After Recent Years of Reform, Vets Fear Trump Cuts to VA Will Undo Lifeline Health Care, Research Amid a downsizing campaign that’s poised to overhaul, streamline and — in some cases — eradicate bedrock federal agencies...
Class-Action Suit over Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Goes Before Supreme Court The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Soto v. United States, a case that challenges a six-year limit on back pay for...
VA Watchdog: Misdated PACT Act Disability Decisions Costing Government, Veterans Millions The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General found that the VA likely overpaid some veterans while...
VA Chipping Away at Claims Backlog, Hopes to Process 2.5 Million Filings This Year The department has adopted several initiatives to speed processing and allow adjudicators to seek more work if they have...
Widow of Air Force Missileer Who Died of Cancer Secures VA Benefits After Yearslong Fight The widow of an Air Force missileer who died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma has finally secured Department of Veterans Affairs...
Several Types of Cancer Now Eligible for Expedited Veterans Affairs Claims The department has added several blood and urinary tract cancers to the list of diseases considered to be related to service...
Marine from Ship That Dumped Fuel into Its Water Has Disability Claim Approved Following Military.com Investigation The change of heart by the VA could pave the way for other veterans to receive disability pay for an event that the Navy...
K2 Veterans with Certain Types of Cancer May Soon Qualify for Expedited VA Disability Claims The Department of Veterans Affairs has started the process to add bladder, urethral cancer and other genitourinary cancers to...
Supreme Court Weighs Arguments in Lawsuit over Veterans Getting 'Benefit of Doubt' in Claims Decisions The Supreme Court must decide what Congress meant when it clarified a law that required the Court of Veterans Appeals to...
Hundreds of Veterans Kicked Out of Military for Being Gay Will Have Discharges Upgraded The upgraded discharges will unlock VA benefits for hundreds of veterans for the first time.
Military Domestic Violence Convictions Skyrocketed After Commanders Were Removed from Process Courts-martial are on the rise for domestic violence charges across the Defense Department services.
Female Troops Played Key Roles in B-2, Submarine Strikes on Iran's Nuclear Facilities At least one woman served as a B-2 bomber pilot during the mission, that official said. Another official confirmed women were...
Army Officer Sentenced to 53 Years in Prison on 17 Rape, Sexual Assault Convictions The Army initially charged Maj. Jonathan Batt with 77 offenses against 20 women, including 14 rape counts.
US Carrier Strike Group Embarks on Scheduled Deployment Amid Middle East Tensions The United States' most advanced aircraft carrier left its base in Virginia Tuesday for a regularly scheduled deployment that...
Trump Is Renaming 7 Army Installations. Here Are the Stories Behind the Names Being Scrubbed. President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and...
