This report provides state-level estimates of the number of Veterans who received VA Pension benefits during fiscal year 2021. It includes the Veterans’ gender. Blank values represent small cell counts that have been suppressed to protect the identity of Veterans. Some categories may not sum to the total due to missing information (e.g., gender, etc.).

Source: Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Enterprise Integration, United States Veterans Eligibility Trends & Statistics (USVETS) 2021 and Veterans Benefits Administration VETSNET FY 2021 pension data.

Prepared by National Center for Veterans Analysis & Statistics, www.va.gov/vetdata.

This report provides county-level estimates of the number of Veterans who received VA Disability Compensation benefits during fiscal year 2021. It includes the Veterans’ total service-connected disability (SCD) rating, age group, and gender. Blank values represent small cell counts that have been suppressed to protect the identity of Veterans. In the "Total: Disability Compensation Recipients" column, each blank cell represents less than 10 Veterans. Some categories may not sum to the total due to missing information (e.g., age, gender, etc.).

Source: Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Enterprise Integration, United States Veterans Eligibility Trends & Statistics (USVETS) 2021 and Veterans Benefits Administration VETSNET FY 2021 compensation data.

Prepared by National Center for Veterans Analysis & Statistics, www.va.gov/vetdata.

Notes:

"Total Number of Veterans" represents FY 2021 projected Veteran counts from VA's Veteran Population Projection Model 2020 (VetPop20). These projections represent living Veterans as of 9/30/2021 and are made with the assumption that Veterans are not missing information (e.g., ethnicity, etc.).

"Veteran VA Users" represents historical Veteran VA user counts from VA's United States Veterans Eligibility Trends and Statistics 2021 (USVETS 2021). These counts represent Veterans who used any VA benefit or service during FY 2021 (includes both living and deceased Veterans as of end of FY 2021).

"Veteran VA Healthcare Users" represents historical Veteran VA healthcare user counts from VA's United States Veterans Eligibility Trends and Statistics 2021 (USVETS 2021). These counts represent Veterans who used VA healthcare during FY 2021 (includes both living and deceased Veterans as of end of FY 2021).

"Veteran VA Users" includes Veteran users of VA healthcare or any other VA benefit or service.

Sources: USVETS 2021 and VetPop20
Effective Date: 9/30/2021

Notes:

"Total Number of Veterans" represents FY 2021 projected Veteran counts from VA's Veteran Population Projection Model 2020 (VetPop20). These projections represent living Veterans as of 9/30/2021 and are made with the assumption that Veterans are not missing information (e.g., race, etc.).

"Veteran VA Users" represents historical Veteran VA user counts from VA's United States Veterans Eligibility Trends and Statistics 2021 (USVETS 2021). These counts represent Veterans who used any VA benefit or service during FY 2021 (includes both living and deceased Veterans as of end of FY 2021).

"Veteran VA Healthcare Users" represents historical Veteran VA healthcare user counts from VA's United States Veterans Eligibility Trends and Statistics 2021 (USVETS 2021). These counts represent Veterans who used VA healthcare during FY 2021 (includes both living and deceased Veterans as of end of FY 2021).

"Veteran VA Users" includes Veteran users of VA healthcare or any other VA benefit or service.

Sources: USVETS 2021 and VetPop20
Effective Date: 9/30/2021

Notes:

"Total Number of Veterans" represents FY 2021 projected Veteran counts from VA's Veteran Population Projection Model 2020 (VetPop20). These projections represent living Veterans as of 9/30/2021 and are made with the assumption that Veterans are not missing information (e.g., gender, age, etc.).

"Veteran VA Users" represents historical Veteran VA user counts from VA's United States Veterans Eligibility Trends and Statistics 2021 (USVETS 2021). These counts represent Veterans who used any VA benefit or service during FY 2021 (includes both living and deceased Veterans as of end of FY 2021).

"Veteran VA Healthcare Users" represents historical Veteran VA healthcare user counts from VA's United States Veterans Eligibility Trends and Statistics 2021 (USVETS 2021). These counts represent Veterans who used VA healthcare during FY 2021 (includes both living and deceased Veterans as of end of FY 2021).

"Veteran VA Users" includes Veteran users of VA healthcare or any other VA benefit or service.

There are 1,458 Veteran VA Users not shown in the table below whose gender is missing. Of these, 1,360 are missing age. There are 1,387 Veteran VA Healthcare Users not shown in the table below whose gender is missing. Of these, 1,360 are missing age.

Sources: USVETS 2021 and VetPop20
Effective Date: 9/30/2021

VA Community Care Comparison or VAC3 (formerly Why Not the Best VA) is a system for comparing Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospital system performance with regional and U.S. national benchmarks.  This report includes key quality measures available on CMS Hospital Compare and top hospital recognition programs from reporting agencies of hospital quality. VAC3 data tables are updated every quarter.

Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning Value Model or SAIL, is a system for summarizing hospital system performance within Veterans Health Administration (VHA). SAIL assesses key Quality measures in areas such as death rate, complications, and patient satisfaction, as well as overall efficiency at individual VA Medical Centers (VAMCs).