[United States Government Manual] [June 02, 1998] [Pages 474-494] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov][[Page 474]] DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420 Phone, 202-273-4900. Internet, http://www.va.gov/. SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Togo D. West, Jr. Executive Assistant to the Secretary Janice F. Joyner and Deputy Chief of Staff Special Assistants to the Secretary Janese M. Bechtol, Lisa S. Wetzl Deputy Secretary Hershel W. Gober Executive Assistant to the Deputy Dina Wood Secretary Chief of Staff Harold F. Gracey, Jr. Veterans' Service Organizations Liaison Allen (Gunner) Kent Director, Executive Secretariat Linda Kaufmann Inspector General Richard J. Griffin Chairman, Board of Contract Appeals Guy H. McMichael III Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Scott F. Denniston Business Utilization Director, Office of Employment Discrimination Charles R. Delobe Complaint Adjudication Director, Center for Women Veterans Joan A. Furey General Counsel Mary Lou Keener Special Assistant to the General Counsel (vacancy) Deputy General Counsel Robert E. Coy Assistant General Counsels Phillipa L. Anderson, E. Douglas Bradshaw, Ronald H. Garvin, Walter A. Hall, Neal C. Lawson, Howard C. Lem, John H. Thompson Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals Richard B. Standefer, Acting Executive Assistant to the Chairman Marjorie A. Auer Director, Management and Ronald R. Aument Administration Chief Counsel Steven L. Keller Deputy Chief Counsel, Litigation Richard C. Thrasher Support Deputy Chief Counsel, Legal Affairs Thomas D. Roberts Vice Chairman Richard B. Standefer Senior Deputy Vice Chairman Steven L. Keller, Acting Deputy Vice Chairman, Decision Team Charles E. Hogeboom I Deputy Vice Chairman, Decision Team Joaquin Aquayo-Pereles II Deputy Vice Chairman, Decision Team Nancy R. Robin III Deputy Vice Chairman, Decision Team Mary M. Sabulsky IV Director, Administrative Service Nancy D. Stackhouse Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Kenneth W. Kizer Administration Chief of Staff Robyn Y. Nishimi Director, Executive Correspondence Pamela E. Galyean Deputy Under Secretary for Health Thomas Garthwaite Chief Network Officer Kenneth J. Clark Director, Network Program Support William W. Graham, Acting [[Page 475]] Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) Directors: Director, VISN No. 1 Denis J. FitzGerald Director, VISN No. 2 Frederick L. Malphurs Director, VISN No. 3 James J. Farsetta Director, VISN No. 4 Judith Feldman, Acting Director, VISN No. 5 James J. Nocks Director, VISN No. 6 Leroy P. Gross Director, VISN No. 7 Larry R. Deal Director, VISN No. 8 Robert H. Roswell Director, VISN No. 9 Kenneth Mulholland, Acting Director, VISN No. 10 Laura J. Miller Director, VISN No. 11 Linda W. Belton Director, VISN No. 12 Joan E. Cummings Director, VISN No. 13 Robert A. Petzel Director, VISN No. 14 Shelia C. Gelman, Acting Director, VISN No. 15 Patricia A. Crosetti Director, VISN No. 16 John R. Higgins Director, VISN No. 17 Vernon Chong Director, VISN No. 18 Thomas A. Trujillo Director, VISN No. 19 Terrence S. Batliner Director, VISN No. 20 Ted Galey, Acting Director, VISN No. 21 Robert L. Wiebe Director, VISN No. 22 Smith Jenkins, Jr. Medical Inspector James E. McManus Chief, Office of Employee Education Robert P. Means Veterans Canteen Service Officer Jerry Kelly Director, Emergency Medical Preparedness Joe Gray Chief, Policy, Planning, and Performance Office Gregg Pane Director, Performance Equality Nancy J. Wilson Service Director, Delivery System Planning Bruce Plecinski Office Director, Policy and Forecasting Maureen S. Baltay Office Director, Reports Review and Paul C. Gibert, Jr. Analysis Cheif, Legislative Programs Bill Ramsey Chief Patient Care Services Officer Thomas Holohan Director, Nutrition and Food Service Brenda L. Jenkins, Acting Director, Social Work Service Donald G. Moses, Acting Director, Chaplain Service (VAMC, Matthew A. Zimmerman Hampton, VA) Chief Consultant, Acute Care Toni A. Mitchell Strategic Healthcare Group Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Ronald J. Gebhart Medical Director for Ambulatory Care Director, National Center for Health Robert Sullivan Promotion and Disease Prevention Director, Spinal Cord Injury Service Margaret Hammond Director, Optometry Service Sharon Atkin Director, Podiatry Service John Rainieri Assistant Chief Medical Director for Robert T. Frme, Acting Dentistry Chief Consultant, Prosthetic and John Clements, Acting Sensory Aids Service Strategic Healthcare Group Chief Consultant, Geriatrics and Judith A. Salerno Extended Care Strategic [[Page 476]]ealthcare Group Chief Consultant, Diagnostic Theodore F. Beals Services Strategic Healthcare Group Director, Mental Health and Thomas B. Horvath Behavioral Sciences Services Chief Consultant, Rehabilitation Leigh C. Anderson, Strategic Healthcare Group Acting Chief Consultant, Nursing Strategic Nancy M. Valentine Healthcare Group Chief Consultant, Pharmacy Benefits John E. Ogden Management Strategic Healthcare Group Chief Research and Development Officer John R. Feussner Director, Medical Research Program Paul Hoffman Director, Rehabilitation Research (vacancy) and Development Program Director, Health Services Research John Demakis, Acting and Development Service Chief Public Health and Environmental Hazards Susan H. Mather Officer Director, Environmental Agents Fran M. Murphy Service Director, AIDS Service Lawrence R. Deyton Chief Academic Affiliations Officer David P. Stevens Director, Graduate Medical Education Office Eliza M. Wolff, Acting Director, Associated Health Education Office Linda Johnson, Acting Director, Administrative Operations Office Evert Melander Director, Readjustment Counseling Service Alfonso R. Batres Director, Volunteer Service Office Jim W. Delgado Director, Management and Thomas J. Hogan Administrative Support Office Director, Health Care Staff H. Bernard Palmer Development and Retention Office Director, Acquisition and Materiel Judith Mabry Management Liaison Director, Medical Sharing and Arthur S. Hamerschlag Purchasing Office Chief Financial Officer W. Todd Grams Director, Resource Formulation (vacancy) Director, Resource Allocation and Jimmy A. Norris Execution Director, Financial Management James P. Brakefield Office Director, Accounting/Reports and Ed Robbins Systems Service Director, Medical Care Cost Recovery Walter J. Besecker Office Chief Facilities Management Officer C.V. Yarbrough Director, Program Management and Pam Dix Planning Office Director, Claims and Risk Management Robert L. Clontz Office Director, Real Property Management Lawrence J. Hill Office Director, Environmental Management Wayne Warren Service Director, Construction Management James W. Lawson Office Director, Facilities Quality Office Lloyd H. Siegel Director, Consulting Support Office Harold M. Goode Director, Asset and Enterprise Anatolij Kushnir Development Office [[Page 477]] Chief Information Officer R. David Albinson Director, IRM Policy and Planning Leonard R. Bourget Service Associate Chief Information Officer, Robert Kolodner Business Enterprise Solutions and Technology Services Associate Chief Information Officer, Roy Swatzell Technical Services Associate Chief Information Officer, Gail Belles Customer Service Director, Library and Audiovisual Wendy Carter Communication Programs Director, Office of Information Michael Williams Management Associate Chief Information Officer, Daniel Marsh Implementation and Training Services Director, Telecommunications Support Robert Bruce, Acting Service Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Joseph Thompson Administration Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits for Patrick Nappi Operations Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits for Nora Egan Management Chief Financial Officer Robert W. Gardner Chief Information Officer Newell Quinton Director, Office of Executive Dorothy MacKay, Acting Management and Communications Director, Office of Human Resources James A. Coyne, Acting Director, Eastern Area David A. Brigham Director, Central Area (vacancy) Director, Southern Area Leo C. Wurschmidt Director, Western Area David Walls, Acting Director, Compensation and Pension Kristine A. Moffitt Service Director, Education Service Celia Dollarhide Director, Insurance Service Thomas Lastowka Director, Loan Guaranty Service Keith Pedigo Director, Vocational Rehabilitation Julius Williams Service Director, National Cemetery System (vacancy) Consultant Louise Ware Director, Office of Field Operations Roger R. Rapp Director, Field Programs Service Fred L. Watson Director, Technical Support Robert B. Holbrook Service Director, State Cemetery Grants William Jayne Service Director, Office of Operations Vincent L. Barile Support Director, Administration Service Michael Herway Director, Budget and Planning Daniel Tucker Service Director, Executive (vacancy) Communications and Public Affairs Service Director, Information Systems Mark P. Durocher Service Director, Memorial Program (vacancy) Service Directors, National Cemetery System Area Offices: Philadelphia, PA Patrick J. Gartland Atlanta, GA Robert Wilk Denver, CO Thomas G. Balsanek Assistant Secretary for Management D. Mark Catlett, Acting [[Page 478]] Deputy to the Assistant Secretary Stanley R. Sinclair Deputy Assistant Secretary for D. Mark Catlett Budget Deputy Assistant Secretary for Frank W. Sullivan Financial Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nada D. Harris Information Resources Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Gary J. Krump Acquisition and Materiel Management Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning Dennis Duffy Executive Assistant Nancy Tackett Special Assistant Patricia J. O'Neil Deputy Assistant Secretary for Edward Chow, Jr. Policy Deputy Assistant Secretary for (vacancy) Planning Director, National Center for H. David Burge Veterans Analysis and Statistics Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Eugene A. Brickhouse Administration Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Ronald E. Cowles Resources Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Equal Gerald K. Hinch Opportunity Deputy Assistant Secretary for Robert W. Schultz Administration Deputy Assistant Secretary for John H. Baffa Security and Law Enforcement Assistant Secretary for Public and John T. Hanson, Acting Intergovernmental Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary for James H. Holley Public Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary for John T. Hanson Intergovernmental Affairs Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (vacancy) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Philip Riggin Congressional Affairs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Department of Veterans Affairs operates programs to benefit veterans and members of their families. Benefits include compensation payments for disabilities or death related to military service; pensions; education and rehabilitation; home loan guaranty; burial; and a medical care program incorporating nursing homes, clinics, and medical centers. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was established as an executive department by the Department of Veterans Affairs Act (38 U.S.C. 201 note). The Department's predecessor, the Veterans Administration, had been established as an independent agency under the President by Executive Order 5398 of July 21, 1930, in accordance with the act of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 1016). This act authorized the President to consolidate and coordinate the U.S. Veterans Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions, and the National Home for Volunteer Soldiers. The Department of Veterans Affairs comprises three organizations that administer veterans programs: the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the National Cemetery System. Each organization has field facilities and a Central Office component. The Central Office also includes separate offices that provide support to the top organizations' operations as well as to top VA executives. Top Central Office managers, including the Inspector General and General Counsel, report to the highest level of Department management, which [[Page 479]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] T177653.030 [[Page 480]] consists of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Deputy Secretary. Assistant Secretaries Five Assistant Secretaries provide policy guidance, operational support, and managerial oversight to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary, the administrations, and other top offices. They include the Assistant Secretaries for Management, Policy and Planning, Human Resources and Administration, Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Congressional Affairs. Other central management offices are detailed as follows. Center for Minority Veterans The Center for Minority Veterans was established under Public Law 103-446 (108 Stat. 4645). The Center is responsible for promoting the use of VA benefits, programs, and services by minority veterans and assessing the needs of minority group members. Under the law, the Center's work focuses on the unique and special needs of five distinct groups of veterans: African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans, which include American Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives. The Center also oversees the administrative functions of the VA's Federal Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans. The primary mission of the Center for Minority Veterans is to ensure that the Department of Veterans Affairs addresses the unique and special needs of minority veterans. The Center also focuses on circumstances, policies, and practices that impede the use of programs and services by minority veterans. Center for Women Veterans The Center for Women Veterans acts as the Secretary's primary adviser on women veterans issues and evaluates VA programs, policies, and practices to ensure they are responsive and accessible to eligible women veterans. Board of Veterans' Appeals The Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) is responsible, on behalf of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for entering the final appellate decisions in claims of entitlement to veterans' benefits. The Board is also responsible for deciding matters concerning fees charged by attorneys and agents for representation of veterans before VA, as well as requests for revision of prior BVA decisions on the basis of clear and unmistakable error. The mission of the Board, set forth in title 38 of the United States Code, sections 7101-7109, is to conduct hearings, consider and dispose of appeals properly before the Board in a timely manner, and issue quality decisions in compliance with the law. The Board is headed by a Chairman, who is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and who is directly responsible to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Members of the Board are appointed by the Secretary with the approval of the President and are under the administrative control and supervision of the Chairman. Each BVA decision is signed by a Board member acting as an agent of the Secretary. Final BVA decisions are appealable to the United States Court of Veterans Appeals. Board of Contract Appeals The Board of Contract Appeals was established on March 1, 1979, pursuant to the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601-613). The Board is a statutory, quasi-judicial tribunal that hears and decides appeals from decisions of Contracting Officers on claims relating to contracts awarded by VA, or by any other agency when such agency or the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy has designated the Board to decide the appeal. The Board's jurisdiction includes applications for attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 504 note). Board decisions are final within VA, but may be appealed, either by the Government or by the contractor, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Board also acts as a trier of disputed material facts in debarment/suspension proceedings. Additionally, the Chairman of the Board is the senior official within the Department to promote alternate dispute resolution pursuant to the Administrative Dispute [[Page 481]] Resolution Act (5 U.S.C. 581 note). Finally, the Board is charged with resolving any disputes between drug manufacturers and the Secretary with regard to pharmaceutical pricing agreements provisions of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. 101 note). Health Services The Veterans Health Administration, formerly the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration, provides hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care, and outpatient medical and dental care to eligible veterans of military service in the Armed Forces. It operates 173 medical centers, 39 domiciliaries, 376 outpatient clinics, 131 nursing home care units, and 205 Vietnam Veteran Outreach Centers in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Republic of the Philippines, and provides for similar care under VA auspices in non-VA hospitals and community nursing homes and for visits by veterans to non- VA physicians and dentists for outpatient treatment. It also supports veterans under care in hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliaries operated by 35 States. Under the Civilian Health and Medical Program, dependents of certain veterans are provided with medical care supplied by non-VA institutions and physicians. The Administration conducts both individual medical and health-care delivery research projects and multihospital research programs. It assists in the education of physicians and dentists, and with training of many other health care professionals through affiliations with educational institutions and organizations. These programs are all conducted as prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to sections 4101-4115 of title 38 of the United States Code and other statutory authority and regulations. Veterans Benefits The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), formerly the Department of Veterans Benefits, conducts an integrated program of veterans benefits. It provides information, advice, and assistance to veterans, their dependents, beneficiaries, representatives, and others applying for VA benefits. It also cooperates with the Department of Labor and other Federal, State, and local agencies in developing employment opportunities for veterans and referral for assistance in resolving socioeconomic, housing, and other related problems. In addition, VBA provides information regarding veterans benefits to various branches of the Armed Forces. Programs are provided through VA regional offices, medical centers, visits to communities, and a special toll-free telephone service (800- 827-1000) and are available in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Compensation and Pension The Compensation and Pension Service has responsibility for: --claims for disability compensation and pension; --automobile allowances and special adaptive equipment; --claims for specially adapted housing; --special clothing allowances; --emergency officers' retirement pay; --eligibility determinations based on military service for other VA benefits and services or those of other Government agencies; --survivors' claims for death compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, death pension, burial and plot allowance claims; --claims for accrued benefits; --forfeiture determinations; --claims for adjusted compensation in death cases; --claims for reimbursement for headstone or marker; and --a benefits protection program (fiduciary activities) for minors and incompetent adult beneficiaries. The Service also provides field investigative services for other VA components. Education The Education Service has responsibility for: the Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty and Selected Reserve (chapters 30 and 1606); the Post Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (chapter 32); the [[Page 482]] Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (chapter 35); the Section 901 Test Program; and school approvals, compliance surveys, and work study. Vocational Rehabilitation The Vocational Rehabilitation Service has responsibility for: outreach, motivation, evaluation, counseling, training, employment, and other rehabilitation services to disabled veterans (chapters 31 and 15); evaluation, counseling, and miscellaneous services to veterans and service persons (chapter 30) and other VA education programs; evaluation, counseling, education, and miscellaneous services to sons, daughters, and spouses of totally and permanently disabled veterans and to surviving orphans, widows, or widowers of certain deceased veterans, including rehabilitation services to certain handicapped dependents (chapter 35); and affirmative action activities. Effective October 1, 1997, the Service has responsibility to provide vocational training and rehabilitation to children with spina bifida who are children of Vietnam veterans (chapter 18). Loan Guaranty Loan guaranty operations include: appraising properties to establish their values; approving grants for specially adapted housing; supervising the construction of new residential properties; establishing the eligibility of veterans for the program; evaluating the ability of a veteran to repay a loan and the credit risk; servicing and liquidating defaulted loans; and disposing of real estate acquired as the consequence of defaulted loans. Insurance Life insurance operations are for the benefit of service members, veterans, and their beneficiaries. The day-to-day processing of all matters related to individual insurance accounts is handled by the Regional Office and Insurance Centers in Philadelphia, PA, and St. Paul, MN. These two centers provide the full range of functional activities necessary for a national life insurance program. Activities include the complete maintenance of individual accounts, underwriting functions, and life and death insurance claims awards, as well as any other insurance- related transactions. For information, call toll-free, 800-669-8477 The agency is also responsible for the administration of the Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance program for those disabled veterans who receive a VA grant for specially adapted housing. Accounts are maintained at the Regional Office and Insurance Center in St. Paul, MN. In addition, the agency is responsible for supervising the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI) programs. Both programs are handled through the Office of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance, 213 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102. For information, call toll-free, 800-419-1473. National Cemetery System The National Cemetery System (NCS) provides services to veterans, active duty personnel, reservists, and National Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service and their families by operating national cemeteries; furnishing headstones and markers for the graves of U.S. veterans worldwide, service members, and reservists and National Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service; awarding grants to aid States in establishing, improving, and expanding veterans cemeteries; and serving as the operations element for the Presidential Memorial Certificate Program. The mission of the National Cemetery System is: --to provide, upon request, the interment of eligible service members, veterans, reservists and National Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service, their spouses, and certain children in VA national cemeteries and to maintain their graves; --to mark, upon application, the graves of eligible veterans worldwide, and reservists and National Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service who are buried in national, State, or private cemeteries; --to administer the State Cemetery Grants Program, which provides [[Page 483]] financial assistance to States for establishing, improving, and expanding State veterans cemeteries; and --to provide Presidential Memorial Certificates to the loved ones of honorably discharged, deceased service members or veterans. The National Cemetery area offices (located in Atlanta, GA; Philadelphia, PA; and Denver, CO) provide direct support to the 115 national cemeteries located throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Field Facilities Insurance Centers Two field sites house all individual insurance records covering service members and veterans under the Government- administered programs: WW I United States Government Life Insurance; WW II National Service Life Insurance; Post-Korean Conflict; Veterans Reopened Insurance for the disabled of WW II and Korea; and Service- Disabled Veterans Insurance, the only Government-administered program open for new issues to disabled veterans only. The two field locations are the VA Regional Office and Insurance Centers in Philadelphia, PA, and St. Paul, MN. All World War I insurance accounts, accounts for which the premium is paid by allotment from military service pay, and those paid by deduction from VA compensation or preauthorized debit are located at Philadelphia. All remaining insurance accounts are geographically distributed between the two VA Centers--with the Mississippi River serving as the approximate line of division. The Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Center is also responsible for formulating policy for the veterans insurance programs. The insurance functions performed by the two field stations include the total range of insurance operations to provide individual policy, underwriting, and life and death insurance claims service for service members, veterans, and their beneficiaries. Regional Offices Department of Veterans Affairs regional offices: --grant benefits and services provided by law for veterans, their dependents, and beneficiaries within an assigned territory; --furnish information regarding VA benefits and services; --adjudicate claims and make awards for disability compensation and pension; --supervise the payment of VA benefits to incompetent beneficiaries; --aid, guide, and prescribe vocational rehabilitation training and administer educational benefits; --guarantee loans for purchase of manufactured homes and lots and condominium units, purchase or construction or alteration of homes and farm residences, and under certain conditions, guarantee refinancing loans; --process grants for specially adapted housing; --process death claims; --assist the veteran in exercising rights to benefits and services; and --supervise VA offices under their jurisdiction. The offices are also responsible for veterans assistance activities, including coordination of efforts of participating agencies in an outreach program to assist returning service members. Services to U.S. veterans in most foreign countries normally are provided by the VA Regional Office, District of Columbia. The Honolulu Regional Office serves the Islands of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Wake, and Midway and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. U.S. veterans in the Virgin Islands and Mexico are served by the San Juan and Houston offices, respectively. Service is provided in cooperation with embassy staffs of the Department of State. Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office, District of Columbia The Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office, District of Columbia, is a typical regional office with additional functions. It has global jurisdiction and grants benefits and services provided by law for veterans and their beneficiaries and dependents residing outside the territorial limits of the United States, and it adjudicates certain unusual claims and [[Page 484]] actions not common to all regional offices, such as WW I adjusted compensation death cases, forfeiture cases, and benefits under special enactments provided by the Congress. It also maintains liaison with the Treasury Department on types and methods of payments to recipients in foreign countries. VA Offices The VA office provides veterans assistance and such other services as cannot be conveniently provided to veterans, their dependents and beneficiaries, and others in a given locality by a regional office or center. Medical Centers Veterans Affairs Medical Centers provide eligible beneficiaries with medical and other health care services equivalent to those provided by private-sector institutions, augmented in many instances by services to meet the special requirements of veterans. One hundred and twenty-six VA medical facilities are affiliated with 107 medical facilities for residency training; 72 VA medical facilities are affiliated with 59 dental schools; and all centers cooperate with one or more educational institutions in programs of nursing, associated health professions and occupations, and administrative training and related research, both in individual projects and in association with other VA medical centers in broad cooperative studies. There are 131 nursing home care units associated with VA medical centers to provide skilled nursing care and related medical services to patients who are no longer in need of hospital care. VA Regional Office and Insurance Centers Veterans Affairs Regional Office and Insurance Centers combine a regional office and an insurance center under the jurisdiction of one director. VA Medical and Regional Office Centers Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Centers combine a regional office and a medical center or a regional office, medical center, and domiciliary under the jurisdiction of one director. Domiciliaries Veterans Affairs Domiciliaries provide the least intensive level of inpatient medical care. This includes necessary ambulatory medical treatment, rehabilitation, and support services in a structured environment to veterans who are unable because of their disabilities to provide adequately for themselves in the community. Outpatient Clinics Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinics provide eligible beneficiaries with ambulatory care. VA National Cemeteries Veterans Affairs national cemeteries are the final resting places for burial of the remains of veterans, active duty personnel, reservists, and National Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service, their spouses, and certain eligible dependents. Memorial markers for veterans, service members, and reservists and National Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service, whose remains are not available for burial, may also be placed in a national cemetery. These cemeteries are designated as national shrines created in tribute to the sacrifices of all Americans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. National Facilities--Department of Veterans Affairs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type of Address facility Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Facilities Under the Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, and National Cemetery System--Centers, Domiciliaries, Medical Centers, Medical and Regional Office Centers, Outpatient Clinics, Insurance Centers, Regional Offices, Supply Activities, and National Cemeteries ALABAMA: Birmingham, 35233 (700 S. Medical Center. Y.C. Parris 19th St.). Mobile, 36604 (1202 National Sandra Beckley Virginia St.) (Mail: Cemetery. Barrancas National Cemetery, FL). Montgomery, 36109-3798 (215 Medical Center. (Vacancy) Perry Hill Rd.). Montgomery, 36109 (345 Regional Office Patrick K. Courtney Perry Hill Rd.). Seale, 36875 (553 Hwy. 165) National William Trower (Fort Mitchell National Cemetery. Cemetery). Tuscaloosa, 35404.......... Medical Center. W. Kenneth Ruyle Tuskegee, 36083............ Medical Center. Jimmie L. Clay ALASKA: Anchorage, 99508 (2925 Outpatient Alex Spector Debarr Rd.). Clinic and Regional Office. [[Page 485]] Fort Richardson, 99505 National Yvonne Payne, Program (P.O. Box 5-498). Cemetery. Specialist Sitka, 99835 (P.O. Box National Yvonne Payne, Program 1065) (Mail: Fort Cemetery. Specialist Richardson National Cemetery, AK). ARIZONA: Phoenix, 85012 (7th St. and Medical Center. John R. Fears Indian School Rd.). Phoenix, 85012 (3225 N. Regional Office David W. Walls Central Ave.). Phoenix, 85024 (23029 N. National Mary Dill Cave Creek Rd.) (National Cemetery. Memorial Cemetery of Arizona). Prescott, 86313............ Medical Center Patricia A. McKlem (medical and domiciliary). Prescott, 86301 (VA Medical National Mary Dill Center) (500 Highway 89 Cemetery. N.) (Mail: National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona). Tucson, 85723.............. Medical Center. Jonathan H. Gardner ARKANSAS: Fayetteville, 72703........ Medical Center. Richard F. Robinson Fayetteville, 72701 (700 National Darrell W. Lindsey, Government Ave.). Cemetery. Trainee Fort Smith, 72901 (522 National John Bacon Garland Ave.). Cemetery. Little Rock, 72206 (2523 National Mary Ann Fisher Confederate Blvd.). Cemetery. Little Rock, 72205 (300 Medical Center. George Gray, Jr. Roosevelt Rd.) (John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital). Little Rock Division North Little Rock Division (Mail: Little Rock) North Little Rock, 72115, Regional Office Fred King (P.O. Box 1280, Bldg. 65, Fort Roots). CALIFORNIA: Fresno, 93703 (2615 Clinton Medical Center. (Vacancy) Ave.). Gustine, 95322 (32053 W. National Carla Williams McCabe Rd.) (San Joaquin Cemetery. Valley National Cemetery). Loma Linda, 92357 (11201 Medical Center. Dean R. Stordahl Benton St.) (Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital). Long Beach, 90822 (5901 E. Medical Center. Lawrence Stewart 7th St.). Los Angeles, 90013 (425 S. Outpatient Lee Nackman Hill St.). Clinic. Los Angeles, 90024 (11000 Regional Office Stewart F. Liff Wilshire Blvd.). Los Angeles, 90049 (950 S. National Lucy Devenney Sepulveda Blvd.). Cemetery. Northern California Health Medical Center. Sheila M. Cullen Care System, 94523 (150 Muir Rd., Benicia). Oakland, 94612-5209 Regional Office Donald E. Stout (Oakland Federal Bldg., 1301 Clay St.). Palo Alto Health Care Medical Center. James A. Goff System, 94304 (3801 Miranda Ave.). Riverside, 92518 (22495 Van National Steve Jorgensen Buren Blvd.). Cemetery. San Bruno, 94066 (1300 National Gloria Gomez Sneath Lane) (Golden Gate Cemetery. National Cemetery). San Diego, 92161 (3350 La Medical Center. Gary Rossio Jolla Village Dr.). San Diego, 92108 (2022 Regional Office Ray W. Hall Camino Del Rio N.). San Diego, 92166 (Point National Cynthia Nunez Loma, P.O. Box 6237) (Fort Cemetery. Rosecrans National Cemetery). San Francisco, 94121 (4150 Medical Center. Sheila Cullen, Acting Clement St.). San Francisco, 94129 (P.O. National Gloria Gomez Box 29012, Presidio of San Cemetery. Francisco) (Mail: Golden Gate National Cemetery, CA). Sepulveda, 91343........... Medical Center. Jule Moravce West Los Angeles, 90073.... Medical Center (Vacancy) (medical and domiciliary). COLORADO: Denver, 80220 (1055 Medical Center. Edgar Thorsland, Jr. Clermont St.). Denver, 80225.............. Denver Robert Shields Distribution Center. Denver, 80235 (3698 S. National Art Smith Sheridan Blvd.) (Fort Cemetery. Logan National Cemetery). Fort Lyon, 81038........... Denver Robert E. Lee Distribution Center. Fort Lyon, 81038 (VA National Maintained by VAMC Medical Center). Cemetery. Engineering Service Fort Lyon, 81038........... Medical Center. W. David Smith Grand Junction, 81501...... Medical Center. Kurt Schlegelmilch Lakewood, 80228 (P.O. Box Regional Office Catherine L. Smith 25126, 155 Van Gordon St.). CONNECTICUT: Connecticut Health Care Medical Center. Vincent Ng System, 06111 (555 Willard Ave., Newington). Hartford, 06103 (450 Main Regional Office Jeffrey Alger St.). [[Page 486]] DELAWARE: Wilmington, 19805 (1601 Medical and Dexter Dix Kirkwood Hwy.). Regional Office Center. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Washington, 20422 (50 Medical Center. Sanford M. Garfunkel Irving St. NW.). Washington, 20421 (1120 Regional Office C. Fay Norred Vermont Ave. NW.). FLORIDA: Bay Pines, 33504 (1000 Bay Medical Center Thomas Weaver Pines Blvd. N.). (medical and domiciliary). Bay Pines, 33504 (P.O. Box National Jorge Baltar, Trainee 477). Cemetery. Bushnell, 33513 (Florida National Ronald R. Pemberton National Cemetery) (6502 Cemetery. SW. 102d Ave.). Gainesville, 32608-1197 Medical Center. J. Malcom Randall (1601 SW. Archer Rd.). Lake City, 32055-5898 (801 Medical Center. (Vacancy) S. Marion St.). Miami, 33125 (1201 NW. 16th Medical Center. Thomas C. Doherty St.). Pensacola, 32508-1099 National Sandra Beckley (Naval Air Station) Cemetery. (Barrancas National Cemetery). St. Augustine, 32084 (104 National Ronald R. Pemberton Marine St.) (Mail: Florida Cemetery. National Cemetery, FL). St. Petersburg, 33731 (P.O. Regional Office William D. Stinger Box 1437). Tampa, 33612 (13000 Bruce Medical Center. Richard A. Silver B. Downs Blvd.) (James A. Haley Veterans Hospital). GEORGIA: Atlanta, 30033 (1670 Medical Center. Robert Perreault Clairmont Rd.). Atlanta, 30365 (730 Regional Office Robert Perreault Peachtree St. NE.). Augusta, 30904-6285 (2460 Medical Center. (Vacancy) Wrightsboro Rd. (10)). Forest Hills Division Lenwood Division Dublin, 31021.............. Medical Center James Trusley (medical and domiciliary). Marietta, 30060 (500 National James Wallace Washington Ave.). Cemetery. HAWAII: Honolulu, 96850 (P.O. Box Medical and (Vacancy) 50188). Regional Office Center. Honolulu, 96813-1729 (2177 National Gene E. Castagnetti Puowaina Dr.) (National Cemetery. Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific). IDAHO: Boise, 83702 (805 W. Regional Office Barry M. Barker Franklin St.). Boise, 83702-4598 (5th & Medical Center. Wayne Tippets Fort Sts.). ILLINOIS: Alton, 62003 (600 Pearl National Ralph E. Church St.) (Mail: Jefferson Cemetery. Barracks National Cemetery, MO). Chicago Health Care System, Medical Center. Joseph L. Moore 60611 (333 E. Huron St.). Chicago, 60680 (P.O. Box Regional Office (Vacancy) 8136). Danville, 61832............ Medical Center. James S. Jones Danville, 61832 (1900 E. National Richard J. Pless Main St.). Cemetery. Hines, 60666-0303 (Lock Box Finance Center. James Burkett 66303, AMF O'Hare, IL). Hines, 60141 (Edward Hines, Medical Center. John J. DeNardo Jr. Hospital). Hines, 60141 (P.O. Box 76). VA National George T. Patterson Acquisition Center. Hines, 60141 (P.O. Box 27). Service and David Garcia Distribution Center. Marion, 62959 (2401 W. Main Medical Center. Linda Kurz St.). Moline, 61265 (P.O. Box National Larry Williams 737, Rock Island Arsenal) Cemetery. (Rock Island National Cemetery). Mound City, 62963 (P.O. Box National Ralph E. Church 128, Hwys. 37 & 51) (Mail: Cemetery. Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, MO). North Chicago, 60064....... Medical Center. Alfred S. Pete Quincy, 62301 (36th & Maine National Larry Williams Sts.) (Mail: Rock Island Cemetery. National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL). Springfield, 62707 (5063 National Leon Murphy Camp Butler Rd., R #1) Cemetery. (Camp Butler National Cemetery). INDIANA: Indianapolis, 46202 (1481 Medical Center. Alice L. Wood W. 10th St.). Cold Spring Road Division Tenth Street Division (Mail: 1481 W. 10th St., Indianapolis) Indianapolis, 46204 (575 N. Regional Office Dennis R. Wyant Pennsylvania St.). Indianapolis, 46208 (700 W. National Bobby A. Motan 38th St.) (Crown Hill Cemetery. National Cemetery) (Mail: Marion National Cemetery, IN). Marion, 46952 (1700 E. 38th National Bobby A. Motan St.). Cemetery. New Albany, 47150 (1943 National Gary D. Peak Elkin Ave.) (Mail: Zachary Cemetery. Taylor National Cemetery, KY). Northern Indiana Health Medical Center. Michael W. Murphy Care System, 46805 (1600 Randalia Dr., Fort Wayne). [[Page 487]] IOWA: Central Iowa Health Care Medical Center. Ellen DeGeorge-Smith System, 50310-5774 (30th and Euclid Ave.. Des Moines). Des Moines, 50309 (210 Regional Office Norman W. Bauer Walnut St.). Iowa City, 52246-5774 Medical Center. Gary L. Wilkinson (Highway 6 W.). Keokuk, 52632 (1701 J St.) National Larry Williams (Mail: Rock Island Cemetery. National Cemetery, IL). KANSAS: Eastern Kansas Health Care Medical Center Edgar L. Tucker System, 66048 (medical and (Leavenworth). domiciliary). Fort Leavenworth (Mail: National Jeffrey S. Barnes Leavenworth National Cemetery. Cemetery, KS). Fort Scott, 66701 (P.O. Box National Jeffrey S. Barnes 917). Cemetery. Leavenworth, 66048 (P.O. National Jeffrey S. Barnes Box 1694). Cemetery. Wichita, 67218 (5500 E. Medical Center. Kent Hill Kellogg). Wichita, 67218 (5500 E. Regional Office Robert Morrell, Acting Kellogg). KENTUCKY: Danville, 40442 (277 N. 1st National Jeffrey Teas St.) (Mail: Camp Nelson Cemetery. National Cemetery, KY). Lebanon, 40033 (20 Hwy. National Gary D. Peak 208E) (Mail: Zachary Cemetery. Taylor National Cemetery, KY). Lexington, 40511........... Medical Center. Helen K. Cornish Cooper Drive Division Leestown Division Lexington, 40508 (833 W. National Jeffrey Teas Main St.) (Mail: Camp Cemetery. Nelson National Cemetery, KY). Louisville, 40202 (545 S. Regional Office Henry W. Gresham 3d St.). Louisville, 40202 (800 Zorn Medical Center. Larry J. Sander Ave.). Louisville, 40204 (701 National Gary D. Peak Baxter Ave.) (Cave Hill Cemetery. National Cemetery) (Mail: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, KY). Louisville, 40207 (4701 National Gary D. Peak Brownsboro Rd.) (Zachary Cemetery. Taylor National Cemetery). Nancy, 42544 (Mill Springs National Jeffrey Teas National Cemetery) (Mail: Cemetery. Camp Nelson National Cemetery, KY). Nicholasville, 40356 (6980 National Jeffrey Teas Danville Rd.) (Camp Nelson Cemetery. National Cemetery). LOUISIANA: Alexandria, 71301.......... Medical Center. Allen S. Goss Baton Rouge, 70806 (220 N. National Virgil M. Wertenberger 19th St.) (Mail: Port Cemetery. Hudson National Cemetery, LA). New Orleans, 70146 (1601 Medical Center. John D. Church, Jr. Peridido St.). New Orleans, 70113 (701 Regional Office Gary Cole Loyola Ave.). Pineville, 71360 (209 E. National Sharon Bell-Goodrich, Shamrock Ave.) (Alexandria Cemetery. Trainee National Cemetery) (Mail: Natchez, NC). Shreveport, 71130 (510 E. Medical Center. Billy Valentine Stoner Ave.). Zachary, 70791 (20978 Port National Virgil M. Wertenberger Hickey Rd.) (Port Hudson Cemetery. National Cemetery). MAINE: Togus, 04330............... Medical and John H. Sims, Jr. Regional Office Center. Togus, 04330 (VA Medical National Kurt Rotar and Regional Office Cemetery. Center) (Mail: Massachusetts National Cemetery, MA). MARYLAND: Annapolis, 21401 (800 West National Robin Pohlman St.) (Mail: Baltimore Cemetery. National Cemetery, MD). Baltimore, 21201 (31 Regional Office John W. Smith Hopkins Plz.). Baltimore, 21228 (5501 National Robin Pohlman Frederick Ave.). Cemetery. Baltimore, 21228 (3445 National Robin Pohlman Frederick Ave.) (Loudon Cemetery. Park National Cemetery) (Mail: Baltimore National Cemetery, MD). Maryland Health Care Medical Center. Dennis Smith System, 21218 (3900 Loch Raven Blvd., Baltimore). MASSACHUSETTS: Bedford, 01730 (200 Springs Medical Center. William A. Conte Rd.) (Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital). Boston, 02130 (150 S. Medical Center. Elwood Headley Huntington Ave.). Boston, 02203 (John F. Regional Office Michael D. Olson Kennedy Federal Bldg.). Boston, 02108 (17 Court Outpatient combined VA Boston St.). Clinic. Bourne, 02532 (Connary National Kurt Rotar Ave.) (Massachusetts Cemetery. National Cemetery). Brockton/West Roxbury, Medical Center. Michael Lawson 02132 (1400 Veterans of Foreign Wars Pkwy., West Roxbury). Northampton, 01060......... Medical Center. Bruce A. Gordon [[Page 488]] MICHIGAN: Ann Arbor, 48105 (2215 Medical Center. James Roseborough Fuller Rd.). Augusta, 49012 (15501 National Robert Poe Dickman Rd.) (Fort Custer Cemetery. National Cemetery). Battle Creek, 49106........ Medical Center. Michael K. Wheeler Detroit, 48101............. Medical Center. James Roseborough Detroit, 48226 (477 Regional Office Carlos B. Lott, Jr. Michigan Ave.). Iron Mountain, 49801....... Medical Center. Thomas Arnold Saginaw, 48602 (1500 Weiss Medical Center. Robert H. Sabin St.). MINNESOTA: Minneapolis, 55417 (1 Medical Center. Charles A. Milbrandt Veterans Dr.). Minneapolis, 55450 (7601 National Steve Muro 34th Ave., S.) (Fort Cemetery. Snelling National Cemetery). St. Cloud, 56301 (4801 8th Medical Center. Barry T. Bahl, Acting St. N.). St. Paul, 55111 (Bishop Regional Office Ronald J. Henke Henry Whipple Federal and Insurance Bldg., Fort Snelling). Center. Remittances: P.O. Box 1820. MISSISSIPPI: Biloxi, 39531.............. Medical Center Julie Catellies (medical and domiciliary). Biloxi Hospital and Domiciliary Division Gulfport Hospital Division (Mail: Biloxi, MS) Biloxi, 39535-4968 (P.O. National Douglas W. Smith, Sr. Box 4968). Cemetery. Corinth, 38834 (1551 Horton Medical Center Mark E. Maynard St.) (Mail: Memphis (medical and National Cemetery, TN). domiciliary). Jackson, 39216 (1500 E. Medical Center. Richard P. Miller Woodrow Wilson Ave.). Jackson, 39269 (1660 E. Regional Office Mary F. Leyland Woodrow Wilson Ave.). Natchez, 39120 (41 Cemetery National Sharon Bell-Goodrich, Rd.). Cemetery. Trainee MISSOURI: Columbia, 65201 (800 Medical Center. Gary Campbell Hospital Dr.) (Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital). Jefferson City, 65101 (1024 National Ralph E. Church E. McCarthy) (Mail: Cemetery. Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, MO). Kansas City, 64128 (4801 Medical Center. Hugh F. Doran Linwood Blvd.). Poplar Bluff, 63901........ Medical Center. (Vacancy) Springfield, 65804 (1702 E. National Dane Freeman Seminole St.). Cemetery. St. Louis, 63125........... Medical Center. Donald L. Ziegenhorn John J. Cochran Division Jefferson Barracks Division St. Louis, 63115 (P.O. Box Records Michael C. Baker 5020). Management Center. St. Louis, 63103-2271 (400 Regional Office Robert J. Epley S. 18th St.). St. Louis, 63125 (2900 National Ralph E. Church Sheridan Dr.) (Jefferson Cemetery. Barracks National Cemetery). MONTANA: Fort Harrison, 59636....... Medical and Joseph M. Underkofler Regional Office Center. Miles City, 59301.......... Medical Center. Richard J. Stanley NEBRASKA: Greater Nebraska Health Medical Center. David A. Asper Care System, 68510 (600 S. 70th St., Lincoln). Lincoln, 68516 (5631 S. Regional Office Geraldine Johnson 48th St.). Maxwell, 69151 (HCO 1, Box National Jim Schwartz 67) (Fort McPherson Cemetery. National Cemetery). Omaha, 68105 (4101 Medical Center. John J. Phillips Woolworth Ave.). NEVADA: Las Vegas, 89015 (102 Lake Outpatient Ramon J. Reevey Mead Dr.). Clinic. Reno, 89520 (1000 Locust Medical Center. Gary R. Whitfield St.). Reno, 89520 (1201 Terminal Regional Office Eileen Straub Way). NEW HAMPSHIRE: Manchester, 03104 (718 Medical Center. Paul J. McCoch Smyth Rd.). Manchester, 03101 (275 Regional Office Edward J. Hubbard Chestnut St.). NEW JERSEY: Beverly, 08010 (R #1, National Delores T. Blake Bridgeboro Rd.). Cemetery. Newark, 07102 (20 Regional Office Robert P. Van Sprang Washington Pl.). New Jersey Health Care Medical Center. Kenneth Mizrach System, 07019 (East Orange). Salem, 08079 (R.F.D. 3, National Delores T. Blake Fort Mott Rd., Box 542) Cemetery. (Finn's Point National Cemetery) (Mail: Beverly National Cemetery, NJ). Somerville, 08876.......... Asset Sharon Dufour Management Service. NEW MEXICO: Albuquerque, 87108 (2100 Medical Center. Norman E. Browne Ridgecrest Dr. SE.). Albuquerque, 87102 (500 Regional Office Sandra D. Epps Gold Ave. SW.). Fort Bayard, 88036 (P.O. National Gerald T. Vitela Box 189) (Fort Bayard Cemetery. National Cemetery) (Mail: Fort Bliss National Cemetery, TX). [[Page 489]] Santa Fe, 87501 (P.O. Box National Gilbert Gallo 88, 501 N. Guadalupe St.). Cemetery. NEW YORK: Albany, 12208 (113 Holland Medical Center. Lawrence Flesh Ave.). Bath, 14810................ Medical Center Michael J. Sullivan (medical and domiciliary). Bath, 14810 (VA Medical National David G. Dimmick Center). Cemetery. Bronx, 10468 (130 W. Medical Center. MaryAnn Musumeci Kingsbridge Rd.). Brooklyn, 11209 (800 Poly Medical Center. John Donnellan, Acting Pl.). Brooklyn Division St. Albans Division Brooklyn, 11205 (35 Ryerson Outpatient James J. Farsetta St.). Clinic. Brooklyn, 11208 (625 National (Vacancy) Jamaica Ave.) (Cypress Cemetery. Hills National Cemetery) (Mail: Long Island National Cemetery, NY). Buffalo, 14202 (111 W. Regional Office Gregory L. Mason Huron St.). Calverton, 11933 (210 National Patrick Hallinan Princeton Blvd.). Cemetery. Canandaigua, 14424......... Medical Center. Stuart Collyer Elmira, 14901 (1825 Davis National David G. Dimmick St.) (Woodlawn National Cemetery. Cemetery) (Mail: Bath National Cemetery, NY). Farmingdale, 11735-1211 National (Vacancy) (2040 Wellwood Ave.) (Long Cemetery. Island National Cemetery). Hudson Valley Health Care Medical Center. Michael Sabo System, 10548 (Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hospital, Montrose). New York, 10014 (245 W. Regional Office (Vacancy) Houston Street). New York, 10001 (1st Ave. Medical Center. John Donnellan, Jr. at E. 24th St.). New York Health Care Medical Center. Richard S. Droske System, 14215 (3495 Bailey Ave., Buffalo). Northport, Long Island, Medical Center. Mary Dowling 11768. Syracuse, 13210 (Irving Medical Center. Phillip Thomas Ave. and University Pl.). NORTH CAROLINA: Asheville, 28805........... Medical Center. James A. Christian Durham, 27705 (508 Fulton Medical Center. Michael Phaup St. and Erwin Rd.). Fayetteville, 28301 (2300 Medical Center. Richard Baltz Ramsey St.). New Bern, 28560 (1711 National (Vacancy) National Ave.). Cemetery. Raleigh, 27610 (501 Rock National Abe Stice Quarry Rd.). Cemetery. Salisbury, 28144 (1601 Medical Center. (Vacancy) Brenner Ave.). Salisbury, 28144 (202 National Margaret S. Yarborough Government Rd.). Cemetery. Wilmington, 28403 (2011 National (Vacancy) Market St.) (Mail: New Cemetery. Bern National Cemetery, NC). Winston-Salem, 27155 (251 Regional Office John Montgomery N. Main St.). NORTH DAKOTA: Fargo, 58102 (655 First Medical and Douglas M. Kenyon Ave.). Regional Office Center. OHIO: Chillicothe, 45601......... Medical Center. Michael W. Walton Cincinnati, 45220 (3200 Medical Center. Gary N. Nugent Vine St.). Cleveland, 44106-3800 Medical Center. William Montague (10701 East Blvd.). Becksville Division Wade Park Division Cleveland, 44199 (1240 E. Regional Office Phillip J. Ross 9th St.). Columbus, 43221 (2090 Kenny Outpatient Lilian T. Thome Rd.). Clinic. Dayton, 45428 (VA Medical Medical Center Steve Cohen Center, 4100 W. 3d St.). (medical and domiciliary). Dayton, 45428 (VA Medical National Karen J. DuHart Center, 4100 W. 3d St.). Cemetery. OKLAHOMA: Fort Gibson, 74434 (1423 National Candice Underwood Cemetery Rd.). Cemetery. Muskogee, 74401 (Memorial Medical Center. (Vacancy) Station, Honor Heights Dr.). Muskogee, 74401 (125 S. Regional Office William D. Fillman, Jr. Main St.). Oklahoma City, 73104 (921 Medical Center. Steve J. Gentling NE. 13th St.). OREGON: Eagle Point, 97524 (2763 National Darryl Ferrell Riley Rd.). Cemetery. Portland, 97207 (3710 SW. Medical Center. William Ted Galey U.S. Veterans Hospital Rd.). Portland, 97204 (1220 SW. Regional Office Joseph Williams 3d Ave.). Portland, 97266-6937 (11800 National Billy D. Murphy SE. Mt. Scott Blvd., P.O. Cemetery. Box 66147) (Willamette National Cemetery). Roseburg, 97470-6513....... Medical Center. Alan S. Perry Roseburg, 97470 (VA Medical National Billy D. Murphy Center) (Mail: Willamette Cemetery. National Cemetery, OR). White City, 97503.......... Domiciliary.... George H. Andries, Jr. PENNSYLVANIA: Altoona, 16602-4377........ Medical Center. Gerald L. Williams Annville, 17003-9618 (R 2, National Charlene R. Lewis Box 484) (Indiantown Gap Cemetery. National Cemetery). [[Page 490]] Aspinwall (see Pittsburgh, 15240) Butler, 16001-2480......... Medical Center. Michael Moreland Coatesville, 19320......... Medical Center. Gary W. Devansky Erie, 16501 (135 E. 38th Medical Center. Stephen M. Lucas St. Blvd.). Lebanon, 17042............. Medical Center. (Vacancy) Philadelphia, 19101 (5000 Regional Office Thomas M. Lastowka Wissahickon Ave.) and Insurance (Insurance remittances: Center. P.O. Box 7787). (Mail: P.O. Box 42954). Philadelphia, 19104 Medical Center. Earl F. Falast (University and Woodland Aves.). Philadelphia, 19138 (Haines National Delores T. Blake St. and Limekiln Pike) Cemetery. (Mail: Beverly National Cemetery, NJ). Pittsburgh, 15222 (1000 Regional Office Barry S. Jackson Liberty Ave.). Pittsburgh, 15206 (Highland Medical Center. Thomas A. Cappello Dr.). Pittsburgh, 15240 Medical Center. Thomas A. Cappello (University Dr. C). Aspinwall Division Pittsburgh Division (Mail: University Drive, Pittsburgh) Wilkes-Barre, 18711 (1111 Medical Center. Reedes Hurt East End Blvd.). PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC: Manila (1131 Roxas Blvd.) Regional Office (Vacancy) (APO 96440). and Outpatient Clinic. PUERTO RICO: Bayamon, 00960 (P.O. Box National Jorge Lopez 1298) (Puerto Rico Cemetery. National Cemetery). Hato Rey, 00918 (U.S. Courthouse and Federal Bldg., Carlos E. Chardon St.). San Juan, 00927-5800 Medical Center. Jamie Palmer (Barrio Monacillos G.P.O., Box 364867). San Juan, 00936 (U.S. Regional Office Mary F. Leyland Courthouse and Federal Bldg., Carlos E. Chardon St., Hato Rey, G.P.O. Box 364867). RHODE ISLAND: Providence, 02903 (380 Regional Office Peter Wells Westminster Mall). Providence, 02908 (Davis Medical Center. Edward H. Seiler Park). SOUTH CAROLINA: Beaufort, 29902 (1601 National Walter A. Gray Boundary St.). Cemetery. Charleston, 29401-5799 (109 Medical Center. R. John Vogel Bee St.). Columbia, 29201 (William Medical Center. Robert M. Athey Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Hospital). Columbia, 29201 (1801 Regional Office R. Stedman Sloan, Jr. Assembly St.). Florence, 29501 (803 E. National Kenneth LaFevor National Cemetery Rd.). Cemetery. SOUTH DAKOTA: Fort Meade, 57741.......... Medical Center. Peter P. Henry Hot Springs, 57747 (Fort Medical Center Daniel Marsh Meade National Cemetery). (medical and domiciliary). Hot Springs, 57747 (VA National Douglas D. Miner Medical Center) (Mail: Cemetery. Black Hills National Cemetery, SD). Sioux Falls, 57117 (Royal Medical Center R. Vincent Crawford C. Johnson Veterans and Regional Memorial Hospital) (Mail: Office. P.O. Box 5046, 25051 W. 22d St.). Sturgis, 57785 (P.O. Box 640) (Mail: Black Hills National Cemetery). Sturgis, 57785 (P.O. Box National Douglas D. Miner 640) (Black Hills National Cemetery. Cemetery). TENNESSEE: Chattanooga, 37404 (1200 National James Wallace Bailey Ave.). Cemetery. Knoxville, 37917 (939 Tyson National Rodney Dunn St. NW.) (Mail: Mountain Cemetery. Home). Madison, 37115-4619 (1420 National Joe Nunnally Gallatin Rd. S.) Cemetery. (Nashville National Cemetery). Memphis, 38104 (1030 Medical Center. Kenneth L. Mulholland, Jefferson Ave.). Jr. Memphis, 38122 (3568 Townes National Mark E. Maynard Ave.). Cemetery. Mountain Home, 37684 Medical Center Carl Gerber (Johnson City). (medical and domiciliary). Mountain Home, 37684 (P.O. National Rodney Dunn Box 8). Cemetery. Murfreesboro, 37129-1236... Medical Center. Brian Heckert Nashville, 37212-2637 (1310 Medical Center. William Mountcastle 24th Ave. S.). Nashville, 37203 (110 9th Regional Office Thomas R. Jensen Ave. S.). TEXAS: Amarillo, 79106 (6010 Medical Center. Wallace M. Hopkins Amarillo Blvd. W.). Austin, 78772 (1615 E. Automation Robert Evans Woodward St.). Center. Austin, 78714-9575 (P.O. Financial Harlan R. Hively Box 149975). Services Center. Big Spring, 79720.......... Medical Center. Cary Brown Bonham, 75418 (Sam Rayburn Medical Center George Moore, Jr. Memorial Veterans Center). (medical and domiciliary). [[Page 491]] Central Texas Health Care Medical Center Dean Billik System, 76504 (Olin E. (medical and Teague Veterans Center, domiciliary). Temple). Dallas, 75216 (4500 S. Medical Center. Alan Harper Lancaster Rd.). El Paso, 79925 (5919 Brook Outpatient Frank Caldwell Hollow Dr.). Clinic. Fort Bliss, 79906 (5200 National Gerald T. Vitela Fred Wilson Rd., P.O. Box Cemetery. 6342). Houston, 77030 (2002 Medical Center. David Whately Holcombe Blvd.). Houston, 77030 (6900 Almeda Regional Office Thomas R. Wagner Rd.). Houston, 77038 (10410 National Jose R. Coronado Veterans Memorial Dr.). Cemetery. Kerrville, 78028 (VA National Joe A. Ramos Medical Center, 3600 Cemetery. Memorial Blvd.) (Mail: Fort Sam Houston, TX). San Antonio, 78202 (517 National Joe A. Ramos Paso Hondo St.) (Mail: Cemetery. Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, TX). San Antonio, 78209 (1520 National Joe A. Ramos Harry Wurzbach Rd.) (Fort Cemetery. Sam Houston National Cemetery). South Texas Veterans Health Medical Center. Jose R. Coronado Care System, 78285 (7400 Merton Minter Blvd., San Antonio) (Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital). Waco, 76711 (4800 Memorial Medical Center. A. Reddy, Acting Dr.). Waco, 76799 (701 Clay Ave.) Regional Office Jerry G. McRae UTAH: Salt Lake City, 84147 (125 Regional Office Douglas B. Wadsworth S. State St.). Salt Lake City, 84148 (500 Medical Center. James Floyd Foothill Blvd.). VERMONT: White River Junction, 05009 Medical and Gary M. DeGasta Regional Office Center. VIRGINIA: Alexandria, 22314 (1450 National Lawrence Bibbs Wilkes St.) (Mail: Cemetery. Culpeper National Cemetery, VA). Culpeper, 22701 (305 U.S. National Lawrence Bibbs Ave.). Cemetery. Danville, 24541 (721 Lee National Margaret S. Yarborough St.) (Mail: Salisbury Cemetery. National Cemetery, NC). Hampton, 23667............. Medical Center Bettye Story (medical and domiciliary). Hampton, 23667 (Cemetery National Homer D. Hardamon Rd. at Marshall Ave., VA). Cemetery. Hampton, 23667 (VA Medical National Homer D. Hardamon Center) (Mail: Cemetery Cemetery. Rd. at Marshall Ave., VA). Hopewell, 23860 (10th Ave. National Homer D. Hardamon and Davis St.) (City Point Cemetery. National Cemetery) (Mail: Richmond National Cemetery, VA). Leesburg, 22075 (Route 7) National Lawrence Bibbs (Balls Bluff National Cemetery. Cemetery) (Mail: Culpeper National Cemetery, VA). Mechanicsville, 23111 National Homer D. Hardamon (Route 156 N.) (Cold Cemetery. Harbor National Cemetery) (Mail: Richmond National Cemetery, VA). Richmond, 23249 (1201 Broad Medical Center. James W. Dudley Rock Rd.). Richmond, 23231 (1701 National Homer D. Hardamon Williamsburg Rd.). Cemetery. Richmond, 23231 (8620 National Homer D. Hardamon Varina Rd.) (Fort Harrison Cemetery. National Cemetery) (Mail: Richmond National Cemetery, VA). Richmond, 23231 (8301 National Homer D. Hardamon Willis Church Rd.) Cemetery. (Glendale National Cemetery) (Mail: Richmond National Cemetery, VA). Roanoke, 24011 (210 Regional Office James A. Maye Franklin Rd. SW.). Salem, 24153............... Medical Center. John M. Presley Sandston, 23150 (400 E. National Homer D. Hardamon Williamsburg Rd.) (Seven Cemetery. Pines National Cemetery) (Mail: Richmond National Cemetery, VA). Staunton, 24401 (901 National Lawrence Bibbs Richmond Ave.) (Mail: Cemetery. Culpeper National Cemetery, VA). Triangle, 22172 (R #619, National Patricia K. Novak 18424 Joplin Rd.) Cemetery. (Quantico National Cemetery). Winchester, 22601 (401 National Lawrence Bibbs National Ave.) (Mail: Cemetery. Culpeper National Cemetery, VA). WASHINGTON: Pugent Sound Health Care Medical Center. Timothy Williams System, 98108 (4435 Beacon Ave. S., Seattle). Seattle, 98174 (915 2d Regional Office Michael Walcoff Ave.). Spokane, 99205 (N. 4815 Medical Center. Joseph M. Manley Assembly St.). Walla Walla, 99362 (77 Medical Center. George Marnell Wainwright Dr.). WEST VIRGINIA: Beckley, 25801 (200 Medical Center. Gerald Husson Veterans Ave.). Clarksburg, 26301.......... Medical Center. Michael W. Neusch [[Page 492]] Grafton, 26354 (R #2, Box National Patrick Lovett 127) (West Virginia Cemetery. National Cemetery). Grafton, 26354 (431 Walnut National Patrick Lovett St.) (Mail: West Virginia Cemetery. National Cemetery, WV) (Grafton National Cemetery, WV). Huntington, 25701 (1540 Medical Center. David Pennington Spring Valley Dr.). Huntington, 25701 (640 4th Regional Office David Allen, Acting Ave.). Martinsburg, 25401......... Medical Center Glen Grippen (medical and domiciliary). WISCONSIN: Madison, 53705 (2500 Medical Center. Nathan L. Geraths Overlook Ter.) (William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital). Milwaukee, 53295-4000 (5000 Medical Center Russell E. Struble W. National Ave.). (medical and domiciliary). Milwaukee, 53295-4000 (5000 Regional Office Jon A. Baker W. National Ave., Bldg. 6). Milwaukee, 53295-4000 (5000 National Richard A. Anderson W. National Ave.) (Wood Cemetery. National Cemetery). Tomah, 54660............... Medical Center. Stanley Q. Johnson WYOMING: Cheyenne, 82001 (2360 E. Medical Center. Richard Fry Pershing Blvd.). Sheridan, 82801............ Medical Center. Maureen Humphrys ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sources of Information Audiovisuals Persons interested in the availability of VA video productions or exhibits for showing outside VA may write the Chief, Media Services Division (032B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. Phone, 202-273-9781 or 9782. Contracts and Small Business Activities Persons seeking to do business with the Department of Veterans Affairs may contact the Director, Acquisition Resources Service (95), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. Phone, 202-273-8815. A brochure entitled Doing Business With the Department of Veterans Affairs, which describes acquisition opportunities and contact points, is available upon request. The Office of Acquisition and Materiel Management also distributes information regarding VA business opportunities electronically through the Internet, at http://www.va.gov/oa&mm/index.htm. The Handbook for Veterans in Business, prepared with the veteran in mind, which contains information on procurement programs, acquisition regulatory requirements, and general guidance on marketing the Federal Government, and more specifically VA, is also available to veterans upon request. Persons seeking information regarding special contracting and subcontracting programs for small, disadvantaged, 8(a) certified, and women- and veteran-owned small businesses may contact the Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (00SB). Phone, 202-565-8124. The Veterans Benefits Administration enforces laws which prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, and age in federally assisted programs. Information regarding these laws can be obtained from the nearest VA regional office. Electronic Access Information concerning the Department of Veterans Affairs is available electronically through the Internet, at http:// www.va.gov/. Employment The Department of Veterans Affairs employs physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, nurses, nurse anesthetists, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries, registered respiratory therapists, certified respiratory technicians, licensed physical therapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, and licensed practical or vocational nurses under VA's excepted merit system. This system does not require civil service eligibility. Other professional, technical, administrative, and clerical occupations exist in VA that do require civil service eligibility. Persons interested in employment should [[Page 493]] contact the Human Resources Management Office at their nearest VA facility. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for appointments without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or any nonmerit factor. Freedom of Information Act Requests Inquiries should be directed to the Assistant Secretary for Management, Information Management Service (045A4), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. Phone, 202-273- 8135. Inspector General Inquiries and Hotline Publicly available documents and information on the VA Office of Inspector General are available electronically through the Internet, at http://www.va.gov/oig/ homepage.htm. Complaints may be sent by mail to the VA Inspector General (53E), P.O. Box 50410, Washington, DC 20091-0410. Hotline phone, 800- 488-8244. E-mail, [email protected]. Medical Center (Hospital) Design, Construction, and Related Services VA projects requiring services for design, construction, and other related services are advertised in the Commerce Business Daily. Architectural/ engineering firms interested in designing VA medical center construction projects may write to the Director, Program Support Service (187B). Phone, 202-565-4181. Construction contractors should address their inquiries to the Chief, Office and Library Support Division (182C). Phone, 202-565-5171. Contact either office at the Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420; or write to the Chief, Acquisition and Materiel Management, at any VA medical center or regional office center (see listing in the preceding text). News Media Representatives of the media outside Washington, DC, may contact VA through the nearest regional Office of Public Affairs: Atlanta (404-347-3236) Chicago (312-353-4076) Dallas (214-767-9270) Denver (303-914-5855) Los Angeles (310-268-4207) New York (212-807-3429) National and Washington, DC, media may contact the Office of Public Affairs in the VA Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. Phone, 202-273-5700. Publications Annual Report of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may be obtained (in single copies), without charge, from the Reports and Information Service (008C2), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. The 1998 VA pamphlet Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents (80-98-1) is available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Board of Veterans Appeals Index (I-01-1), an index to appellate decisions, is available on microfiche in annual cumulation from July 1977 through December 1994. The quarterly indexes may be purchased for $7 and annual cumulative indexes for $22.50. Annual indexes and BVA decisions for 1992 and 1993 are also available on CD-ROM for $30. The VADEX/CITATOR of Appellate Research Materials is a complete printed quarterly looseleaf cumulation of research material which may be purchased for $175 with binder and for $160 without binder. The Vadex Infobase, a computer-searchable version of the VADEX, is also available on diskettes for $100 per copy. These publications may be obtained by contacting Promisel and Korn, Inc. Phone, 301-986-0650. Beginning in 1993, archived decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals are available on CD-ROM, which may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. VA Pamphlet, A Summary of Department of Veteran Affairs Benefits (27-82-2), may be obtained, without charge, from any VA regional office. Interments in VA National Cemeteries, VA NCS-IS-1, provides a list of national cemeteries and information on procedures and eligibility for burial. Copies may be obtained without charge from the National Cemetery System (402B2), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. [[Page 494]] A construction research report listing may be obtained from the Director, Program Management and Planning Office (O82), Office of Facilities, Department of Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. Phone, 202-565-5781. For further information, contact the Office of Public Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. Phone, 202-273-5700. Internet, http://www.va.gov/.