Veterans Affairs

The Veterans Affairs Office is open for casework and evidentiary document drop off only. All casework is continued to be handled through virtual means.  Please contact us via phone or email to set up a case review, development, appeal, or any other VA business.

Services


 We help veterans, their families, and survivors with securing the benefits they have earned. We handle claims for:
  • Aid and attendance
  • Dependent indemnity compensation (DIC)
  • Help for homeless veterans
  • Non service connected pension for wartime veterans
  • Service connected death
  • Service connected disability
  • Widows death pension

Benefits Available

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Veterans Benefits include:
  • Application to state veterans home county benefits
  • Emergency assistance for loss of income due to job loss, death, etc.
Lancaster County Benefits include:
  • $100 burial and headstone allowance
  • Grave markers and grave flags

Transportation to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center

We provide transportation to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Lebanon, on select days during the week. The ride departs from Lancaster at 8 a.m., and departs from the VAMC at approximately 12:30 p.m.   Click here to send an email requesting VA Transportation.  

Transportation to Lebanon VAMC will resume as of April 6TH with the following restrictions: 

Only 4 veterans per trip, consisting of one veteran per row of seats in the transport van. 

All veterans are required to wear masks at all times (masks provided) 

Temperatures will be taken prior to getting on the van with anyone showing a temp being denied transport. 

Transport van is sanitized prior to departure and upon return to the Government Center. 

Only veterans with proof of an appointment will be provided transportation and LEB VAMC Is only permitting those with appointments into the center. 

 

If screened symptomatic while at LEB VAMC, the veteran will NOT be afforded a return trip to Lancaster.               

via our transport van and must find their own return transportation to safeguard our drivers and other veterans. 




Assistance

We are staffed with knowledgeable Veterans Service Officers who can assist with most Federal Veterans Affairs benefits with professionalism and dedication.