VA Takes Steps to Expedite Claims for K2 Veterans with Chronic Illnesses The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that veterans who served at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan who have...
Housing Agency Scraps Catch-22-Type Rule That Kept Disabled Homeless Vets from Receiving Rent Vouchers Homeless veterans who were wounded, injured or became sick during their time in uniform will no longer have their disability...
Jon Stewart Pushes VA to Cover Troops Sickened by Uranium after 9/11. Again, They Are Told to Wait. Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium have ended a meeting at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that...
VA's Threat to Withhold Disability Checks over Decades-Old Separation Pay Surprises Vets Some veterans who received bonuses from the Defense Department to leave the service are learning they have to pay back the...
In War, Female Troops Develop Chronic Pain at Higher Rates. So Do Military Wives, Study Finds. Research that sought to determine how a high-operations tempo affects female service members found an unexpected result for...
Disabled Veterans to Congress: Move Out on Stalled Bill to Allow Payment of Both Retirement and Disability Benefits Despite wide bipartisan backing, the Major Richard Star Act has languished for years, increasingly frustrating the veterans...
VA Dropping Mandatory Overtime for Most Claims Processors as Work Proceeds at Faster Clip VA Under Secretary for Benefits Joshua Jacobs said that, with more employees and efficiencies, the department can move toward...
PACT Act: Presumptive Conditions The PACT Act presumes a service connection for conditions related to toxic exposures from burn pits; contaminated water at...
VA Designates Male Breast Cancer, 2 Other Cancers as Service-Connected Illnesses Under PACT Act Troops with the illnesses who served in specific geographic areas since the Persian Gulf War may be eligible for disability...
House Approves Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill After Bipartisan Compromise Reached A wide-ranging veterans policy bill that would bolster home caregiver programs and support for homeless veterans, among other...
Kings of Campus: How Some Army Instructors Use Their Clout to Prey on College Cadets To the young students in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), the officers who run the programs on college...
Tricare Changes are Coming in 2025. Here’s What Beneficiaries Need to Know Right Now Tricare beneficiaries need to be aware of changes taking place in both the East and West regions and may need to take action...
Naval Academy Graduate Charged with Hate Crime After Pride Flag Ripped from Annapolis Shop A Naval Academy graduate was charged with a hate crime after a tattoo shop in Annapolis reported its LGBTQ Pride flag had...
Who Is Doug Collins? A Look at Trump's Pick to Head the VA The former Georgia congressman is a Southern Baptist minister and Air Force colonel.
