Va Budget Request 2025. This represents by far the largest budget shortfall the department of veterans affairs (va) has experienced under any administration and a repudiation of the fy 2025. Department of veterans affairs has requested a budget of $369.3 billion for fiscal year 2025 — a $32.9 billion increase from the previous year’s budget — to improve.
The request, part of a $7.3 trillion package biden sent to congress, represents the largest va budget to date, a 13% increase from fiscal 2024 and nearly 2½ times its budget just. The va’s 2025 budget request supports more than 448,000 employees, a more than 10,000 decrease from the 2024 estimated workforce levels — with most of the workforce reduction coming from vha.