VA Medical Center
3495 Bailey Avenue, Room 602C Buffalo, NY 14215
www.veterans.ny.gov
Help Line (1-888-VETSNYS)
888-838-7697
Primary Services
Veteran Benefits Assistance, Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits, Veteran Survivors Benefits
Description
Advocates on behalf of New York’s Veterans and their families to ensure they receive benefits granted by law for service in the United States Armed Forces.
Provides free benefits advising. Veterans Benefits Advisors (each Veteran themselves) across the state work to provide Veterans and their families with professional help to resolve social, medical, and economic matters. Advisors assist the claimant — whether a Veteran, spouse, child, or parent — in completing applications, obtaining necessary documentation, and filing claims for a broad spectrum of federal, State, local, and private Veterans’ benefits. Advisors also assist by responding to follow-up correspondence and appealing unfavorable rulings.
Plans and coordinates outreach services within the community and works closely with the United States Department of Veterans Services (VA) and other state agencies.
Also administers a Blind Annuity program that provides a monthly stipend to visually impaired Veterans and eligible surviving spouses, a Gold Star Parent Annuity that authorizes payment to eligible parents of service members killed in action, and the Veterans Education Bureau, which investigates and certifies postsecondary educational and vocational institutions as providing legitimate and quality education for Veterans seeking to utilize their federal education benefits to attend such facilities.
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Provides free benefits advising. Veterans Benefits Advisors (each Veteran themselves) across the state work to provide Veterans and their families with professional help to resolve social, medical, and economic matters. Advisors assist the claimant — whether a Veteran, spouse, child, or parent — in completing applications, obtaining necessary documentation, and filing claims for a broad spectrum of federal, State, local, and private Veterans’ benefits. Advisors also assist by responding to follow-up correspondence and appealing unfavorable rulings.
Plans and coordinates outreach services within the community and works closely with the United States Department of Veterans Services (VA) and other state agencies.
Also administers a Blind Annuity program that provides a monthly stipend to visually impaired Veterans and eligible surviving spouses, a Gold Star Parent Annuity that authorizes payment to eligible parents of service members killed in action, and the Veterans Education Bureau, which investigates and certifies postsecondary educational and vocational institutions as providing legitimate and quality education for Veterans seeking to utilize their federal education benefits to attend such facilities.
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Hours
Call for information.
Eligibility
Veterans, servicemembers, and their families.
Service Area: New York State.
Service Area: New York State.
Intake Process
To learn more about benefits and services, or to schedule an appointment with a Veterans Benefits Advisor, call the New York State Division of Veterans’ Services Help Line at 1.888.838.7697 (VETSNYS).
Program Fees
Call for information.
Date of Official Change
Aug 22, 2019
Contacts
Contact Email (Primary)
DVAInfo@veterans.ny.gov
Arthur Lawson
Veterans Benefits Advisor - Niagara County
716-286-4412
Mark Amico, Morgan Woodson, & Linda Nosbisch
Veterans Benefits Advisors - Erie County
716-862-8902
Troy Smith
Veterans Benefits Advisor - Chautauqua County
716-338-1511
Victor Roberts
Veterans Benefits Advisor - Genesee County
585-297-1000