Nursing Home Care From The VA VA provides nursing home services to vets through three programs. Each one has specific admission and eligibility criteria.
Anticipating Boom of Aging Veterans, VA to Expand Care, Services for the Elderly The department has pledged to broaden in-home medical care and support and housing alternatives by 2026.
GI Bill Users Must Now Verify Their School Attendance to Get Paid The new rule affects more than 550,000 veterans every month.
No VA Workers Have Been Fired over Vaccine Mandate, with Less Than 1% Failing to Meet Deadline Secretary Denis McDonough said this week that 90% of staff members are vaccinated and roughly 9% have requested medical or...
Thousands of Ineligible Medical Providers Are Enrolled in the VA's Community Care Program An investigation by a watchdog found that the VA failed to adequately screen providers for the program, with roughly 1,000...
VA Tests New Automated System that Could Speed Up Claims Decisions In a pilot test of the system, which uses algorithms to assess data followed by a personal review, decisions were rendered in...
Transgender, Nonbinary Veterans Can Now Include Gender Identity in Health Records Knowing a veteran's gender identity can help health care providers better understand their patients' needs.
VA Wants to Waive Some Copays for Vets at High Risk for Suicide VA officials hope the measures will encourage veterans to pursue medical care and stick with treatment.
The VA Said It Would Cover Gender Affirmation Surgeries. Trans Vets Are Still Waiting. The life-and-death stakes of gender affirmation are closely tied to alarming numbers of suicides and suicidal ideation in the...
Veterans with Other than Honorable Discharges May be Eligible for VA Benefits and Upgraded Discharge Status Those who receive other than honorable discharges often bear the stigma of a 'bad paper' discharge, along with the potential...
8,500 US Troops Put on Alert for Possible Deployment as Ukraine Crisis Deepens The alert order was issued to units now in the U.S. that would be part of a NATO force if the alliance decides to activate a...
Army: Man Who Breached Gate, Tried to Ram Police Shot Dead The shooting happened early when the man drove toward Fort Knox police officers after initially fleeing from them.
House Approves Bill to Automatically Enroll Vets in VA Health Care Supporters of the bill touted it as a common sense measure that will help ease the transition to civilian life.
F-35 Crash Off Carl Vinson Is the Ship's 5th Major Mishap in 2 Months The accident left seven sailors injured while the pilot safely ejected and was later recovered.
Details Emerge in Deadly Rollover Crash that Led to Charges Against Driver as Marines Identify Victims The Marine Corps identified the two Marines who lost their lives as Lance Cpl. Jonathan Gierke and Pfc. Zachary Riffle.
