VA Makes Pitch for More Money to Counter 7.4% Rise in Homeless Veterans Living on the Streets or in Shelters The VA announced its intention to devote "hundreds of millions" to assist veterans sleeping in shelters or living on the...
Marijuana Dependence Is Increasing Among VA Patients, Particularly Those with Psychiatric Conditions The research found that those with more severe psychiatric diagnoses, such as bipolar disorder and psychosis, are most at...
VA to Open 3 New Vet Centers, Expand 6 Satellite Centers in Various States Early Next Year The centers provide nonmedical counseling and therapy, referrals and more to veterans who may not necessarily be eligible for...
VA Has Already Exceeded Its Annual Goal for Housing Homeless Veterans with 2 Months Left in the Year As of Oct. 31, the VA has provided shelter for 38,847 veterans, surpassing its goal of 38,000 for the year with two months to...
VA Delays Change to How It Reimburses Veterans' Ambulance Services Amid Fears for Rural Providers The department announced last week that it would extend its current policy while it works to ensure that any changes won't...
VA Plans Outreach to Screen 3 Million More Veterans for Toxic Exposures The PACT Act requires the VA to attempt to screen all veterans enrolled in VA health care; to date, 4.8 million veterans have...
VA Pauses Foreclosures on Veterans Facing Difficulties Making Mortgage Payments The announcement came after a National Public Radio report called attention to the plight of 34,000 veterans having trouble...
Transgender Veterans Group Threatens VA with Lawsuit over Yearslong Delay in Covering Surgeries Lawyers for the Transgender American Veterans Association said not providing the surgeries has "increased risk of physical...
Veteran Suicides Ticked Upward in 2021 Following 2 Years of Decline, Latest VA Statistics Show Nearly 6,400 veterans died by suicide in 2021, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs annual report.
VA Defends Crisis Line's Special Unit After Whistleblowers Allege It's Failing Veterans "Our top priority with the VCL is to make sure that veterans get the support they need, whenever and wherever they need it --...
'They Don't Care About My Kids': Marine Families Take Military to Court After Child Abuse at Yuma Day Care In November, the families filed a federal tort claim, which allows individuals to litigate against the government. The filing...
2 Educational Programs for Troops Eliminated Amid Cost-Cutting Efforts at Pentagon Two companies that had contracts aimed at educating troops say they have suddenly had their popular programs eliminated as...
Claims a Fired Air Force General Was Sentenced to Death Have Spread Online. They're Not True. Social media accounts have falsely been spreading a claim that a former top official in the Air Force who was fired by...
Chinese Weapons Gain Credibility After Pakistan-India Conflict The recent conflict between India and Pakistan is prompting a reassessment of Chinese weapons, challenging long-held...
Ex-FBI Agent and Pentagon Contractor Sues over Secret Recording Showing Him Criticizing Trump Jamie Mannina says in his lawsuit that he was misled by a woman he met on a dating website who held herself out as a...