* The below downloadable file is the VA's Office of Public Health "Agent Orange Review" which provides information on Agent Orange and related matters to Veterans, their families, and others with concerns about herbicides used in Vietnam or other locations.

* This is the 49th Agent Orange Review that VA has published. This issue was completed in winter 2012 and does not include developments that occurred after that time.

* For past issues of the newsletter and other information, please visit the VA website link below.

- Alltreatment.com is a community-based public-benefit website connecting people to the addiction resources they need.

- The resource is free to the public.

* Help.org is a group of medical professionals and addiction experts concerned with the substance abuse crisis that military veterans throughout the U.S. and their families are facing.

* There are concerns, of course of further implications such as long term medical problems, additional psychiatric disorders, interpersonal and vocational impairment, and sadly suicide. Unfortunately, for most communities, this problem is hidden due to the lack of awareness.

* Therefore, the site provides a guide with comprehensive information on substance abuse statistics among veterans, governmental programs that offers treatment, and steps that veterans can take to get the help that they need.

* A new guide, North Carolina for Veterans Resource Guide (for Veterans, their Dependents and Survivors) has recently been published.

* Click here to open and read, or save to your own computer for future reference.

* Resource materials included: employment, health care, VA benefits, housing, personal services and education. The guide covers veterans programs, benefits and services, and federal, state, county, non-profit organizations and more...

Information regarding VA burial benefits can be found in the link to the VA main site below, or in the attached file that has additional resource web links.

VeteranAid.org provides information, free of charge, to veterans, their spouses and families where a veteran, the surviving spouse of a veteran, or the responsible family member of a veteran, can apply for VA's Aid and Attendance Special Pension, a benefit which could make the difference between a veteran or surviving spouse living in a high-quality assisted living facility versus a state-operated nursing home.

* Listed below are several links that provide resource support on issues that are important to veterans:

- Guide to Cremation and Burial for Veterans: Preplanning, Financial Benefits, and Everything You Need to Know for Making Proper Final Arrangements

- How and When to Hang the American Flag

- Veteran’s Complete Guide to Relocation

- Substance Abuse Resources for Veterans by The Recovery Village of Umatilla, FL which provides comprehensive treatment services for substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders.

The below link is to the Virtual Wall– Vietnam Veterans Memorial