75. The Veterans Administration
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs, more
known as the Veterans Administration, is an organization
to provide services for all veterans of the
.S. military. It was formed in July 1930, and
employs approximately 280,000 people at hundreds of its
throughout the U.S. Its annual budget for the
fiscal year is nearly $153 billion, making it
of the largest government agencies in existence today.
Department is broken into three main subdivisions. It
of the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits
, and the National Cemetery Administration. The VA Health
is responsible for providing veterans with all health
issues, while the Benefits Administration is designed to
veterans in areas such as guaranteed home loans,
vocational rehabilitation and educational benefits. The National Cemetery
provides burial and memorial benefits, and is entrusted
the maintenance of the VA's cemeteries.
The VA
served U.S. veterans from several wars beginning with
of World War I. It has continued the
of serving former military members by providing services
those veterans who need help readjusting to civilian
. Many of these veterans, especially those who saw
during their time in the military, are in
of basic medical services for wounds suffered in
. This was the original concept for the creation
the VA.
Since that time, the VA has
greatly, and now provides additional services such as
benefits, and home-buying assistance. It also helps those
who had become homeless after their service to
country ended. There are approximately 30 million military
living in the U.S. today. That number represents
10 percent of the population of the country
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