Senate Passes 'Emergency' VA Reform Bill The Senate passed legislation to end the wait times vets are experiencing for health care by letting many go outside the VA.
VA Seeks to Reallocate Choice Act Funds in $169B Budget Proposal The Veterans Affairs Department would be funded to nearly $169 billion next year under the budget proposed by the White House...
Senate Backs Letting VA Doctors Recommend Medical Marijuana to Vets Legislation passed Tuesday by the Senate includes a provision that would allow VA doctors to recommend medical marijuana to...
Trump, Clinton Veer from Veterans Issues During Vets Forum Trump and Clinton veered from vets issues into national-security matters during the first forum in which they shared a stage.
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.
Lawmakers Battle Over Whether New Health Care Bill Hurts Vets Democrats and Republicans argued Friday over whether the new health care bill proposal would help or hurt vets.
McCain-Sanders' VA Bill Slammed as Pro-Union A former New York lieutenant governor says just-passed Senate legislation intended to eliminate long patient wait times at VA...
Nationwide Campaign Urges Doctors to Ask if Patients are Veterans The American Medical Association has urged health care providers to ask patients if they have served in the military and to...
VA Expands 'Choice,' Seeks Dollars to Consolidate Outside Care An additional 160,000 veterans became eligible Dec. 1 to receive VA-paid medical care from civilian health care providers.
Late Effort In Congress Stops Legislation Limiting Nurses' Duties According to the VA, 6,500 of its 93,000 registered nurses possess advanced degrees and would be able to fill in for doctors.
Here Is the 2025 Pay Raise for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees Military retirees and disabled veterans will receive 2.5% increases to their monthly paychecks for 2025, thanks to the annual...
Army Says Soldiers Should Avoid Poppy Seeds in Updated Regulation over Drug-Testing Concerns While poppy seeds are often an ingredient in baked goods and pastries, they also -- depending on how they are harvested and...
'Like Freeing a Ghost': A Sailor's Strange and Wondrous Journey Back from Pearl Harbor Some service members killed aboard the Oklahoma were identified, but most, like Titterington, were laid in mass graves...
Military Board Substantiates Misconduct But Declines to Fire Marine Who Adopted Afghan Orphan A U.S. Marine whose adoption of an Afghan war orphan has spurred a yearslong legal battle and raised alarms at the highest...
The Tactical Knife that Saved a Medal of Honor Recipient’s Life During Intense Hand-to-Hand Combat in Iraq Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his heroic actions during the Second Battle of...