VA's Threat to Withhold Disability Checks over Decades-Old Separation Pay Surprises Vets Some veterans who received bonuses from the Defense Department to leave the service are learning they have to pay back the...
Burn Pit Victims with Rare Lung Disease Struggle to Get VA Care and Benefits Although constrictive bronchiolitis was one of the first diseases associated with exposure to burn pits, the pathway for...
MDMA Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Gets Backing from Lawmakers, Advocates as FDA Raises Questions An effort to get FDA approval for the treatment, which has been studied for nearly a decade in the U.S., is growing after a...
Disabled Veterans to Congress: Move Out on Stalled Bill to Allow Payment of Both Retirement and Disability Benefits Despite wide bipartisan backing, the Major Richard Star Act has languished for years, increasingly frustrating the veterans...
VA Dropping Mandatory Overtime for Most Claims Processors as Work Proceeds at Faster Clip VA Under Secretary for Benefits Joshua Jacobs said that, with more employees and efficiencies, the department can move toward...
How Ford and Blue Star Families Go Beyond ‘Thank You for Your Service’ Let this be the template for what supporting military families looks like.
Here's What Biden and Trump Actually Did for Veterans as President President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have both sought to claim the mantle of veterans champion as each vies...
A VA Medical Center in Colorado Paused Heart Surgeries for 13 Months. Its Leaders Didn't Tell Higher-Ups. Decisions by officials at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center created a "culture of fear" that undermined patient...
How Troops Convicted Under a Gay Sex Ban Can Apply for a Pardon from Biden. Will Benefits Follow? Potentially thousands of veterans are affected, but many questions remain about the policy that the Pentagon and Department...
After Crippling Ransomware Attack, VA Is Still Dealing with Fallout, Trying to Pay Providers Some providers have had issues with payments, but the VA is working to ensure all claims are processed, officials said.
Iran Fires Missiles at US Base in Qatar but No Early Reports of Casualties, Damage One of the largest U.S. bases in the Middle East was attacked Monday by an Iranian missile strike just days after the U.S...
ICE Detains Marine Corps Veteran's Wife Who Was Still Breastfeeding Their Baby U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine...
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...
Oregon Dems Vote to Prevent Trump from Deploying Oregon National Guard, as He Did in California Oregon Democrats and one Republican in the House voted Friday to draw a “line in the sand” to try to prevent President Donald...
Germany Weighs Compulsory Military Service After Suspension 'Mistake' Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is preparing a draft bill aimed at making military service more attractive - while also...
