Benefits Contact Information

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Disclaimer: I am not a service officer for any organization and I am NOT employed by the VA. This information is intended as an aid for fellow veterans and service members. Please verify all information with the VA or a veterans service organization.

WHO TO CONTACT

For health emergencies, call 911

General Benefits

VA Hotline (disability, compensation, pension, home loan, education, burial, vocational rehabilitation, survivor, and insurance benefits)
1-800-827-1000

Education and Training 1-888-442-4551

Status of ordered Headstones and/or Markers 1-800-697-6947

Life insurance 1-800-669-8477

Veterans Benefits in Canada (other than health care) 1-802-296-5177*

Health Care Benefits

Veterans Health Care 1-877-222-VETS

Veterans Health Care in Canada 1-802-296-6379*

Veterans Health Care in the Philippines 011-632-833-4566*

Veterans Health Care in All Other Countries 1-303-331-7590*

Mammography Help Line 1-888-492-7844

CHAMPVA (medical care for dependents and survivors of veterans) 1-800-733-8387

Spina Bifida 1-800-733-8387

Health Eligibility Center (How to do a Means Test for health care eligibility) 1-800-929-8387

Miscellaneous

Debt Management Center (Information about debts owed to VA)
1-800-827-0648

Gulf War Veterans Hotline 1-800-PGW-VETS

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) 1-800-829-4833
*These are not toll-free numbers

Access by computer

VA World Wide Web Home Page Server http://www.va.gov/
VAONLINE Bulletin Board Service-via data line 800-US1-VETS
up to 28.8KBPS at8-N-1 modem setting

For answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) www.va.gov/vas/vbs

To get a copy of the Federal Benefits Manual for Veterans and Dependents, please phone, fax, or write to:

Superintendent of Documents
P.O. Box 371954
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954
Phone: 202-512-1800 Fax: 202-512-2250

Please include your name, address, daytime phone number, and payment of $5.00 each ($6.25 foreign). Or download a free copy from our website at www.va.gov/pubaff/fedben/00Fedben.pdf.

VA Facilities

Facilities are listed in the White Pages of your telephone book, in Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents, and on the web at www.va.gov/Facilities, or simply call 1-800-827-1000.