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VA’s National Cemetery Administration reimburses states for the cost of building, improving, or expanding state-run Veterans cemeteries. Sta
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WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded more than $77 million in grants in fiscal year 2025 for the expansion and improvement of 20 state Veterans cemeteries throughout
the nation and one establishment grant for Alaska’s first state Veterans cemetery.
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crypts, columbaria, and improvements required to continue interments and operations.
In FY 2025, VA grant-funded cemeteries interred more than 43,705 Veterans and eligible family members, which is approximately 25% of the 174,705 total annual interments in all national
and VA grant-funded Veterans cemeteries.
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Since 1980, VA has awarded grants totaling over $1.1 billion to 124 Veterans cemeteries in 47 states, 14 tribal nations, and 3 territories (Guam, Saipan, and Puerto Rico). In partnership
with VA’s 157 national cemeteries, these State, Territorial, and Tribal Veterans Cemeteries ensure more than 94% of all Veterans living in the United States have access to a Veterans
cemetery within 75 miles of their home.
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FORWARD MARCH: $16,712,172 for the establishment of the Interior Alaska Veterans Cemetery in Fairbanks. The cemetery will serve more than 12,000 Veterans and their eligible family members.
This is Alaska’s first state Veterans cemetery.
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PORTLAND, OREGON (June 5, 2025) – U.S. Navy Musician 3rd class Dinos San Pedro, left, and Musician 3rd class Jared Goodrum, play music for veterans at the Portland VA Medical Center
during Portland Fleet Week, June 5, 2025. Portland Fleet Week is a time-honored celebration of the sea services and provides an opportunity for the citizens of Oregon to meet Sailors,
Marines, and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness firsthand the latest capabilities of today’s maritime services. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Amelia Kang) Jun 09 2025
In addition to supporting Veterans through the NCA, there are several highlights of 2025.
* VA reduced the backlog of Veterans waiting for VA benefits by nearly 60%.
* VA eliminated the backlog of Veteran families waiting for VA health care.
* VA opened 25 new VA health care clinics, expanding care for Veterans around the country.
* VA is spending an additional $800 million on infrastructure improvements to ensure VA facilities provide safe, effective patient care.
* VA permanently housed nearly 52,000 homeless Veterans across the country in fiscal year 2025, the highest total in 7 years.
This is just a small sample of our successes over the past year. To learn more about the important reforms we achieved together in 2025, visit https://department.va.gov/2025accomplishments/
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3RGMFC0xh6cZoAzuIGtpAY1i8=438> . In 2019 and 2020, the U.S. Army transferred several cemeteries to VA in Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) 20 including; Fort Lawton Post Cemetery,
Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery, Fort Worden Post Cemetery, and Fort Stevens National Cemetery.
VA expands access to Veterans Legacy Memorial, allowing Veterans to chronicle their life story
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Earlier this year, VA expanded the Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) — the nation’s largest digital platform dedicated to the memory of Veterans and service members <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/
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secure website where they can privately submit images, autobiographies, military and life milestones, and historical documents.
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VLM already offers family, friends, and others a way to chronicle the life of a Veteran by uploading written tributes, photos, biographies, documents, and other information. It contains
nearly 10 million interactive VLM pages for those interred in VA national cemeteries, Department of Defense-managed cemeteries, VA grant-funded state/tribal cemeteries, National Park
Service cemeteries, and private cemeteries around the world.
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VA Form 40-10007 (Application for Pre-Need Determination of Eligibility for Burial in a VA National Cemetery
Veterans, service members, and some family members may be eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery. Veterans, service members, spouses, and dependents may be eligible for burial
in a VA national cemetery, as well as other benefits, if they meet one of these requirements. One of these must be true:
* The person qualifying for burial benefits is a Veteran who didn’t receive a dishonorable discharge, or
* The person qualifying for burial benefits is a service member who died while on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty for training, or
* The person qualifying for burial benefits is the spouse or surviving spouse of a Veteran (even if they remarried after the Veteran’s death), or
* The person qualifying for burial benefits is the minor child of a Veteran (even if the Veteran died first) or, in some cases, the unmarried adult dependent child of a Veteran
VA provides eligibility determinations for interment in a VA national cemetery prior to the time of need. Through the Pre-Need Determination of Eligibility Program, upon request, individuals
can learn if they are eligible for burial or memorialization in a VA national cemetery.
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This program reaffirms VA's commitment to providing a lifetime of benefits and services for Veterans and their families. Interested individuals may submit VA Form 40-10007, Application
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Form 214, if readily available, to the VA National Cemetery Scheduling Office. This application is only for VA national cemeteries. If you want to plan a burial in a VA grant-funded
state, territory, or tribal Veterans cemetery, you’ll need to contact the cemetery about their pre-need program. Some VA grant-funded cemeteries require that you live in that state
or have other eligibility rules. You can apply for a pre-need determination of eligibility from VA and also a grant-funded state, territory, or tribal Veterans cemetery.
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* the conduct of research (including research on improving mental health service facilities of the Department and on improving the delivery of mental health services by the Department);
* the education and training of health care personnel of the Department; and
* the development of improved models and systems for the furnishing of mental health services by the Department.
As part of the VISN 20 NW MIRECC mission to enhance access to mental health expertise, the NW MIRECC collaborates and consults with other MIRECCs and Centers of Excellence, as well as
with other VA, Department of Defense (DoD), Federal, State departments of Veterans Affairs, community agencies, and experts. The close geographic proximity (40 miles) of DoD Joint Base
Lewis-McChord/Madigan Army Medical Center to VAPSHCS has provided an exciting opportunity to develop innovative and productive research, education, and clinical care collaborations
with DoD personnel that address PTSD and its associated conditions in their early stages in active-duty Servicemembers.
VA ranks as one of the nation's leaders in health research. Every year, thousands of research studies are conducted at VA medical centers, outpatient clinics, and nursing homes. For
example, the VA has:
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* Developed artificial limbs that allow amputees to have more independence and better quality of life
* Invented the cardiac pacemaker
* Performed the first successful liver transplantation
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* Played a major role in the development of the CT/CAT scan to view the inside of the body
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