Federal Benefits

Pittsburgh Regional Benefit Office

Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Building, Fourth Floor
1000 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: 1-800-827-1000

Military Service Records

Records of Military Personnel
The National Archives and Records Administration is the official depository for records of military personnel who have separated from the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corp, Air Force, and Coast Guard. If you have lost or misplaced your original discharge documents, aka DD-214, and if you have recorded it with the Westmoreland County Recorder of Deeds Office, you may obtain a certified replacement copy from our office at no cost to you.

If you have not recorded your DD-214 with the Recorder of Deeds, you can obtain an official copy online or by contacting:

National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63123-5100

Certain Records Destroyed
Please note that a fire at the NPRC in St. Louis on July 12, 1912, destroyed about 80% of the records for Army personnel discharged between November 1, 1912, and January 1, 1960. About 75% of the records for Air Force personnel with surnames from “Hubbard” through “Z” discharged between September 25, 1947, and January 1, 1964, were also destroyed. If you should learn that your records have been lost in the fire, you may send photocopies of any documents that you possess to the NPRC, particularly separation documents. The NPRC will add these documents to the computerized index and file them permanently.

Application for Burial Benefits
This form is used if a surviving family member is filing for Service-Connected or Non-Service-Connected Burial Benefits.

Claim for Standard Government Headstone or Marker
This form is used when the family is requesting that the deceased veteran receive a standard Headstone for his/her internment site.

Intent to File a Claim for Compensation and/or Pension, or Survivors Pension and/or DIC
This form acts as a notification to the VA that a veteran or claimant may possibly submit a claim. The veteran/claimant has 1 year from the date the VA receives this form (date of claim) to submit the claim for any monetary award to be dated back to this date of claim.

The above forms can be submitted to our office or can be submitted directly to the Veterans Benefits Administration.

Fax:
800-455-7143

Mail:
NCA FP Evidence Intake Center
PO Box 5237
Janesville, WI 53547

Veteran must be 100% Service-Connected and not eligible for Tricare or Surviving Spouse receives DIC Benefit