estimate-your-education-costs-just-few-clicks-gi-bill-comparison-tool
• Ms. Balta’s appearance on Local Edition of PBS discussing veterans issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZALvp9Kll5U
• Orange County Register Article about Ms. Balta’s receipt of the Orange County Black Chamber of Commerce’s Community Leadership Award: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/first-632491-business-group.html
• Department of Defense Announces Guidance for Upgrading Discharge Requests: http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=16915
• Office of General Counsel Accreditation FAQs: http://www.va.gov/ogc/accred_faqs.asp

Appeals

• U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: http://www.uscourts.cavc.gov/
• Board of Veteran’s Appeals: http://www.bva.va.gov/
• “How Do I Appeal?” Brochure (BVA): http://www.bva.va.gov/docs/Pamphlets/010202A.pdf

Veterans Benefits & General Information

• Resources and information for veterans and their families: http://www.militaryconnection.com/veterans/veteran
• Federal Benefits Handbook for Veterans, Dependents & Survivors (2011): http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book.asp
• Center for Women Veterans: http://www.va.gov/womenvet/
• Department of Veterans Affairs: http://www.va.gov/
• EBenefits (Online VA Benefits): https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits-portal/ebenefits.portal
• EVetRecs (Discharge Documents Online): http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/
• Electronic Code of Federal Regulations Title 38: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=1ae742bee69025407334fd77281b5fcb&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38tab_02.tpl
• G.I. Bill Website: http://www.gibill.va.gov/
• Homeless Veterans VA Website: http://www.va.gov/homeless/
• My HealtheVet (Online VA Health Records): http://www.myhealth.va.gov/
• Veterans Crisis Line (Suicide Prevention Lifeline): www.veteranscrisisline.net/
• Returning Service Members (Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom): http://www.oefoif.va.gov/
• Vocational Rehabilitation: http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/
• Web Automated Reference Material System (WARMS): http://www.benefits.va.gov/WARMS/Site_Map.asp
• Stateside Legal (Legal Help for military members, veterans and their families): http://statesidelegal.org/
• Free Health Clinic Locator: http://nafcclinics.org/
• LawHelpCA (general legal information in California) https://www.lawhelpca.org/

VA Claims Resources

• VA Forms Online: http://www.va.gov/vaforms/
• Veterans Benefits Administration: http://www.vba.va.gov/VBA/
• Veterans Online Application (VONAPP): https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits-portal/ebenefits.portal?_nfpb=true&_portlet.async=false&_pageLabel=ebenefits_myeb_vonapp1
• Agent Orange Registry: :http//www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/
• Compensation Rate Tables: http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm
• Disability Examination Worksheets: http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/benefits/exams/index.htm
• Gulf War Registry: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/gulfwar/

Forms

• Declaration of Financial Hardship: http://www.uscourts.cavc.gov/documents/Rules_of_Practice_and_Procedure_effective_Sept_15_2011_-_Form_4.pdf
• CAVC Notice of Appeal Form: http://www.uscourts.cavc.gov/documents/Rules_of_Practice_and_Procedure_effective_Sept_15_2011_-_Form_1.pdf
• CAVC Notice of Appearance: http://www.uscourts.cavc.gov/documents/FORM_3-_-NOTICEOFAPPEARANCE_-_FORM.pdf

Other Health Care

• Information for Veterans about Essential Coverage: http://www.coveredca.com/individuals-and-families/special-circumstances/veterans/
• Life Events which Require You to Notify Covered California: http://www.coveredca.com/members/reporting-a-change/
• Qualifying Life Events for Special Enrollment: www.coveredca.com/individuals-and-families/getting-covered/special-enrollment/qualifying-life-events/

Veterans Service Organizations

• American Legion: http://www.legion.org/
• Disabled American Veterans: http://www.dav.org/
• Paralyzed Veterans of American: http://www.pva.org
• National Veterans Legal Services Program: http://www.nvlsp.org/
• AMVETS: http://www.amvets.org/
• Blinded Veterans Association: http://www.bva.org/
• Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America: http://iava.org/
• Military Order of the Purple Heart: http://www.purpleheart.org/
• National Association of County Veterans Service Officers: http://www.nacvso.org/
• Vietnam Veterans of America: http://www.vva.org/
• State and Local Veterans Service Organizations: http://www.va.gov/vso/rpt_statelocal.cfm
• California Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve: https://caesgrsb.us/