VA Adds Staff, Boosts Funding to Tackle Claims Backlog That Nearly Tripled During Pandemic The department is bolstering staff and providing funds for overtime at the National Archives and Records Administration to...
After 3 Years, Veterans Health Administration's Acting Leader to Step Down Dr. Richard Stone, who has led the Veterans Health Administration since 2018, is leaving amid a search for a new under...
Fly Infestations, Canceled Dialysis: Senators Reveal Grim Conditions at Some VA Hospitals The VA frequently cites its $60 billion infrastructure needs but has given few details; senators filled in some of the blanks...
VA Asks for Billions to Treat 'Bow Wave' of Veterans Needing Care After Pandemic The VA is seeing increased demand for health services from veterans who either deferred care or couldn't get appointments...
VA Hospital Allowed Alcoholic Pathologist to Go Unchallenged, Resulting in Patient Deaths: Watchdog Dr. Robert Levy was fired in 2018 and convicted in January of involuntary manslaughter.
VA Gets Another Massive Funding Increase in Biden's First Budget The budget calls for an 8.2% increase in discretionary spending and a nearly 11% rise in mandatory funding, including medical...
At the VA, This Memorial Day Feels Different "This year's Memorial Day offers us some ability to return to those gatherings, but it still won't be the same."
VA Will Soon Begin Processing Claims for 3 New Agent Orange Illnesses The department will issue a policy soon for claims over bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinsonism linked to herbicide...
'At What Point Does VA Become Adequately Funded?' Republicans Question Record Budget Request In 2000, the Department of Veterans Affairs' budget was $47 billion; this year, it is $240 billion.
VA Moves to Expedite Benefits for Post-9/11 Veterans' Asthma, Respiratory Problems The VA will create a list of conditions thought to be linked to burn pits and other air-quality problems experienced by vets...
This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...
Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Bribery Plot Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke, once the second-highest uniformed officer in the Navy, was commanding its forces in Europe and...
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...
Black Vietnam Veteran’s Story Reveals War’s Harsh Realities 50 Years Later It was May 1970, deep in the jungles of Vietnam, and 19-year-old infantryman John Smith stepped to the edge of a hill to...
Trump Says US Forces Sank Third Suspected Drug Boat off Venezuela President Donald Trump did not say how many people were killed in the third strike.