BVAHCS opened in 1953 in the historic Southside district of Birmingham, Alabama. BVAHCS is a level 1A acute tertiary medical and surgical care center with nine community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) serving over 71,000 Veterans of Alabama and surrounding states. The CBOCs are located in Anniston/Oxford, Bessemer, Birmingham, Childersburg, Gadsden, Guntersville, Huntsville, Jasper, and Shoals/Florence.