VA Needs a 20% Budget Boost to Cover Coming Surge of Medical Costs, Veterans Groups Say The Biden administration's proposed 2022 budget has yet to be implemented, but veterans advocates say more money is needed...
'A Crisis of Confidence' — After Decades of Failures, VA Sec Seeks 'Game-Changers' As the 11th secretary of the VA since it was established as a cabinet-level organization in 1988, Secretary Denis McDonough...
New VA Office Tasked with Reducing Rural Health Problems for Native American Vets VA officials said they are creating the Office of Tribal Health within the VA to manage health care for all American Indian...
GI Bill Users Must Now Verify Their School Attendance to Get Paid The new rule affects more than 550,000 veterans every month.
Nursing Home Care From The VA VA provides nursing home services to vets through three programs. Each one has specific admission and eligibility criteria.
Anticipating Boom of Aging Veterans, VA to Expand Care, Services for the Elderly The department has pledged to broaden in-home medical care and support and housing alternatives by 2026.
No VA Workers Have Been Fired over Vaccine Mandate, with Less Than 1% Failing to Meet Deadline Secretary Denis McDonough said this week that 90% of staff members are vaccinated and roughly 9% have requested medical or...
Thousands of Ineligible Medical Providers Are Enrolled in the VA's Community Care Program An investigation by a watchdog found that the VA failed to adequately screen providers for the program, with roughly 1,000...
VA Tests New Automated System that Could Speed Up Claims Decisions In a pilot test of the system, which uses algorithms to assess data followed by a personal review, decisions were rendered in...
Transgender, Nonbinary Veterans Can Now Include Gender Identity in Health Records Knowing a veteran's gender identity can help health care providers better understand their patients' needs.
West Point Cadet Faces 13 Sexual Assault and Harassment Charges A U.S. Military Academy West Point cadet is facing 13 charges related to sexual harassment and assault against four women...
Annual Cost-of-Living Boost for Veterans Benefits Finalized by Congress The increase applies to disability benefits, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving...
Thousands More US Troops, Attack Aircraft Heading to Middle East as Israel Targets Hezbollah in Lebanon The increase in U.S. forces comes after Israel launched strikes in Lebanon that killed Nasrallah and other key leadership in...
Marine Recruiter Who Wrote ‘Memoir’ About Teenage Recruit Sentenced to Prison Nearly a year after then-Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne self-published a memoir about his inappropriate relationship with...
Ex-Army Man Faked Marriage for Ill-Gotten Benefits In a letter to the court filed Sept. 20, Andre Fulton II wrote that there "isn’t a day that goes by" that he doesn’t regret...