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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Quick Facts

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Pentagon sued over failures to make military review boards’ decisions accessible • Nov. 11, 2026, 11:36 PM ET (Federal News Network)
Trump Promised to Care for America’s Veterans. The VA Is Now “Collapsing From the Inside.” • Nov. 11, 2026, 5:00 AM ET (ProPublica)
DoD and VA join forces to increase electronic health information security • Nov. 6, 2026, 1:41 PM ET (Federal News Network)
Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Thousands of veterans are paying the price • Oct. 30, 2026, 5:00 AM ET (NPR)
Map Shows VA Clinic Boom As 300,000 Enroll for Healthcare • Oct. 23, 2026, 9:25 AM ET (Newsweek)

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Also Known As VA
Date 1989 - present
Areas Of Involvement veteran
Related People Tammy Duckworth • Eric K. Shinseki

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Civil War-era soldiers
Blue outdoor sign for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs with VA logo.
Sign for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs on a building, with a quote from Abraham Lincoln about caring for veterans, widows, and orphans.
Civil War veterans Major General Joseph Bradford Carr, Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles with an amputated right leg, and Major General Charles Kinnaird Graham stand outdoors at Trostle Farm, Gettysburg.
Historic black-and-white photos of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, showing large multi-story buildings with porches and towers.
Sepia stereograph photograph showing rows of elderly veterans seated at long tables eating dinner in a large dining hall at the Soldiers' Home in Dayton, Ohio, 1904.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill at his Oval Office desk, surrounded by ten men and one woman, June 22, 1944.
Crowds of American soldiers in uniform cheer and wave from the deck of the SS John Ericsson as it arrives at Pier 84 in New York after World War II.
Wayne Bixler, an elderly man in a plaid shirt and navy cap, walks through rows of small American flags at Riverside National Cemetery, holding flowers on Memorial Day.
The Department of Veterans Affairs seal features a bald eagle with outstretched wings in front of two crossed American flags, five gold stars above, and a blue background bordered by a gold rope with the words Department of Veterans Affairs United States of America.
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