Caregivers of Veterans Spend $11,500 on Average Each Year on Expenses, New Data Shows Research from AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving doesn't explore the reasons behind the higher costs, but experts...
CHAMPVA Program Overview CHAMPVA is a health benefits program in which the VA shares the cost of certain services and supplies
Veterans, Advocates Want Blood Cancers Added to PACT Act List of Burn Pit-Related Conditions The Department of Veterans Affairs is studying whether acute and chronic leukemias and multiple myeloma should be considered...
World War II Veterans Now Get Free Health Care, VA Says in Holiday Rollout of New Programs The VA also hopes to draw on the success of its PACT Act outreach to attract new beneficiaries with a campaign that focuses...
Falling Through the Cracks: Why Veteran Suicide Data Deserves Scrutiny To provide the veterans community with the mental health and suicide support they need, we must ensure we understand the...
VA Set Records for Number of Appointments, Claims Processing, Compensation over the Past Year Officials said they are taking steps to ensure the department is well-staffed to prevent employee burnout as a result of the...
Guard, Reserve Members Up to 20% Less Likely to Get VA Disability Applications Approved, Watchdog Finds The Government Accountability Office has found that even eligible reserve component members face challenges getting VA...
Bill Giving Veterans Deemed 'Mentally Incompetent' Easier Access to Guns Gains Steam with Senate Approval The Senate has approved a measure that would ease some veterans' access to guns, brushing aside objections from most...
Here's How New House Speaker Mike Johnson Voted on Veteran and Military Issues Last year Johnson voted against the PACT Act, considered the biggest increase of veterans benefits in a generation.
VA Says It Performed 88 Abortions in the Past Year, But Congress Again Threatens Subpoenas in Pursuit of More Details While the department gave the committee top-line figures of how many abortions it performed, it declined to provide any more...
Veteran Committee Chairman Requests Federal Investigation of Former VA Secretary, Other Biden Officials Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., seeks a legal review of the VA's request for supplemental funding last year after determining it...
Jail Staff Laughed at Dying Veteran Left Strapped to Chair in Texas, Suit Says The family of Glenn Earl Smallwood Jr., a 33-year-old U.S. Army veteran who needed immediate medical attention but was...
Defense Department to Review List of Medical Conditions that Disqualify Potential Recruits from Serving The review follows changes over the last three years that expanded waivers for 51 conditions.
JROTC Expansion at US High Schools Eyed as Part of Bill to Boost Recruiting High school students whose campuses do not have a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program would be able to join units...
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...
