VA Chipping Away at Claims Backlog, Hopes to Process 2.5 Million Filings This Year The department has adopted several initiatives to speed processing and allow adjudicators to seek more work if they have...
Appeals Court Wary of Supreme Court Reversal on Case Calling for Housing LA Homeless Veterans The appeals hearing was the latest in a legal battle between veterans and the VA on whether the campus in LA will be cleared...
VA Must Pay $8M for Veteran’s Death at Atlanta Hospital A federal judge in Atlanta has awarded $8.7 million to the family of a Vietnam War veteran who died due to “grievous...
Year-Old VA Mortgage Rescue Program Ended by Trump Administration The VA will stop accepting new participants for what's called the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase program, or VASP...
Lawmakers Press VA for New Cost Estimate on Electronic Heath Records System Senators want to know the estimated price tag as the Department of Veterans Affairs announced new locations for deploying the...
Senators Press VA Nominees on Proposed Personnel Cuts, Potential Impact on Veterans Services Nominees for the positions of under secretary for memorial affairs, general counsel and chief financial officer at the...
VA's Top Watchdog Agency Blames Poor Accounting Practices for Last Year's Budget Scare The VA had requested an extra $15 billion from Congress to cover health care and benefits last year but later said most of...
Senate Confirms Deputy VA Secretary as Department Preps for Mass Firings The Department of Veterans Affairs has a new No. 2 official after the Senate voted along party lines Thursday to approve Paul...
Overtime Pay Delayed for Roughly 9,600 VA Employees as a Result of Software Problems VA officials did not say why the department's Time and Attendance System, or VATAS, experienced problems this week.
Veterans Fear Trump Administration Plans to Privatize VA Health Care Veterans are increasingly getting care from private medical providers, who are then paid by the VA. It's an effort to create...
Army Enlisted Academy Bars Students from Writing About Women and Minorities The 10-month Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas, includes multiple major projects in its curriculum, including two...
Pentagon Turns Focus to Potentially Privatizing Commissaries, Military Exchanges The Pentagon’s newest push to trim its workforce and spending could mean that on-base grocery stores and shops designed to...
Commander of Greenland Base Who Broke with Vance Fired Shortly After Military.com Report Defense officials moved quickly to fire a Space Force commander in charge of a Greenland military base after a Military.com...
A US Navy Captain Ordered a Military Funeral for a Kamikaze Pilot During WWII. Here's Why Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot...
Trump's Unusual Pick for Joint Chiefs Chairman Approved by Senate in Overnight Vote Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, who President Donald Trump plucked out of retirement to replace the Black general he fired as chairman of...
