Special Veterans Benefits

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Homeless Veterans Programs

VA has many benefits and services to assist homeless veterans.

FILE -- A Pfc. gives helpful hints to her teammate holding four excess gunpowder bags that weren’t needed for the three-increment charge during live-fire training on the M119A3 howitzer, Fort Sill, March 1, 2016. (U.S. Army photo/Cindy McIntyre)

VA has created several specific programs for the growing female Veteran population.

PTSD and marriage. Tech. Sgt. Nadine Barclay/Air Force

If you suffer from the effects of sexual trauma in the service, VA may be able to help you.

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The Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor recipients are given special privileges and benefits.

(Photo: U.S. Air Force/Staff Sergeant Jerry Fleshman)

Benefits for Former Prisoners of War

It's estimated that more than 500,000 Americans were captured and interned as Prisoners of War since the American Revolution...

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Incarcerated Veterans

The following is a summary of how imprisonment affects veterans benefits.

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Specially Adapted Housing Details

Veterans with certain service-connected disabilities may get a grant from VA to build or modify a home to meet their needs

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Specially Adapted Housing Program

Specially Adapted Housing grants are available to veterans who have specific service-connected disabilities

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Automobile and Special Adaptive Equipment Grants

Grants are available for veterans to help purchase a new or used car or special equipment to assist those with disabilities

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company shipyard workers use a barge crane to move the propellers and rudder of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, Dec. 23, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo/Joe Kane)

Asbestos Illness Related to Military Service

Many veterans were exposed to asbestos as a result of their military service.