Veterans Are Filing More Claims for Service-Related Sexual Assault, VA Officials Say An outreach effort has led to an increase in claims filed for military sexual trauma in the past several years, according to...
Neighbors of Fort Logan Cemetery in Denver Decry Impact of VA’s Expansion Decision The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs proposed a plan that would impact an estimated 20 acres by building 9,100 burial...
A Minnesota-Invented Hearing Test Offered at the VA Expands Access to Care Before the pandemic, rural Minnesota veterans had to trek to the Minneapolis VA Health Care System for hearing tests that...
VA Health System Remains on Federal 'High Risk' List Due to Oversight Shortfalls The VA medical system has been a concern to government auditors for the past decade but has seen vast improvements, according...
States Go After 'Claim Sharks' that Charge Vets for Help with Disability Claims For-profit consultants across the country make millions each year by charging military veterans for help in filing their...
Advocates Continue the Fight for Veterans Exposed to Toxic Burn Pits Veterans and surviving relatives in Georgia have filed the fourth-highest number of benefits claims under the law at 96,165...
Thousands More Could Be Eligible for VA Family Caregiver Program Under Proposed Overhaul The program required a review following a lawsuit, as well as eligibility changes instituted in 2021 that would have...
Dust to Dust: VA Now Offers 'Green' Burials at Cemeteries in Arizona, Colorado and Florida The new benefit lets veterans and family members consider environmentally friendly preparations, urns or caskets when...
House GOP Introduces Legislation to Solidify Veterans' Access to Community Care Democrats say the effort to expand community care undermines medical treatment for veterans by sending them to overburdened...
VA Funds Ivy League Research into MDMA as Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress, Alcohol Abuse The research, some of it already underway, is the first of its kind at the VA in more than 50 years.
Army Cuts Popular Education Benefit in Half, Bars Officers as Costs Soar The Army is dramatically scaling back one of its most generous education benefits, the Credentialing Assistance program known...
Navy Cuts Length of Boot Camp Amid Rise in Recruiting Totals The Navy says that, starting next month, it will shorten the length of its Basic Military Training program -- commonly known...
Army Secretary Fires 4-Star General Who Meddled in Promotion of Unfit Subordinate Army Secretary Christine Wormuth -- in a dramatic and rare move -- on Tuesday fired one of the service's top generals...
Congress Shaves Beard Pilot Program for Air Force, Space Force from Must-Pass Defense Legislation Congress has decided to pass on ordering the Department of the Air Force to establish a pilot program examining whether...
VA Health System Remains on Federal 'High Risk' List Due to Oversight Shortfalls The VA medical system has been a concern to government auditors for the past decade but has seen vast improvements, according...