Specialty services beyond primary care are available through VA Health Care Upstate New York at Buffalo. If you require more specialized tests your health care provider will arrange for a referral for these services at the Buffalo or Erie VA Medical Center. Laboratory: Blood drawing services available.
An abatement is a deduction, or lessening. If you start bluntly telling people what you think of them, you might see an abatement in their friendliness toward you. Abatement comes from the French word for batter, but abatement doesnât usually have a negative senseââabatement reduces something, but doesnât beat it to a pulp. Many cities offer tax abatements to reward businesses starting up in areas they want to develop.
Abatement refers generally to a lessening, diminution, reduction, or moderation; specifically, it may refer to: 1  Abatement of debts and legacies, a common law doctrine of wills. 2  Abatement in pleading, a legal defense to civil and criminal actions based purely on procedural and technical issues involving the death of parties.