Below are web-sites that provide information on Veterans benefits and how to file/ask for them.

Accordingly, there are many sites that explain how to obtain books, military/medical records, information and how to appeal a denied claim with the VA.  Nearly 100% of this information is free and available for all veterans, the only catch is: you have to ask for it, because they won't tell you about a specific benefit unless you ask for it. 

You need to know what questions to ask so the right doors open for you -- and then be ready to have an advocate who is willing to work with and for you, stay in the process, and press for your rights and your best interests. Note: Some of these links may be outdated, so you will have to do a Google search.

Appeals Pamphlet http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/pamphlet.htm

*Board of Veteran's Appeals http://www.va.gov/vbs/vba/

Center for Minority Veterans http://www1.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans/
Center for Veterans Enterprise http://www.vetbiz.gov/library/library.htm
Center for Women Veterans http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/
Compensation Rate Tables, 12-1-03 http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm  

Department of Veterans Affairs Home Page http://www.va.gov/
Directory of Veterans Service Organizations http://www1.va.gov/vso/index.cfm?template=view
Disability Examination Worksheets Index, Comp http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benef its/exams/index.htm
Due Process http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch02/ch02_seca.doc
Duty to Assist http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part3/subptiii/ch01/ch01_seca.doc  

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/
Environmental Agents http://www1.va .gov/environagents/
Establishing Combat Veteran Eligibility http://www4.va.gov/healtheligibility/library/pubs/combatvet/combatvet.pdf
Evaluation Protocol for Gulf War And Iraqi Freedom Veterans With Potential Exposure to Depleted Uranium (DU) http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/duhandbook1303122304.doc  See also,
Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/depleteduraniumfaqsheet.doc
Evaluation Protocol for Non-Gulf War Veterans With Potential Exposure to Depleted Uranium (DU) http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/duhandbooknongw130340304.doc

Fee Basis, Priority For Outpatient Medical Services And Inpatient Hospital Care http://www4.va.gov/healtheligibility/coveredservices/specialbenefits.asp
Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependantshttp://www1.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book.asp
Forms and Records Request http://www.va.gov/vaforms/

General Compensation Provisions http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/viewpublication.asp?pub_id=2094
Geriatrics and Extended Care http://www1.va.gov/geriatricsshg/
Guideline for Chronic Pain and Fatiguehttp://www.healthquality.va.gov/ 

Guide to Gulf War Veteran's Health http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/vhigulfwar.pdf
Gulf War Registry Program (to include Operation Iraqi Freedom) http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/gulfwar/registry_exam.asp

Gulf War Subject Index http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/page.cfm?pg=7&template=main&letter=a
Gulf War Veteran's Illnesses Q&As http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/gwillnessesqandasib1041.pdf

Hearings http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admi n21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch04.doc
Homeless Veterans http://www1.va.gov/homeless/
HSR&D Home http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/

Index to Disability Examination Worksheets C&P exams http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/benefits/exams/index.htm
Ionizing Radiation http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1374
Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom Veterans VBA http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/oefoif/resources.asp

M21-1 Table of Contents http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/m21_1.html
Mental Disorders, Schedule of Ratings http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38cfr/bookc/part4/s4_130.doc
Mental Health Program Guidelines http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/viewpublication.asp?pub_id=1094
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers http://www.mirecc.va.gov/

MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Centers of Excellence http://www4.va.gov/ms/
My Health e Vet http://www.myhealth.va.gov/

National Association of State Directors http://www.nasdva.net/
Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders, Schedule of Ratings http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38cfr/bookc/part4/s4%5F124a.doc

OMI (Office of Medical Inspector) http://www.medicalinspector.va.gov/
Online VA Form 10-10EZ https://www.1010ez.med.va.gov/sec/vha/1010ez/

Parkinson's Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders http://"www1.va.gov/netsix-padrecc/docs/Handout.pdf" and, http://www.parkinsons.va.gov/houston/documents/bulletin_for_nurses.pdf
Peacetime Disability Compensation http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=cite:+38usc1131
Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death      title="http://veterans.house.gov/documents/title38.pdf">http://veterans.house.gov/documents/title38.pdf
Persian Gulf Registry Referral Centers http://www.publichealth.va.gov/docs/gulfwar/gw_newsletter_feb93.pdf
Persian Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Research 2002, Annual Report To Congress hhttp://www.research.va.gov/resources/pubs/gulfwarrpt99.cfm
Policy Manual Index http://www1.va.gov/vapubs/
Power of Attorney http://www4.va.gov/vaforms/medical/pdf/vha-10-0137-fill.pdf
Project 112 (Including Project SHAD) http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/viewpublication.asp?pub_id=2089
Prosthetics Eligibility http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/viewpublication.asp?pub_id=337

Public Health and Environmental Hazards Home Page http://www.publichealth.va.gov/index.asp

Public Health/SARS http://www.houston.va.gov/docs/sars_factsheet.pdf
Publications Manuals http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/publications.cfm?Pub=4
Publications and Reports http://www.research.va.gov/resources/pubs/default.cfm

Request For And Consent To Release Of Information From Claimant's Records   http://www4.va.gov/vaforms/va/pdf/va3288.pdf
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses http://www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/
Research and Development http://www.research.va.gov/

Survivor's and Dependents' Educational Assistance https://www.gibill.va.gov/pamphlets/ch35/ch35_pamphlet_general.htm

Title 38 Index Parts 0-17  http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfrv1_02.tpl"
Title 38 Index Part 18 http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfrv2_02.tpl"
Title 38 Part 3 Adjudication Subpart "Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/textidx?c=ecfr&sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfr3_main_02.tpl
Title 38 PART 4--Schedule For Rating Disabilities
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfr4_main_02.tpl

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

VA Best Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) http://www.avapl.org/pub/PTSD%20Manual%20final%206.pdf
VA Fact Sheet http://www.vba.va.gov/vba/benefits/factsheets
VA Health Care Eligibility http://www4.va.gov/healtheligibility/
VA healthcare for Gulf War Veterans http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/

VA Instituting Global Assessment Of Function (GAF) http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/viewpublication.asp?pub_id=1094

VA Life Insurance Handbook http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin29/handbook/29_98_01.pdf
VA Loan Lending Limits and Jumbo Loans http://valoans.com/va_facts_limits.cfm
VA MS Research http://www4.va.gov/ms/ 
VA National Hepatitis C Program http://www.hepatitis.va.gov/
VA Office of Research and Development http://www.research.va.gov/default.cfm
VA Trainee Pocket Card on Gulf War http://www.va.gov/oaa/pocketcard/gulfwar.asp
VA Emergency Management http://www.publichealth.va.gov/emergencymanagement/
VA WRIISC-DC http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/viewpublication.asp?pub_id=1121
VA OIG Hotline Telephone Number and Address http://www4.va.gov/oig/contacts/hotline.asp

Vet Center Eligibility - Readjustment Counseling Service http://www.va.gov/rcs/Eligibility.htm
Veterans Benefits Administration Main Web Page http://www.vba.va.gov/
Veterans Legal and Benefits Information http://valaw.org/
VHA Forms, Publications, Manuals http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/
VHA Programs - Clinical Programs & Initiatives http://www1.va.gov/health/

VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page http: //www.publichealth.va.gov/
VHI Guide to Gulf War Veterans Health http://www.publichealth.va.gov/vethealthinitiative/gulfwar.asp
Vocational Rehabilitation http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/
Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/sa.htm
VONAPP online http://vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/main.asp

WARMS - 38 CFR Book C http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/bookc.html
Wartime Disability Compensation http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=cite:+38usc1110
War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center - New Jersey http://www.wri.med.va.gov/
Welcome to the GI Bill Web Site  http://www.gibill.va.gov/
What VA Social Workers Do  http://www.socialwork.va.gov/socialworkers.asp