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Hi, I鈥檓 Marine Corps Veteran, Paul Corbett,
and if you are a veteran who has 100% VA service-connected
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disability, I am going to cover 14 different
benefits that are available to you. I am also
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providing weblinks in the description below
this video if you want to find additional
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information or how to apply for the benefits
I will be covering. So at the top of the list
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is Monetary Compensation. A single veteran
can expect to receive more than $3,000 a month
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tax-free, and a little later in this video
I鈥檒l explain how you may receive 100s more
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in additional compensation for your dependents
as well. Next is No. 2, Free Healthcare and
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Medications. Please keep in mind that VA healthcare
has a program for just about anything you
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can think of from a full array of healthcare
programs to assistance with education, employment,
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housing, medical equipment, assistance with
nursing home care, respite care, adult daycare,
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medical foster homes, and the list goes on
and on. Quite literally no matter what situation
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you are in, if you need help with something
VA healthcare most likely has a program to
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assist you, and with being at 100% disability
it is all free. So if you are not enrolled
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in VA healthcare, I would highly recommend
that you start the process as soon as possible.
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No. 3 is Travel Allowance. VA can reimburse
you for mileage and other travel expenses
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for scheduled medical appointments at a VA
facility or medical facility in which the
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VA referred you for care. For details on how
to access this benefit, be sure to check out
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the weblinks below. No. 4 is Dental Care.
That鈥檚 right, VA has its own dental care
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program and if the VA facility closest to
you does not have a dental office, there is
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also the ability to use dental through the
community care program. So be sure to contact
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your local VA health care facility to learn
more. No. 5 is Waivers for VA Funding Fees
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for Home Loans. When using a VA home loan
there is a funding fee that can range anywhere
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from 1% to 4%. However, given your rate of
disability that funding fee is completely
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waived, and again additional information can
be found below. No. 6 is Employment Assistance.
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At 100% disability you qualify for a 10-point
preference when applying for federal jobs.
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You also have the ability to be directly hired,
meaning you don鈥檛 need to compete with others.
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Whoever is doing the hiring can essentially
hire you on the spot as long as you meet the
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qualifications for that position. There are
also options if you are incapable of working
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for your spouse to use your point preference
to secure a federal job. Pretty cool. No.
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7 is Veteran Readiness and Employment Program,
or what used to be called Vocation Rehabilitation
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and Employment. I鈥檝e personally used this
program and it is awesome. The program offers
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way more options in my opinion than the GI
Bill and it is also tailored to the unique
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needs of each and every veteran. However,
unlike the GI Bill, not every veteran is going
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to automatically qualify. So be sure to reach
out to VBA and see how they might be able
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to assist you with finding a new career path.
Next is No. 8, which is Additional Compensation
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for Eligible Dependents. VA recognizes the
fact that some veterans may need additional
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monetary assistance when providing for their
loved ones. As such, you may be able to add
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children, your spouse, or even your parents
onto your VA disability. Depending on the
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number of qualified dependents you have, we
could be talking about hundreds of additional
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tax-free dollars every month. So be sure to
visit the weblink below if you need additional
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information or instructions on how to apply.
No. 9 is Concurrent Receipt of Military Retired
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Pay. Many people do not realize this but many
veterans do not get their full military retirement
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pay. There is an offset which is designed
to help veterans maximize the amount of income
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they receive. However, as a veteran with 100%
disability you do not have to worry about
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this. You will get your full military retirement
and full VA compensation which is a pretty
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sweet deal. No. 10 is Educational Assistance
for your Dependents. There are a bunch of
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guidelines of course. But your dependents
may be able to seek assistance from VA for
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college and graduate degree programs, certificate
courses, career counseling, apprenticeships,
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and on the job training programs. There are
scholarships they may qualify for as well,
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so be sure to check out the weblinks below
to find out more. Next is No. 11. For qualified
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families, the VA has a Civilian Health and
Medical Program also known as CHAMPVA. This
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means your dependents could also receive healthcare
coverage through the Department of Veterans
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Affairs. There is way too much information
about CHAMPVA for me to cover this in this
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video, so please be sure to refer to the links
below for additional information. Next up
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is No. 12, Burial and Plot Allowance. There
are a bunch of difference scenarios that guide
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this benefit, such as whether a veteran died
from a disability, passed away at home or
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in a VA facility, and so on. Nevertheless,
VA can potentially help with the cost of procuring
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a plot and also with covering as much as $2,000
in burial expenses. To learn more or locate
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the forms you need for this benefit, please
refer to the video description below. Our
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second to last benefit is the Uniform Services
ID Card. That鈥檚 right, veterans with 100%
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disability are able to get an ID card similar
to the one you may have had in the military
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which will grant you certain access and privileges
at DOD facilities. This is a pretty cool benefit,
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especially if you are a veteran who lives
close to any of our military bases. The last
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and final benefit I will cover is Access to
Adaptive Housing and Automobile Brands. Remember
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when I said that VA healthcare can provide
you with pretty much anything you could possibly
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need? Well this is an example of that. Qualified
veterans may be able to receive grants to
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make alterations to their homes such as wheelchair
ramps, widened doorways, making bathrooms
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more accessible, and the list goes on. The
same can be said of a veteran鈥檚 vehicle.
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So to learn more about this benefit you can
strike up a conversation with your primary
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care physician at the VA or to learn more
about this benefit and any of the others I鈥檝e
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discussed, be sure to check out the links
below. Lastly, to access all our content there
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are links below or you can search #thesitrep
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