Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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.

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Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • United States Veterans Administration
  • United States Veterans' Administration
  • United States. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
  • Veterans Administration
  • Veterans Administration (U.S.)
  • Veterans Affairs (U.S.)

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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History Note

1991; was UNITED STATES VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1966-90

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  1. I01w.409w.418w.750.700w
  2. N03w.540w.348w.500w.500.700w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014493. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014493
  2. United States Department of Veterans Affairs. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs
  3. United States Department of Veterans Affairs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q592576