Not So Fast, Vets: Mask Mandate Still in Place at VA Hospitals While the VA lifted mask mandates in some locations, they remain in place for VA health facilities.
VA Serial Killer Case Should Get the Attention of All Hospitals, Inspector General Says The VA OIG found that the staff failed to properly vet Mays before hiring her, and neglected to follow up on her previous...
VA Nursing Aide Reta Mays Gets 7 Life Sentences for Killing Veterans in Her Care As many as 10 people may have been victims of Reta Mays, a nursing assistant who injected veteran patients with fatal doses...
Trump's VA Secretary Joins Conservative Think Tank The Heritage Foundation Former Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie is joining the Heritage Foundation as a visiting fellow,
Army to Review More Than 3,500 'Bad Paper' Discharges for Post-9/11 Vets Under a settlement, the service will send notices to thousands more vets who qualify to reapply for a discharge upgrade.
VA Secretary Wants More Vets Sickened by Burn Pits to File Claims, But Many Are Still Being Turned Away As of March 31, the VA had denied 72% of burn pit claims, according to agency data obtained by Military.com.
Lawmakers Want to Expand Care for Vets Sickened by Toxic Exposure. How Much Can They Get Done? The Senate committee will have its hearing Wednesday; the House hearing will be held May 5.
Stymied in the Trump Era, Lawmakers Launch New Attempt to Make VA Motto Gender-Neutral A bipartisan group of lawmakers is again moving to change the Department of Veterans Affairs' motto to be more inclusive...
'Dirty, Embarrassing Secret:' Veterans with PTSD Struggle to Shed Stigma of Bad Paper Discharges An other-than-honorable discharge means the veteran is unlikely to be eligible for any veterans benefits.
New VA Education Rule Allows Some Vets to Get Multiple Degrees Until last week, VR&E could not be used in conjunction with the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which covers four years of college for...
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...