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Rensselaer County Veterans Service Agency

Rensselaer County's Veterans Service Agency, 99 Troy Road, East Greenbush, 518-270-2760, helps veterans and families with VA claims, pensions, burials, grave markers, education, insurance and loans, and drives veterans in its medical vans to the Albany VA Medical Center and the Troy VA clinic, weekdays, first come first served; book at least five business days ahead.

Also called: VSA, county veterans service agency, claims help, East Greenbush, Troy, medical van, transportation, Stratton VA, grave marker, Veterans' Services Law 14, Unified Family Services, Troy, East Greenbush, Rensselaer, Hoosick Falls.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The Rensselaer County Veterans Service Agency, part of Unified Family Services with the Department for the Aging, is the county agency every New York county must keep under Veterans' Services Law 14; see the New York entry on local veterans' service agencies. "The Veterans Service Agency provides services to veterans of Rensselaer County and their families. We provide information on available benefits, eligibility standards, and we assist in the completion of necessary paperwork." What it does. Annual VA questionnaires, burials, compensation, pension counseling, education, grave markers, hospitalization, insurance, loans and other federal and State benefits. "The Agency also provides for the placement of grave markers provided for by the United States Government, and transportation to and from the Veterans' Administration Medical Center in Albany and the Troy Veteran's Administration Community Based Outreach Clinic via the Veteran's medical vans." The medical vans. "Our veterans' van service is available Monday through Friday on a first-come, first-served basis. We would appreciate it if you would call us a minimum of five business days prior to when you are going to need a ride." Call 518-270-2760 (the line takes messages 24 hours a day). Where. 99 Troy Road, East Greenbush, NY 12061; 518-270-2760.

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