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Welcome to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Documents Home Page. This web site contains information regarding VHA-wide policies, procedures, requirements and other information of general applicability. The VHA Forms, Publications and Records Management Service of the VHA Office of Information maintains the content. Most documents are available in PDF format only so you need to have the latest, free Adobe Acrobat Reader* on your PC.

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On this site you will find VHA

Brochures - Informational material mass-produced for patients and staff
Directives - establish mandatory VHA policies
Handbooks - prescribe mandatory VHA procedures and/ or operational requirements
Manuals - also prescribe mandatory VHA procedures or operational requirements (older documents not yet replaced by Handbooks)
Memorandums - establish mandatory VHA policies which apply within VHA Central Office
Information Letters - release nondirective information of one-time interest or short duration; i.e., applications for training opportunities, describing new programs, announcing meetings, reminders etc.
Notices - provide significant information of interest VHA-wide
Program Guides - contain non-mandatory and non-directive procedures for development of a program
VHA Record Control Schedule (RCS 10-1) - provides disposal authorities for VHA general and administrative records and program records.

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