New Law Expands VA Program for Veterans to Buy Vehicles Adapted for Their Disabilities Eligible veterans will have access to a grant from the VA every 10 years, rather than once in their lifetimes.
VA to Begin Processing Burn Pit and Related Claims Under Landmark PACT Act on Jan. 1 The department has received more than 213,000 claims for benefits under landmark military environmental exposure legislation...
5 Myths About the PACT Act and VA Benefits The VA is beginning to provide additional health care and benefits for generations of toxic exposed veterans and their...
VA to Get 22% Budget Boost for Medical Care In Government Spending Deal Lawmakers are set to approve $118.7 billion for veterans medical care for 2023, which is $21.7 billion more than was approved...
VA Abortion Policy Faces Congressional, Legal Challenges Challenges are mounting to the VA's recently enacted abortion policy, intended to provide access to abortion services at VA...
VA Seeing a Resurgence of COVID-19 Among Patients, Urges Veterans to Get Boosted Cases of COVID-19 at VA medical facilities have doubled since Nov. 1; 267 veterans have died in the same time frame.
VA Starts Early Review of Claims for Veterans With Terminal Illnesses Under the PACT Act The Department of Veterans Affairs announced it has started considering claims from veterans with fatal illnesses and will...
VA Hosting 'Week of Action' to Spread Word About PACT Act Benefits More than 90 events are scheduled across the country to help veterans enroll in health care, file claims and screen for...
How We Breathe Is the Key to an Effective New Treatment for Anxiety and PTSD The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that up to 20% of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from some kind...
15 Republican Attorneys General Warn of Legal Challenge to VA Abortion Policy The attorneys general argued that the VA's abortion policy implemented earlier this years is "deeply flawed" and that a...
Fort Stewart Soldiers Who Fought Gunman, Provided Care to Wounded Recognized for Valor The soldiers were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for what Secretary of the Army Dan Driscol described as a combination...
US Air Force to Deny Retirement Pay to Transgender Service Members Being Separated from the Service The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of...
VA to End Bargaining Agreement Contracts with Most Unions The Department of Veterans Affairs said the move supports an executive order from President Donald Trump that canceled...
Fort Stewart Army Base Shooting Raises Questions About Military Gun Policies A shooting that injured five soldiers at one of the country's largest military bases has resurfaced questions about a long...
A South Carolina War Hero Is the Namesake for the Navy’s Newest Destroyer The U.S. Navy is adding a new battleship, and its namesake will be a South Carolina war hero.