The VA Rating System Explained When it comes to disability ratings, knowing the difference between a permanent, analogous, extra-schedular, and...
Principi: Eligibility Explosion Behind VA Backlog The backlog can't be solved, Principi argues, until everyone acknowledges how recent laws have expanded eligibility.
Most TFL-Eligible Vets Won’t See Higher VA Costs Will a retired military person with a 10 percent VA disability rating have to pay VA for health services provided for...
Concurrent Receipt Expansion Efforts Falter Over the last two years, amid the debt crisis and federal budgets cuts through the 2011 Budget Control Act, support for...
'Condition Not A Disability' Discharges Disputed Navy Department medical personnel misuse a separation authority called "Condition Not a Disability," an advocate charges.
VA, Congress Shrug as Sleep Apnea Claims 'Surge' An advisory committee recommended that the VA consider steps to address a "surge" in compensation awards for apnea.
VA Now Paying Compensation To Victims of Contaminated Lejeune Water VA will now pay disability compensation in addition to providing medical care to those affected by water contamination at...
Groups Say COLA Bill Will Cost Disabled Vets Five veterans' service organizations have opposed a bill sent to the House floor on Wednesday that would guarantee disabled...
This Woman Flew an F-35 Simulator with Her Mind A patient for an experimental DoD robotics program, is breaking ground in freeing the mind from the limitations of the body.
After Terminator Arm, DARPA Wants Implantable Hard Drive for the Brain A Pentagon program has already developed a highly advanced prosthetic arm. Now DARPA wants to expand on that cutting-edge...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...