As Veteran Disability Claims Soar, Unaccredited Coaches Profit Off Frustration with VA System Jim Peckey retired from the Navy in 2002 but put off applying for benefits because of the paperwork involved. That changed in...
Lawmakers Advance Bill to Let Disabled Vets Collect Full Benefits, But Hurdles to Passage Remain The HASC approved the Major Richard Star Act, which would ensure service members who medically retire before 20 years have...
Veterans Deserve Choice in How They Obtain Disability Benefits "Millions of veterans are already effectively being denied their benefits due to an unnecessarily complex and arcane...
Survivors of Vets Who Died from PACT Act Illnesses Can Reapply for Benefits Dependent family members of veterans who died from illnesses covered by the PACT Act can soon reapply for survivor's benefits...
VA $325 Billion Budget Proposal Includes Funding for Toxic Exposure Benefits, Medical Facilities Construction The White House's proposed $1.7 trillion fiscal 2024 budget provides a smaller boost to the VA's discretionary spending than...
VA Warns Against PACT Act Fraud Targeting Veterans The VA is warning veterans to avoid PACT Act fraud and to be wary of third parties such as non-VA-accredited law firms...
VA to Look at Racial Disparities in Claims Decisions A new team will explore conditions that have caused minority veterans to receive disability benefits at lower rates than...
Veterans: What's Taxed and What's Not on Your Federal and State Returns Here's what veterans can expect on their taxes when it comes to service-related pay.
VA Caregiver Program Needs Better Outreach and Data to Serve Disabled Vets, Panel Says A Veterans' Family, Caregiver and Survivor Advisory panel subcommittee found that VA fails to communicate effectively with...
US Supreme Court Rejects Veteran's Challenge to Disability Claims Filing Deadline The decision spares the VA from paying 30 years worth of compensation to a Navy veteran, as well as potential claims by...
2 Veterans Tied to 'Nazi White Nationalist Efforts' Allegedly Stole Gear from Army Base, Beat Soldier with Hammer Police arrested Charles Ethan Fields and Levi Austin Frakes after executing a warrant for alleged assault, robbery and theft...
Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship A new name for the Harvey Milk was not given but, according to the memo, Hegseth and Phelan are planning to announce the new...
Hawaii Soldier Pleads Guilty to Killing Wife with Machete, Dismembering Body The mystery of what happened to Mischa Mabeline Kaalohilani Johnson, a pregnant 19-year-old Army spouse who was reported...
Air Force Special Operations Command Names New Enlisted Leader as Predecessor Faces Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Courtney Freeman will be overseeing Air Force Special Operations Command's 21,000 air commandos and...
Coasties Braved Withering German Fire to Put Troops Ashore on D-Day The role played by Coast Guard personnel who crewed the Higgins boats was critical to the success of the D-Day landings in...
