'A Crisis of Confidence' — After Decades of Failures, VA Sec Seeks 'Game-Changers' As the 11th secretary of the VA since it was established as a cabinet-level organization in 1988, Secretary Denis McDonough...
New VA Office Tasked with Reducing Rural Health Problems for Native American Vets VA officials said they are creating the Office of Tribal Health within the VA to manage health care for all American Indian...
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.
Veteran Committee Chairman Requests Federal Investigation of Former VA Secretary, Other Biden Officials Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., seeks a legal review of the VA's request for supplemental funding last year after determining it...
Jail Staff Laughed at Dying Veteran Left Strapped to Chair in Texas, Suit Says The family of Glenn Earl Smallwood Jr., a 33-year-old U.S. Army veteran who needed immediate medical attention but was...
Defense Department to Review List of Medical Conditions that Disqualify Potential Recruits from Serving The review follows changes over the last three years that expanded waivers for 51 conditions.
JROTC Expansion at US High Schools Eyed as Part of Bill to Boost Recruiting High school students whose campuses do not have a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program would be able to join units...
After Recent Years of Reform, Vets Fear Trump Cuts to VA Will Undo Lifeline Health Care, Research Amid a downsizing campaign that’s poised to overhaul, streamline and — in some cases — eradicate bedrock federal agencies...
!["Equality flags" in support of transgender members of military.](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2021-06/AP-equality-flags-transgender-1800.jpg?itok=YjCPnWpD "In this July 26, 2017 photo, people with the Human Rights Campaign hold up "equality flags" during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, in support of transgender members of the military (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)")
