Most TFL-Eligible Vets Won’t See Higher VA Costs Will a retired military person with a 10 percent VA disability rating have to pay VA for health services provided for...
Concurrent Receipt Expansion Efforts Falter Over the last two years, amid the debt crisis and federal budgets cuts through the 2011 Budget Control Act, support for...
'Condition Not A Disability' Discharges Disputed Navy Department medical personnel misuse a separation authority called "Condition Not a Disability," an advocate charges.
VA, Congress Shrug as Sleep Apnea Claims 'Surge' An advisory committee recommended that the VA consider steps to address a "surge" in compensation awards for apnea.
Lou Gehrig’s Disease Takes Toll on Vets Those stricken by Lou Gehrig's disease and their families gathered in Washington Wednesday to lobby Congress for more funding...
VA Uses New Electromagnetic Therapy to Treat Depression The new therapy uses an electromagnet charged with electricity that is applied to specific points on a patient's head.
VA Working on Prosthetics for Pregnant Women The Department of Veterans Affairs is at work on a prosthetic leg for pregnant women.
VA to Compete Biological 'Prosthetics' Purchases In a reversal, the Veterans Health Administration will now apply federal acquisition rules when buying “biologics” --...
Army Suicides Double From June to July The Army says suicides among active-duty soldiers more than doubled in July from the month before.
Trump Signs Bill to Speed Up VA Disability Appeals Process President Donald Trump signed Wednesday the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
