Which Executive Order created the Veterans Administration?

• A. Executive Order 5398
• B. Executive Order 1234
• C. Executive Order 9876
• D. Executive Order 6753

Answer: (A)

This question tests knowledge of how the Veterans Administration was formed within the federal government, specifically via a presidential action that brought all veterans’ benefits and services under one umbrella agency.

Executive Order 5398 created the Veterans Administration, establishing it as the centralized body responsible for coordinating and administering veterans’ benefits and services such as compensation, pensions, education, medical care, and burial benefits. This move streamlined how veterans’ programs were run, moving them from scattered efforts into a single agency structure. As a result, the VA later evolved over time and eventually became the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1989, but the initial creation as a unified agency came from that executive order.