VA Backtracks on Budget Shortfall Warning, Angering Lawmakers Who Vow an Investigation In a memo to lawmakers, VA officials said costs have been lower than expected, but that some of the things the department has...
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...
Alabama Governor Dismisses Head of Department of Veterans Affairs After Agency Board Refuses Gov. Kay Ivey says she is using her authority to remove the leader of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs
Harris Endorses Proposal to Expedite Veterans Benefits for PFAS-Related Illnesses Harris endorsed a bill introduced last year by congressional Democrats that would designate several health conditions as...
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...
Two Veterans Will Argue to Supreme Court that VA Disability Claims Aren't Getting 'Benefit of Doubt' The case Bufkin v. McDonough goes before the Supreme Court on Wednesday and could affect thousands of claims.
Lawmakers Looking to Make VA Overhaul Suicide Prevention Algorithm that Favored Men The Department of Veterans Affairs would be forced to overhaul an artificial intelligence program that helps direct suicide...
VA Transfers Patients, Closes Facilities Ahead of Hurricane Milton Making Landfall in Florida The massive storm, targeting much of Florida's southwestern Gulf Coast, is expected to make landfall late Wednesday.
Some Veterans with Other-than-Honorable Discharges Would Get Legal Aid Under Proposed VA Program The new program would provide money to legal clinics and local governments to provide free services to veterans who can't...
Critics Say VA Plan to Add Disability Rating for Rare Lung Condition Won't Help Afflicted Veterans The Department of Veterans Affairs is soliciting comments on a proposed federal rule that establishes a diagnostic code for...
Walks on the Mall, Shake Shack Burgers and a Car Crash: Scenes from the Guard's Deployment in DC What started as an 800-troop mission for the D.C. National Guard has ballooned to more than 2,000 troops as Republican...
Former Space Force Sergeant Fatally Shot Teen in 'Vigilante Violence,' Colorado Officials Say Orest Schur received a 54-year prison sentence after a jury in June found him guilty of second-degree murder and attempted...
Airman Killed in Off-Base AK-47 Shooting Near F.E. Warren Air Force Base Identified An airman stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, who died after being shot by an AK-47 fired through the wall of an off...
VA Processes Record-Breaking Number of Disability Claims This Year, with 62% Approval Rate The department has made changes in the past several years designed to process disability compensation claims faster and...
Air Force Chief's Sudden Retirement Raises Question of 'Who Is Next' in Leadership Shake-Up Policy experts told Military.com that the departure raises alarm amid other leadership changes within the Department of the...