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Veterans' Services - Overview - Massachusetts

Logo of Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services The Department of Veterans' Services (DVS) operates a state financial assistance program based on need, which provides financial, medical, education, and housing aid, certain tax exemptions, and other benefits to veterans and their dependents. In addition, DVS represents all state agencies and individual veterans before the federal Department of Veterans Affairs in securing federal compensation and other benefits that might be available.

Local veterans' agents in the cities and towns administer the emergency financial and medical assistance programs and initiate applications for cash bonuses to Persian Gulf War veterans. Assistance and referral in the areas of federal compensation and pensions, state and federal educational benefits, tax exemptions, annuities, home loans, and Persian Gulf War Bonuses may also be obtained from these agents.

Contact Information

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Department of Veterans' Services
600 Washington Street, Suite 1100
Boston, MA 02111

(617) 210-5480
Fax: (617) 210-5755

http://www.mass.gov/portal/index.jsp?pageID=veteranshomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans

Additional Information

The central office of the Federal Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) in Massachusetts that handles matters in areas of Federal VA compensation, benefits, or services is located at:

Department of Veterans' Affairs
JFK Federal Building
Room 1575E
Boston, MA 02203
(617) 565-2600
Toll free: 1-800-827-1000

The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth maintains a Veteran's Guide to Benefits that contains a wide variety of information for Massachusetts veterans. It is available online at:
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisvet/vetidx.htm

Extensive information about Federal Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits is included in the WorkWORLD Help/Information system. See the topic Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Overview for an introduction.

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Veterans' Services - Overview - Massachusetts

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