Mission
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) is responsible for administering the department's programs that provide financial and other forms of assistance to veterans, their dependents, and survivors. The major benefits programs include Veterans' compensation, Veterans' pension, survivors' benefits, rehabilitation and employment assistance, education assistance, home loan guaranties, and life insurance coverage. VBA serves over 5.5 million Veterans across 56 regional offices.
Designated Services
Designated Services
Accessing education benefits
VBA’s Education program provides Veterans, service members, reservists, and certain family members of Veterans with resources to help pay for college, graduate school, and training programs. In FY23, VBA paid $10.8 billion to over 862,000 GI Bill beneficiaries.
Using the VBA decision review process
Veterans who disagree with a benefits decision can choose from different claim review options. In FY23, VBA completed over 535,000 Appeals Modernization Act decisions offering Veterans a second look at initial decisions to ensure correct outcomes.
Accessing disability compensation benefits
VBA’s Compensation program provides monetary benefits to Veterans who sustained disabilities from military service and to qualifying family members of these Veterans. In Fiscal Year (FY) 23, VBA paid over $133 billion in benefits to nearly 5.7 million Veterans.
Action Plans
2022 Action Plan commitments are detailed in Executive Order 14058