{"id":73006,"date":"2025-09-30T16:20:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/09\/30\/heres-how-a-government-shutdown-would-affect-va-services\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:40:35","slug":"heres-how-a-government-shutdown-would-affect-va-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2025\/09\/30\/heres-how-a-government-shutdown-would-affect-va-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how a government shutdown would affect VA services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the event of a government shutdown, veterans\u2019 health care won\u2019t be affected, the Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed in an announcement Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unless lawmakers reach a funding agreement by a midnight deadline, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/09\/24\/heres-how-looming-government-shutdown-could-affect-troops-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/09\/24\/heres-how-looming-government-shutdown-could-affect-troops-families\/\">government shutdown will be triggered<\/a>. VA officials outlined the impacts Tuesday to veterans and department operations if a shutdown were to occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department estimates that 97% of its employees would continue to work during a shutdown. VA medical centers, outpatient clinics and vet centers would be open. VA benefits would continue to be processed and delivered, including compensation, pension, education and housing benefits. But VA benefits regional offices would be closed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suicide prevention programs, homelessness services and caregiver support would continue, the agency said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burials would still occur at VA national cemeteries, and applications for headstones, markers and burial benefits would be processed. However, VA would not permanently place headstones or maintain the grounds at VA national cemeteries. The department would also halt processing applications for pre-need burials, and it wouldn\u2019t print new presidential memorial certificates. The National Cemetery Applicant Assistance hotlines would be closed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Veterans Crisis Line (Dial 988, Press 1) would remain open 24\/7 in the case of a shutdown, as would the VA Contact Centers, (800-MyVA411 or 800-698-2411). The VA Benefit Hotline (800-827-1000) would remain available 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday. But the GI Bill Hotline would close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Board of Veterans\u2019 Appeals would continue its work with decisions on veterans\u2019 cases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVA is committed to providing quality, consistent care and services to veterans, families, caregivers and survivors,\u201d department officials <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/contingency-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/contingency-planning\/\">state on their website<\/a>. \u201cVA\u2019s mission allows no exception to this standard, even when operations are limited by the absence of appropriations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veterans&#8217; health care and benefits processing won&#8217;t be affected, but other services would stop during a government shutdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":109607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":19,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,23,12,25,19],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3302],"class_list":["post-73006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-home","category-news","category-newsletters","category-veterans"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"LBVJCRU2FBDOPEB5AKPF3BJEYU","arc_canonical_url":"\/veterans\/2025\/09\/30\/heres-how-a-government-shutdown-would-affect-va-services\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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