United States Department of Veterans Affairs Tags: Government Agency.The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is the United States government’s second largest department after the United States Department of Defense. thumbnail point budget ($) 7.84E10 formation date 1989-03-15 formation year 1989-01-01T00:00:00+02:00 headquarter Washington D.C. jurisdiction Federal government of the United States leader Eric Shinseki location Washington D.C. number of employees 312841 latitude 38.9009 longitude -77.0348 Learn more... Loading...