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VA phone numbers: hotlines and hours

Which VA number to call for which question, with the hours VA lists. All of it comes from VA’s own phone number page.

The one-line version. VA has a separate number for benefits, health care, the GI Bill, burials and debt. Pick the one that matches your question.

Main lines

Main VA phone numbers

From VA’s Helpful VA phone numbers page

MyVA411 main information line: 800-698-2411. 24/7. To reach an interpreter, call and select 0 (VA’s instruction).
Telecommunications Relay Services (TTY): 711. 24/7.
VA benefits hotline: 800-827-1000. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. ET.
Special issue hotline (Blue Water Navy Act, Gulf War, Agent Orange and other information): 800-749-8387. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. ET.
GI Bill hotline: 888-442-4551. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET.
Students outside the U.S.: +1-918-781-7777 (VA says this is not toll-free). Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET.
VA loan guaranty program: 877-827-3702. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET.
Support for SGLI or VGLI: 800-419-1473. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET.
All other VA life insurance programs and the VA insurance center: 800-669-8477. VA says to call for current hours.

★ Start with the line that matches your question.

Health care

From VA’s Helpful VA phone numbers page

VA health benefits hotline: 877-222-8387. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET.
My HealtheVet help desk: 877-327-0022. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET.
CHAMPVA: 800-733-8387. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET.
CHAMPVA Meds by Mail: 888-385-0235, Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET. Second line: 866-229-7389, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET.
Community Care: 877-881-7618. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. ET.
Foreign Medical Program (FMP): 833-930-0816, select 3. Monday through Friday, 8:05 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. ET.
Spina Bifida Health Care Benefits Program: 833-930-0816, select 1. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. ET.
Quit VET (counselor to help you stop smoking): 855-784-8838. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. ET.
MISSION Act: 800-698-2411, select 1. 24/7.
Caregiver support line: 855-260-3274. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET.
Health Resource Center (medical and prescription debts): 866-400-1238. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET.

★ Health care lines are separate from the benefits hotline.

Burials and memorials

From VA’s Helpful VA phone numbers page

National Cemetery Scheduling Office: 800-535-1117 (TTY: 711). Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET.
Headstones and markers: 800-697-6947. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET.

★ These are separate from the benefits hotline.

Other support

From VA’s Helpful VA phone numbers page

Veterans Crisis Line: 988, then select 1. 24/7.
Vet Center call center: 877-927-8387. 24/7.
National Call Center for Homeless Veterans: 877-424-3838. 24/7.
Women Veterans call center: 855-829-6636. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. ET, and Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET.
Debt Management Center (nonmedical debts): 800-827-0648; outside the U.S., +1-612-713-6415. Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET.
Integrity and Compliance Helpline: 866-842-4357. Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET.

★ If you are in crisis, call 988 and select 1.

Honesty

Every number and hour on this page was read from VA’s Helpful VA phone numbers page on October 20, 2026. VA changes these. Check VA’s page before you rely on a number.
I did not call any number to test it.

★ If a number does not work, use the VA page below.