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.
VA Wants to Waive Some Copays for Vets at High Risk for Suicide VA officials hope the measures will encourage veterans to pursue medical care and stick with treatment.
VA Home Loan Program That Is Popular Among Veterans Gets a Bad Rep from Sellers Dispelling myths about the program is crucial, lawmakers and advocates say.
Law Aimed at Helping Millions Exposed to Burn Pits and Toxins Would Cost at Least $282 Billion Bills introduced in Congress that would broaden eligibility for VA medical care and disability benefits would top $200...
Airman Accused of Firing AK-47 Through Apartment Wall in Latest Gun Death Near Wyoming Base The weekend arrest and firearm death come just weeks after a Security Forces airman was killed by an M18 handgun on base...
Navy Is Retiring the Last of its Storied Cruisers. To Veterans, They Were ‘the Pinnacle of Naval Power’ As the Navy nears its 250th anniversary in October, there's a lot of reminiscing going on about the fleet. Much of it...
Cancer in Military Pilots and Aircrews Will Be Studied Under Newly Signed Law President Donald Trump signed a law last week ordering the review of the prevalence of cancer and deaths by cancer in fixed...
AI Is About to Radically Alter Military Command Structures that Haven’t Changed Much Since Napoleon’s Army AI agents -- autonomous, goal-oriented software powered by large language models -- can automate routine staff tasks...
40 Years of Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Reunions. Now, a Final 'Taps' In a pesky drizzle, a handful of people recently set out 400 small American flags on an empty lot in memory of the 400...