After Court Mandate, VA Is Increasing Contracts With Vet-Owned Businesses The VA is making changes after a 2016 Supreme Court ruling.
After 10 Months, VA Has a Deputy Secretary Nominee The acting deputy secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs has been nominated to fill the position permanently,
VA Struggles to Curb 'Parking Lot' Suicides at Its Own Facilities The VA's top health official urged Americans to put the VA crisis line on speed-dial in the effort to curb veteran suicides.
VA Needs to Improve Head Injury Disability Evaluation System, Study Finds A panel says the VA should include insomnia, vestibular dysfunction and near-vision impairment in evaluating patients.
VA to Roll Out Community Care Expansion Even If IT Systems Aren't Ready VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said the agency is committed to implementing new rules for private health care options on June 6.
VA to Announce Decision on New Agent Orange Presumptive Conditions The Institute of Medicine has linked bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinson-like symptoms to the herbicide exposure.
VA Secretary to Senate: New Health Care Access Standards Won't Mean Outsourcing In a budget hearing, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie sought to quell concerns over outsourcing medical care.
VA to Drop Fight Against Blue Water Navy Veterans The VA secretary says he will recommend DoJ not appeal a court ruling, adding that 51,000 veterans are receiving treatment.
VA to Offer New Ketamine-Based Nasal Spray for Depression The newest FDA-approved medication to treat severe depression will soon be available to veterans treated within the VA.
VA Receives $25 Million Donation to Provide Genetic Testing for Veterans Billionaire and former Air Force reservist Denny Sanford plans to give his fortune away.
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Pentagon Says Troops Can Only Be Exempt from Shaving Their Facial Hair for a Year Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a...
Military Veteran Says Having His Security Clearance Revoked Gave Added Incentive for Senate Run Joel Willett, a military veteran and former CIA officer, has launched his Democratic campaign for the U.S. Senate from...
Pentagon Plan Pits US Marines Against California Off-Roaders and Civilian Pilots The U.S. Marine Corps tried once to occupy this remote stretch of California desert beloved by off-roaders — but officials...
![Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie fired VA deputy secretary James Byrne due to "loss of confidence," just months after the Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Byrne to the job.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2019-04/james-byrne-1800.jpg?itok=yZdO4hSM "Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie fired VA deputy secretary James Byrne due to "loss of confidence," just months after the Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Byrne to the job.")
