VA Disability Claims Backlog Grows Despite Paperless Fix The VA's new electronic system for processing disability claims has faced initial problems in reducing backlogs.
Senators: Use Private Sector Tech Firms to Fix VA Nine senators say IT problems and long patient wait times can be fixed for free with the help of the private sector.
Congress to Press VA on Claims Appeals Process Congress will meet with Veterans Affairs Department officials for answers on how the agency is handling appeals filed by...
VA to Expand Coverage for Vets Exposed to Polluted Water at Lejeune The Veterans Affairs Department announced plans to expand disability benefits for vets exposed to contaminated water at...
VA Union Issues, Not Claims Backlog, Dominate Debate at Hearing The debate at a House hearing last week concerned union business on official time at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
VSOs Working Vet Claims Through Shutdown The country's largest veterans' service organizations are not only continuing to help veterans with disability claims...
Audit: VA Left 100K Veterans Waiting for Care The VA has reached out to 50,000 veterans to get them out of a waiting line for health care and into a VA facility.
New Director: VA Facing Over 100 Investigations VA Secretary Bob McDonald said more than 100 investigations are being carried out at VA facilities across the country.
VA 'Presumption' Regulation Could Help Up to 15K Lejeune Vets The Department of Veterans Affairs expects up to 15,000 seriously ill veterans who served at Camp Lejeune, N.C., before 1988.
VA to Begin Processing Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Claims The compensation process was cleared when the White House exempted it from a presidential order blocking new federal...
Coast Guard Reservist Wins Landmark Supreme Court Case Over Pay Disparities for Federal Workers In a 5-4 decision, the justices said Nick Feliciano, a Coast Guard petty officer who was called to active duty from 2012 to...
Senators Voice 'Deep Concerns' About Trump's Pick for Air Force Under Secretary Democratic senators voiced serious concerns about a former Former Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier's political social media posts...
'This Is Going to Be a Challenge': Service Officials Detail Fallout from Civilian Resignations Pushed by Trump The military services are poised to lose thousands of their civilian employees to the Trump administration's push for them to...
New England Patriots' Charter Plane Flies to Guantanamo Bay A New England Patriots plane made a trip to and from Guantánamo Bay, public flight tracking data shows.
Trump & Co’s Polygraph Pandemonium "Multiple studies over the years have shown not only that polygraphs are hardly foolproof when it comes to vetting ...