1 in 3 PACT Act Claims Have Received a 0% Disability Rating, Prompting a VA Review VA Under Secretary for Benefits Joshua Jacobs said the department plans to examine its ratings schedule after complaints from...
PACT Act: Agent Orange Toxic Exposure The PACT Act added two new presumptive medical conditions for Agent Orange exposure plus five new presumptive Vietnam-era...
Hundreds of Thousands of Vets Have Filed Claims as PACT Act Celebrates 1st Year Veterans have filed nearly 843,448 PACT Act-related claims, with a roughly 78% approval rating. VA officials and veterans say...
VA Plans Events Across the Country to Help with Filing Toxic Exposure Claims Aug. 9 is the last day veterans and survivors will be able to receive PACT Act medical benefits backdated to the law's...
Get Maximum PACT Act Benefits: Aug. 9 Is the Deadline to Get Pay Backdated to 2022 Aug. 9 is the last day veterans and survivors will be able to receive PACT Act medical benefits backdated to the law's...
Special PACT Act Enrollment Period for Veterans Ends in September Post-9/11 combat veterans' open enrollment period to sign up for Department of Veterans Affairs health care ends Sept. 30.
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...
Health Care Enrollment Up 17% at VA Since Passage of Toxic Exposure Law VA Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal said it's too early to know whether the sign-ups are related to the...
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...
Making Sure Vets Get PACT Act Benefits Is New House Veterans Affairs Chairman's Top Priority Rep. Mike Bost said he sees no signs that the VA is being overwhelmed, noting that the law also gave the department the...
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.
![President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-08/ApNewsroom_Obama.JPEG.jpg?itok=UKIqEhsJ "President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, Thursday, June 19, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)")