Obesity Is Not a Service-Connected Disability: VA You can't blame the military for your girth, according to an official ruling.
VA Begins New Claims Appeals Process Next Month The change is an attempt to speed up the process, which used to take years.
It's Official: Disabled Vets to See Biggest Raise Since 2012 Veterans with the highest ratings will get about $100 extra each month.
Retirees, Disabled Vets Get Biggest Raise in 7 Years for 2019 The cost of living increase gives more cash to one in every five Americans.
Vet Lawyers Got Desired 'Undiagnosed Pain' Case To Win On Appeal The ruling means that more than 11,000 veterans may be eligible for disability compensation.
VA Finalizes Rule Paying Special Monthly Compensation to Some With TBI Those with TBI should now find it easier to be approved for SMC benefit.
Veterans Work to Bridge Info Gap on Gulf War Illness A GAO report showed that 90 percent of VA medical examiners had not been trained on how to conduct exams for Gulf War Illness...
VA Offers Provisional Compensation for Claims The VA announced a plan to tackle its disability claims backlog by awarding provisional compensation to thousands of vets.
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
Commander of Air Force Weather Wing Fired After Legal Troubles Earlier This Year Col. Joseph Coughlin, commander of the 557th Weather Wing at Offutt, was removed from his position Tuesday "due to a loss of...
Top US General Argues Against Giving Up Command of NATO at Senate Hearing Giving up American military leadership of the NATO alliance would be "problematic," Gen. Christopher Cavoli told senators...
Capitol Hill Wants $15 Billion for Weapons Pentagon Didn’t Seek: Report The spending directions from Congress are included in tables that Republican Defense appropriators sent the department last...
'Psychological Warfare': Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing Air Force veteran Shernice Mundell was testifying at a "shadow hearing" organized by Senate Veteran Affairs Committee ranking...
![A new Wounded Warrior Project survey of more than 33,000 Post-9/11 veterans found that 51.7 percent of the respondents were obese, according to their body max index, or BMI. Of that total, 6.2 percent were rated as "morbidly obese." (Getty Images photo)](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2018-12/obeseman1800.png.jpg?itok=b_MOXvOV "A new Wounded Warrior Project survey of more than 33,000 Post-9/11 veterans found that 51.7 percent of the respondents were obese, according to their body max index, or BMI. Of that total, 6.2 percent were rated as "morbidly obese." (Getty Images photo)")
