VA Secretary Wants More Vets Sickened by Burn Pits to File Claims, But Many Are Still Being Turned Away As of March 31, the VA had denied 72% of burn pit claims, according to agency data obtained by Military.com.
Lawmakers Want to Expand Care for Vets Sickened by Toxic Exposure. How Much Can They Get Done? The Senate committee will have its hearing Wednesday; the House hearing will be held May 5.
Stymied in the Trump Era, Lawmakers Launch New Attempt to Make VA Motto Gender-Neutral A bipartisan group of lawmakers is again moving to change the Department of Veterans Affairs' motto to be more inclusive...
'Dirty, Embarrassing Secret:' Veterans with PTSD Struggle to Shed Stigma of Bad Paper Discharges An other-than-honorable discharge means the veteran is unlikely to be eligible for any veterans benefits.
New VA Education Rule Allows Some Vets to Get Multiple Degrees Until last week, VR&E could not be used in conjunction with the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which covers four years of college for...
Biden's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Includes Big Upgrades for Aging VA Hospitals Biden's plan calls for $18 billion to modernize VA hospitals across the country.
Sweeping Measure Would Provide Care, Disability to Thousands of Vets Sickened by Burn Pits The measure was also introduced last year and never got any serious traction.
Groundbreaking VA Study Shows How Long COVID-19 Vaccine Immunity May Last A soon-to-be-published Veterans Affairs study of vaccine-induced antibody response is among the first in the nation to look...
VA Expects to Open COVID-19 Vaccines to All Vets by May 1 The department is establishing the capability to distribute vaccines for over 24 million veterans, spouses or caregivers.
The VA Just Got $17 Billion in COVID Relief Money. Here’s How They Plan to Spend It The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 was signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11.
Another Fighter Jet Tumbles from Truman Carrier Deck into Red Sea The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier lost another F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet on Tuesday -- the third since it...
Tweaks to Army's Physical Fitness Test Are Relatively Modest The Army has approved a series of revisions to its physical fitness test, recalibrating performance benchmarks in a modest...
White House Says Trump’s Proposal to Rename Veterans Day Has Been Scrapped The White House has backed off President Donald Trump’s stunning social media proposal to change the name of Veterans Day to...
Weather and Night Vision Goggles Were Likely Factors in Marine Corps Helicopter Crash, Report Finds The CH-53 Super Stallion crashed Feb. 6, 2024, during a late night flight when it hit a mountain near Pine Valley, California...
Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and National Guardsman, has attempted to reframe the role of the...