VARO Buffalo has four different jurisdictional areas as follows:
COMPENSATION AND PENSION BENEFITS
1-800-827-1000 (https://iris.va.gov)
Allegany County | Tioga County | Oswego County |
Erie County | Cayuga County | Wyoming County |
Niagara County | Jefferson County | Chenango County |
St. Lawrence County | Ontario County | Madison County |
Broome County | Tompkins County | Schuyler County |
Genesee County | Chautauqua County | Yates County |
Oneida County | Lewis County | Cortland County |
Steuben County | Orleans County | Monroe County |
Cattaraugus County | Wayne County | Seneca County |
Herkimer County | Chemung County | |
Onondaga County | Livingston County | |
Connecticut | New Jersey | Vermont |
New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Massachusetts |
Pennsylvania | District of Columbia | Ohio |
Delaware | New York | Virginia |
Maine | Maryland | West Virginia |
FOREIGN EDUCATION CLAIMS PROCESSING
For those veterans and beneficiaries residing overseas that have education claims under MGIB (Chapter 30), MGIB-SR (Chapter 1606), VEAP (Chapter 32), REAP (Chapter 1607) and DEA (Chapter 35) Programs.
Vocational rehabilitation and employment benefits
1-800-827-1000
31 Western New York Counties shown above (for C&P Benefits). Also provides Initial Evaluation Services and Case Management Services for veterans residing east of Thunder Bay, in Ontario, Canada.