Definition: A cabinet department in the Executive Branch of the United States Government concerned with overall planning, promoting, and administering programs pertaining to VETERANS. It was established March 15, 1989 as a Cabinet-level position.
add UNITED STATES (NIM); research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; DF: VA CATALOG: use NAF entry
Other names Veterans Affairs (U.S.); Veterans Administration (U.S.); United States Veterans Administration; Veterans Administration; United States. Dept. of Veterans Affairs; United States Veterans' Administration
