Albany County Veterans Service Bureau

Albany County's Veterans Service Bureau helps veterans and their dependents navigate the claims process, secure essential documents, and obtain benefits such as medical care, disability compensation, pensions, education assistance, burial support and VA home loans; its page body is rendered by script, so call the county before travelling.

Also called: veterans service bureau, claims help, VA claim, Albany, Veterans' Services Law 14, DD-214, burial.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Albany County, NYCounty

The Albany County Veterans Service Bureau is the county agency New York's Veterans' Services Law 14 requires each county to keep; see the New York entry on local veterans' service agencies. What the county says of it. The bureau's page body is rendered by script and could not be read, but its published summary reads: "Through advocacy, guidance, and personalized assistance, we help veterans and their dependents navigate the claims process, secure essential documents, and obtain benefits such as medical care, disability compensation, pensions, education assistance, burial support, and VA home loans." What that means in practice. The bureau is the county's service agency: claims filing and follow-up, discharge documents and benefits paperwork, for veterans and dependents. Its contact details are not printed on any static page, so a veteran reaches it through the county's directory at albanycountyny.gov or by phone through the county's main switchboard. The county also publishes a separate DD-214 recording page (the next entry).

Thresholds

Thresholds for Albany County Veterans Service Bureau
Gate	Rule
Veterans and dependents in Albany County	Veterans and their dependents. No rating is needed.

Sources

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Last updated 2026-10-08.

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