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Though pensions for disabled soldiers was established in 1776 by the Continental Congress the care and pensions were provided by the individual states.
It was not until the 19th century that the Federal Government began to build some care facilities and expanded benefits and pension programs. These benefits and pensions were also extended to widows and surviving dependents of deceased veterans.
When the U.S. entered WWI in 1917 veterans benefits were organized into a new system by Congress. Three Federal Bureaus were created (The Veterans Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions of the Interior Department, and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers) to handle disability compensation, insurance and disability vocational rehabilitation.
The VA or Veterans Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs that consolidated the three bureaus under one roof was not officially established until 1930.
In 1989 the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was established as a Cabinet-level position by President Bush.
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