'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...
Principi: Eligibility Explosion Behind VA Backlog The backlog can't be solved, Principi argues, until everyone acknowledges how recent laws have expanded eligibility.
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...
New Science Holds Hope for Veterans with Groin Injuries Bioengineering advances in penis replacement could restore creative organ use for some wounded troops.
VA 'Presumption' Regulation Could Help Up to 15K Lejeune Vets The Department of Veterans Affairs expects up to 15,000 seriously ill veterans who served at Camp Lejeune, N.C., before 1988.
Report: VA Biased Against Sexual Trauma Claims Claims granted for PTSD related to sexual trauma were from 17 to 30 percentage points lower than PTSD claims for other trauma...
Lawmaker: Poor Wording in VA Bill Hurt Victims of Gulf War Illness Rep. Kuster said Congress may have to redraft the legislation authorizing VA to grant vets compensation for Gulf War Illness.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
