VA Hosting 'Week of Action' to Spread Word About PACT Act Benefits More than 90 events are scheduled across the country to help veterans enroll in health care, file claims and screen for...
VA to Move Veterans with Cancer to Front of the PACT Act Line McDonough also vowed the department "will not rest" until "every veteran gets the care they need and the benefits they...
Veterans File Record Number of Disability Claims, Putting Pressure on Backlog More than 113,000 claims have been filed since August, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said this week.
Agent Orange If you are veteran who was exposed to Agent Orange you may be eligible for free medical care and disability from the VA
Never Forget Our Most Sacred Obligations There are still severely disabled veterans who are being forgotten—or worse, ignored—by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange, Radiation, Toxic Water Included in Landmark Burn Pit Bill The bill, expected to be signed by President Biden, contains a number of initiatives to help veterans sickened during...
VA Will Reexamine Agent Orange Claims It Previously Denied 'Blue water' Navy veterans who served offshore and were exposed to the deadly herbicide are now eligible for compensation.
Lawmakers Weigh Breaking Up Toxic Exposures Bill in Face of $282 Billion Price Tag Republicans on the House Veterans Affairs Committee say they support providing health care to ill veterans, but want to...
World War II Vet Who Approved $180M Agent Orange Settlement as Federal Judge Dead at 99 Jack B. Weinstein, a former federal judge, oversaw a series of landmark class-action lawsuits and sensational mob cases in...
VA Will Soon Begin Processing Claims for 3 New Agent Orange Illnesses The department will issue a policy soon for claims over bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinsonism linked to herbicide...
More than Half of Senior Army Officers Are Turning Down Command Consideration More than half of the Army's senior officers are turning down opportunities to command, choosing instead the stability of...
A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care. U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law...
101st Airborne Division Troops Return to Bastogne to Mark 80th Anniversary of Battle of the Bulge The siege of Bastogne was lifted on Dec. 26, 1944, when a tank column from the 4th Armored Division of then-Lt. Gen. George...
Navy Drops Disciplinary Efforts Against 2 Navy Officers After Death of SEAL Candidate Kyle Mullen Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman decided to stop the boards of inquiry for Capt. Brad Geary, the commander of the Navy SEAL training...
1 Dead, Suspect Arrested After ‘Active Shooter’ Situation at Georgia Army Base The victim, whose identity has not been released, was shot “in on-post housing” at Fort Eisenhower.