Post-9/11 Vets Have Far Higher Disability Ratings Than Prior Generations: Report About 41 percent of post-9/11 veterans have disability ratings, compared to 25 percent for veterans of other eras.
Tech Problems Delay Rollout of Expanded VA Caregiver Program VA officials say a needed computer system won't be ready until 2020.
VA to Roll Out New Claims Appeals Process This Week Officials say the new system will allow for quicker decisions and clear the backlog of claims.
Military Caregivers File Lawsuit, Saying VA Improperly Revoked Benefits Six caregivers want the court to designate the case a class action.
A Rift Between Veterans Organizations? That's Just Plain Wrong A recent article in The New York Times painted veteran service organizations as being at odds with each other and the VA.
Military and Veteran Caregivers: Mapping to Answers An interactive Military and Veteran Caregiver Journey Map helps convey the impact of caregiving on families' well-being.
VA Suspends All Discharges from Caregiver Program The VA said it was halting dismissals because of "continued concerns expressed by veterans, caregivers and advocates."
VA Stops Dropping Family Caregivers Amid Program Review The VA has stopped dropping caregivers from a program designed to compensate family who provide care to severely injured...
Burn Pit Vet's Widower: Memos Show that Illness Didn't Need to Happen A series of memos written in 2006 reveals that U.S. officials in Iraq were well aware of burn-pit dangers at the time.
Digital Records Will Lead to Faster Disability Claims Decisions, VA Says The VA has cleared out nearly 8 million paper files over the last 21 months, officials say.
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...
