Alabama has four major health care service centers placed strategically around the state. All four provide primary and acute health care - the Montgomery VA Medical Center is complemented by a sister facility, the Tuskegee VA Medical Center forty miles away. All of them are equipped to handle primary and acute care. There is also a large VA Outpatient Clinic in Mobile that handles primary care and makes referrals to the appropriate medical center as needed.

Birmingham VA Medical Center
700 S. 19th Street
Birmingham, AL 35233
(866) 487-4243

Montgomery VA Medical Care Center
215 Perry Hill Road
Montgomery, AL 36109-3798
(800) 214-8387

Tuskegee VA Medical Care Center
2400 Hospital Road
Tuskegee, AL 36083-5001
Phone: (334) 727-0550 or (800) 214-8387
Fax: (334) 724-2793

Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center
3701 Loop Road, East
Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
(888) 269-3045

The VA Medical Centers in Alabama will provide consultation for Alabama veterans with respiratory problems. If the diagnosis is a disease that is asbestos related, the VA health system will not recognize it as service related unless the veteran can prove that the asbestos exposure which caused the disease occurred during active service.

The difficulty with providing proof is the fact that asbestos causes health problems when asbestos fibers are inhaled. Often, asbestos caused diseases such as asbestosis and mesothelioma cancer won’t show symptoms for years after the asbestos exposure has occurred. That does not change the fact that malignant mesothelioma, in particular, is an aggressive and lethal disease.

Legal Help for Alabama Veterans

Of the multitude of Americans who have developed mesothelioma since asbestos was banned in the 1980s, one third have been veterans. If you are diagnosed with an asbestos related health problem at one of the VA Medical Centers in Alabama you should also have an experienced attorney who can make sure you are paid any compensation owed to you by the asbestos companies.

Call us at or complete our short form at the top of the page. Tens of thousands of Americans have sued the asbestos companies and won settlements - many thousands of those have been veterans.