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The research also discovered that the exposed vets were diagnosed an average of 15 months earlier than non-exposed veterans.

The study could pave the way for sick veterans to get accelerated access to medical care and disability benefits from the VA.

The announcement applies only to those enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs' family caregiver program.

"The time for radical change and innovation at the VA is right now, and it starts with the new secretary."

High-risk Department of Veterans Affairs health workers, older vets and minorities will be the first to be offered a vaccine.

The format of the Facebook event follows a pattern of staged meetings by administration officials since at least last year.

More than 400 military personnel who served in Uzbekistan after 9/11 have been diagnosed with various diseases.

This step to modernize the VA's medical records system has been decades in the making.

VHA is limited in its assessment for LGBT veterans because it does not consistently collect sexual orientation data.

The legislation would give the VA leeway to award grants to organizations that focus on veterans' mental health issues.