WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gordon H. Mansfield today announced the award of a new lease for a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office building in Columbia, SC.
“This event signifies the continued commitment this nation has to South Carolina’s veterans,” said Mansfield. “The new Regional Office building will be a first-class, 21st century facility where veterans and their families can come for assistance in obtaining the benefits they have earned.”
The new facility will be co-located on the grounds of the Dorn VA Medical Center and will house approximately 400 staff, including employees of the South Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans service organizations such as Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, American Legion, AMVETS, Military Order of the Purple Heart, and Paralyzed Veterans of America.
The Columbia VA Regional Office serves 393,000 veterans in the state of South Carolina. It is one of 57 regional offices nationwide that provide financial and other forms of assistance to veterans, their dependents and survivors.
Major benefits include veterans’ disability compensation and pension, survivors’ benefits, vocational rehabilitation and employment assistance, educational assistance, home loan guaranties and life insurance.
For more information about veterans benefits and services, call 1-800-827-1000 or visit VA’s website at http://www.vba.va.gov.
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