Jim,
I recently heard that you were discussing advance directives on your web site. You may have already found this, but the VA does have a form in their system for Advance Directives.
Here is the link: http://www4.va.gov/vaforms/form_detail.asp?FormNo=0137
Reply:
Thank you! I am working on an article that I hope to publish during January. I'm getting together with an attorney friend who practices both VA law and "elderlaw" to bring you the best information we can put together. My records all full of veterans and surviving dependents who haven't done any advance planning at all and when tragedy does strike, it really becomes a mess. We all should have updated wills and so n to protect ourselves and our loved ones.