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The '''United States Department of Veterans Affairs''' ('''VA''') is a [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]]-level [[United States federal executive departments|executive branch department]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible [[Veteran#United States|military veteran]]s at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country. Non-healthcare benefits include disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, education assistance, home loans, and life insurance. The VA also provides burial and memorial benefits to eligible veterans and family members at [[United States National Cemetery System|135 national cemeteries]].
The '''United States Department of Veterans Affairs''' ('''VA''') is a [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]]-level [[United States federal executive departments|executive branch department]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country. Non-healthcare benefits include disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, education assistance, home loans, and life insurance. The VA also provides burial and memorial benefits to eligible veterans and family members at [[United States National Cemetery System|135 national cemeteries]].


While veterans' benefits have been provided by the federal government since the [[American Revolutionary War]], a veteran-specific federal agency was not established until 1930, as the Veterans' Administration. In 1982, its mission was expanded to include caring for civilians and people who were not veterans in case of a national emergency.<ref name="Horton-2020">{{cite news |last=Horton |first=Alex |title=VA's mission to see civilian patients in times of crisis vanished from its website |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/03/16/va-fourth-mission-website/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 17, 2020 |access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref> In 1989, the Veterans' Administration became a cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs. The [[President of the United States|president]] appoints the [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|secretary of veterans affairs]], who is also a cabinet member, to lead the agency.<ref>U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2.</ref><ref>Department of Veterans Affairs Act § 18(b), 38 USC § 301 (2017).</ref>
While veterans' benefits have been provided by the federal government since the American Revolutionary War, a veteran-specific federal agency was not established until 1930, as the Veterans' Administration. In 1982, its mission was expanded to include caring for civilians and people who were not veterans in case of a national emergency.<ref name="Horton-2020">{{cite news |last=Horton |first=Alex |title=VA's mission to see civilian patients in times of crisis vanished from its website |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/03/16/va-fourth-mission-website/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 17, 2020 |access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref> In 1989, the Veterans' Administration became a cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs. The [[President of the United States|president]] appoints the [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|secretary of veterans affairs]], who is also a cabinet member, to lead the agency.<ref>U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2.</ref><ref>Department of Veterans Affairs Act § 18(b), 38 USC § 301 (2017).</ref>


{{As of|2020|6|post=,}} the VA employed 412,892 people<ref>{{cite web |title=VA - Department of Veterans Affairs |url=https://www.fedscope.opm.gov/ibmcognos/bi/v1/disp?b_action=powerPlayService&m_encoding=UTF-8&BZ=1AAABlPHx4_R42n1OwW6CQBT8mX3YHmrePlwLBw7L7hJtWrDCvaG4GlPYNUoP%7En0DHGw9dCYvmcybSSYoi3lZFVuz1sml92e71g9AdJQ8VYhZFCkRLZbmOQ61EalRQggZm2wJRI%7EB0DVyq1YbWa0SoKzxrreuB8r2vt3ZM4gUFujqzkKoZ5u6_aoP9vJhulPrr511%7EQyEBspO0_dv%7EJYCwicgfPl2FggHDr1Al2quijw3qloXeS7fTPJfJ0jfkz0i44jIOTLGkAlkhGwgY%7EJgXXMFQqAdEMq2BYxffVP3R_%7EubAYUAYUIZDnQJ1A8GfxmsBFA4RD%7EBT5yVNOY8aYJE34ACJlmVA%3D%3D |publisher=[[United States Office of Personnel Management]] |access-date=December 15, 2020 |date=June 2020}}</ref> at hundreds of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, clinics, benefits offices, and cemeteries. In [[fiscal year]] 2016 net program costs for the department were $273&nbsp;billion, which includes the VBA Actuarial Cost of $106.5&nbsp;billion for compensation benefits.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.va.gov/finance/afr/ |title=2016 VA Agency Financial Report, Section II – Financial Statements, Net Program Costs By Administration Before Changes In Veterans Benefits Actuarial Liability Assumptions |date=November 15, 2016 |website=Department of Veterans Affairs |page=36 |format=PDF |access-date=June 12, 2017 |quote=VA expends a substantial amount of its budgetary resources on medical care for Veterans and also disburses large cash amounts for Veteran's compensation and education benefits programs.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.va.gov/finance/afr/ |title=2016 VA Agency Financial Report, Section I – Analysis of Entity's Financial Statements and Stewardship Information, Net Cost of Operations, Chart 5: FY 2016 Program Costs (Gross) |date=November 15, 2016 |website=Department of Veterans Affairs |page=30 |format=PDF |access-date=June 12, 2017}}</ref> The long-term "actuarial accrued liability" (total estimated future payments for veterans and their family members) is $2.491&nbsp;trillion for compensation benefits; $59.6&nbsp;billion for education benefits; and $4.6&nbsp;billion for burial benefits.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/finrep/fr/16frusg/01112017FR_(Final).pdf |title=2016 Financial Report of the United States Government, Notes to the Financial Statements, Note 12. Federal Employee and Veteran Benefits Payable |date=January 12, 2017 |website=Bureau of the Fiscal Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury |pages=101–109 |access-date=June 13, 2017 |archive-date=June 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629134829/https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/finrep/fr/16frusg/01112017FR_%28Final%29.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>[[File:VA Medical Center NYC.jpg|thumb|VA Medical Center in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]]]
{{As of|2020|6|post=,}} the VA employed 412,892 people<ref>{{cite web |title=VA - Department of Veterans Affairs |url=https://www.fedscope.opm.gov/ibmcognos/bi/v1/disp?b_action=powerPlayService&m_encoding=UTF-8&BZ=1AAABlPHx4_R42n1OwW6CQBT8mX3YHmrePlwLBw7L7hJtWrDCvaG4GlPYNUoP%7En0DHGw9dCYvmcybSSYoi3lZFVuz1sml92e71g9AdJQ8VYhZFCkRLZbmOQ61EalRQggZm2wJRI%7EB0DVyq1YbWa0SoKzxrreuB8r2vt3ZM4gUFujqzkKoZ5u6_aoP9vJhulPrr511%7EQyEBspO0_dv%7EJYCwicgfPl2FggHDr1Al2quijw3qloXeS7fTPJfJ0jfkz0i44jIOTLGkAlkhGwgY%7EJgXXMFQqAdEMq2BYxffVP3R_%7EubAYUAYUIZDnQJ1A8GfxmsBFA4RD%7EBT5yVNOY8aYJE34ACJlmVA%3D%3D |publisher=[[United States Office of Personnel Management]] |access-date=December 15, 2020 |date=June 2020}}</ref> at hundreds of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, clinics, benefits offices, and cemeteries. In [[fiscal year]] 2016 net program costs for the department were $273&nbsp;billion, which includes the VBA Actuarial Cost of $106.5&nbsp;billion for compensation benefits.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.va.gov/finance/afr/ |title=2016 VA Agency Financial Report, Section II – Financial Statements, Net Program Costs By Administration Before Changes In Veterans Benefits Actuarial Liability Assumptions |date=November 15, 2016 |website=Department of Veterans Affairs |page=36 |format=PDF |access-date=June 12, 2017 |quote=VA expends a substantial amount of its budgetary resources on medical care for Veterans and also disburses large cash amounts for Veteran's compensation and education benefits programs.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.va.gov/finance/afr/ |title=2016 VA Agency Financial Report, Section I – Analysis of Entity's Financial Statements and Stewardship Information, Net Cost of Operations, Chart 5: FY 2016 Program Costs (Gross) |date=November 15, 2016 |website=Department of Veterans Affairs |page=30 |format=PDF |access-date=June 12, 2017}}</ref> The long-term "actuarial accrued liability" (total estimated future payments for veterans and their family members) is $2.491&nbsp;trillion for compensation benefits; $59.6&nbsp;billion for education benefits; and $4.6&nbsp;billion for burial benefits.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/finrep/fr/16frusg/01112017FR_(Final).pdf |title=2016 Financial Report of the United States Government, Notes to the Financial Statements, Note 12. Federal Employee and Veteran Benefits Payable |date=January 12, 2017 |website=Bureau of the Fiscal Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury |pages=101–109 |access-date=June 13, 2017 |archive-date=June 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629134829/https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/finrep/fr/16frusg/01112017FR_%28Final%29.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>[[File:VA Medical Center NYC.jpg|thumb|VA Medical Center in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]]]
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