Returning Active Duty, National Guard, Reservists of Operations Enduring Freedom / Iraqi Freedom

Click on this link to learn about benefits returning veterans may apply for www.seamlesstransition.va.gov.  This VA web site also includes links to other federal agencies and organizations that offer related benefits and services. 

VA Fact Sheet for Returning Veterans

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act

Veterans Employment Opportunities Act

Gulf War Syndrome Update.  Department of Defense has just released "Gulf War and Health: Volume 5, Infectious Deseases", identifying nine diseases and 34 long-term health effects that may appear weeks to years after initial infection.  This report can be ordered or read online at National Academies Press. 

VA Health Care Eligibility for Veterans who Served in Combat Theaters.  Department of Veterans Affairs implemented policies and procedures providing for 2 years - beginning from date of release from active duty - free health care services and nursing home care for veterans who served in certain combat locations during their active military service.

Who is eligible?  Veterans who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during a period of war after the Gulf War or in combat against hostile forces during a period of "hostilities" after November 11, 1998, and have been discharged under other than dishonorable conditions.  Hostilities is a conflict in which the service member is faced with danger comparable to that experienced in combat during war.

Are National Guard and Reserve members eligible?  Yes, if members were ordered to active duty by a federal declaration, served the full period for which they were ordered to active duty and have separated from active military service under other than dishonorable conditions. 

Bring your DD214 or NGB22 to:  Omaha VA Medical Center

Eligibility Office
4101 Woolworth Ave
Omaha, NE  68105

Phone:  402-346-8800, ext 3240

Veteran's Special Issue Help Line:  1-800-749-8387, for information regarding

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