Disabled Vets, Survivors to Get 1.5% COLA The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday that veterans receiving disability compensation will get a 1.5 percent...
VA Hit on Planned Disability Rules Changes Some of the country's leading veterans service organizations have rejected changes proposed by the Department of Veterans...
Army Closes 14 Wounded Warrior Transition Units With American combat operations in Afghanistan winding down, the Army has determined it can meet wounded troops' needs at...
Fully Disabled Vets Get Social Security Fast-track The Social Security Administration will immediately begin fast-tracking paperwork for veterans who are rated 100 percent...
Lou Gehrig’s Disease Takes Toll on Vets Those stricken by Lou Gehrig's disease and their families gathered in Washington Wednesday to lobby Congress for more funding...
VA Working on Prosthetics for Pregnant Women The Department of Veterans Affairs is at work on a prosthetic leg for pregnant women.
Report: VA Biased Against Sexual Trauma Claims Claims granted for PTSD related to sexual trauma were from 17 to 30 percentage points lower than PTSD claims for other trauma...
VA Uses New Electromagnetic Therapy to Treat Depression The new therapy uses an electromagnet charged with electricity that is applied to specific points on a patient's head.
After Terminator Arm, DARPA Wants Implantable Hard Drive for the Brain A Pentagon program has already developed a highly advanced prosthetic arm. Now DARPA wants to expand on that cutting-edge...
New Science Holds Hope for Veterans with Groin Injuries Bioengineering advances in penis replacement could restore creative organ use for some wounded troops.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
