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Department of Veterans Affairs. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), established as an independent agency under the President by Executive Order 5398 of July 21, 1930, was elevated to Cabinet level on March 15, 1989 (Public Law 100-527).
Gen. Frank T. Hines, who had directed the Veterans Bureau for seven years, was named the first Administrator of Veterans Affairs, a job he held until 1945. Dr. Charles Griffith, VAâs second Medical Director, came from the Public Health Service and Veterans Bureau.