Do They or Don't They? Secretary Won't Say Whether VA DOGE Employees Have Access to Medical Records When questioned by Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff about DOGE activities at the VA, the secretary said three employees are...
VA to End Medical Research on Primates as Animal Rights Group Cheers the Move The department has pledged it will meet an end-of-the-year deadline early for halting spinal cord injury research that used...
Ask Lacey: Is Private Long-Term Care Insurance Necessary for a 100% Disabled Vet? As a 100% disabled veteran, you have valuable Department of Veterans Affairs benefits that might make private LTC insurance...
Ask Lacey: Is Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay Taxed? Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP) can be hard to wrap your head around, especially when it comes to taxes and...
Trump Nominates Army Veteran, VA Adviser as Under Secretary for Benefits The White House also has forwarded a nomination to serve as the department's chief information officer.
Who's Winning the Multibillion-Dollar Battle over Veterans Benefits? With lobbying and lawsuits, for-profit companies scored two recent victories in the courts and on Capitol Hill.
VA Changes Discrimination Policy for Health Care Staff, Denies Doctors Could Withhold Treatment The department said the change was made in order to comply with executive orders and the updates would "have no impact...
A Navy Veteran Is Determined to Find His Own Way Through PTSD—Without VA Each appointment with VA was another nail sealing the coffin shut, suffocating any hope that they could help me.
Marines Temporarily Detain Man While Guarding LA Federal Building Marcos Leao, a former Army combat engineer, said he was rushing to get to a Veterans Affairs appointment when he stepped past...
Iowa Congresswoman Pushes to Expand Benefits for Vietnam Vets Exposed to Agent Orange Federal legislation signed into law in 2022 expanded VA health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances...
Harvard to Offer Full Rides to 50 Veterans and Civil Servants for Master's Degrees in Public Policy The $100,000 fellowships are being offered at a time when the school has come under attack from President Donald Trump, who...
Fort Hood Senior Noncommissioned Officer Arrested a Second Time on Child Sex Assault Charges Sgt. Maj. Victor Manuel Rivera was arrested on June 18 and released on a $90,000 bond on June 30. He is facing a first-degree...
Trump Taps Air Force and Space Force Generals as Next Service Vice Chiefs Nominations were put in front of the Senate for Space Force Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton and Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere to...
The New VA Budget Pushes to Privatize Care, Risking the Veterans Health System "We are watching the slow dismantling of the VA from the inside out, buried in a budget document. If left unchecked, this...
21-Year-Old Soldier Hacked Databases, Threatened to Leak Stolen Data, Feds Say John Wagenius was stationed at Fort Cavazo and at a U.S. Army base in South Korea throughout the scheme between April 2023...