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VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York - VISN 2
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Who To Contact
| New York State Division of Veterans Affairs (NYSDVA) |
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For free, professional assistance in accessing your veteran benefits, contact your State, County, or Local veteran benefits counselor. To locate a counselor in your area call:
1-888-VETS-NYS
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| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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| General Benefits
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| VA Hotline: (disability, compensation, pension, homeloan, burial, vocational rehabilitation, survivor, and insurance benefits) |
1-800-827-1000 |
| Education and Training |
1-888-442-4551 |
| Veterans Employment Hotline |
1-800-342-3358 |
| Life Insurance |
1-800-669-8477 |
| Headstones/Markers |
1-800-697-6947 |
| Health Care Benefits
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| Veterans Health Care |
1-877-222-VETS |
| Health Eligibility Center |
1-800-929-8387 |
| CHAMPVA (medical care for dependents and survivors of veterans) |
1-800-733-8387 |
| Mammography Helpline |
1-888-492-7844 |
| Spina Bifida |
1-800-733-8387 |
| Miscellaneous
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| Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD) |
1-800-829-4833 |
| Gulf War Veterans Helpline |
1-800-PGW-VETS |
| Debt Management Center (information about debts owed to VA) |
1-800-827-0648 |
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Other Federal and State Veteran Benefits and Services:
Veterans may also be eligible for:
• State Veterans Home
• Homeless Veterans Programs
• Civil Service Preference
• Annual Blind Annuity
• Property Tax Exemption
• Vietnam/Persian Gulf Veterans Tuition Awards
• Child of a Veteran Award
• Low-Cost Hunting/Fishing Licenses
• Free Use of State Parks and Recreational Facilities for Certain Disabled Veterans
• Free Auto Registration/NYS Thruway Permits for Certain Disabled Veterans
• Review of Discharge Services
•Contact the NYS Division of Veteran Affairs about additional benefits/information
1-888-VETS-NYS |
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Veteran Services
| ** Links will take you to another government agency outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs Web site (VA). The link will open in a new window. |
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| Reviewed/Updated Date: December 11, 2007 |
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