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Office of Veterans Affairs Closes Temporarily

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The Virgin Islands Office of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking all necessary steps to slow the spread of COVID-19 in order to protect veterans and staff. It will limit operations territorywide to essential functions only from Monday, March 23, until Monday, April 6.

The limited essential functions are identified as:

  • Burial arrangements

Anyone wishing to make arrangements for the burial of a Veteran scheduled to be buried during this timeframe, please call 340-774-8387 / 340-773-8387 or email info_va@va.vi.gov.

All other services are suspended at this time.

Any further updates can be heard on “The Veterans Voice” radio show, from 7-8 p.m. on 107.9 FM on Tuesdays.

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