VA Drops Mask Requirements for Staff, Patients at Most Medical Facilities The department announced the change nearly three years to the day the VA confirmed its first death from COVID-19 at a VA...
Veterans' Emergency Room Bills Could Get Repaid by VA Thanks to Change VA medical patients who have gone to a non-VA emergency room since 2010 can get their out-of-pocket coinsurance costs...
VA Deputy Secretary to Step Down After Nearly 2 Years The departure of Deputy Secretary Donald Remy leaves a significant hole in the department's leadership, especially regarding...
All Combat-Injured Vets Would Keep Their Full Retirement, Disability Pay Under Proposal The Maj. Richard Star Act would eliminate the dollar-for-dollar offset on retirement pay that combat-disabled vets with less...
VA Dental Insurance Program VA provides comprehensive dental care to Veterans who are eligible; however, the benefit is not available to many Veterans.
VA Police Shortages Leave Medical Center Patients, Staff Vulnerable, Watchdog Finds A new report by the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General found "multiple security vulnerabilities" across 70 VA...
VA Would Have to Research Medical Marijuana Under Bill Advanced by Senate Panel The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee voted in a closed-door session to advance the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act.
Former Flight Nurse's Nonprofit Takes Community Approach to Combat Vet Suicide During his 22-year military career, first as an Air Force reservist and then on active duty, Jim Lorraine tended to service...
Off-the-Shelf Games Help Some Veterans With Brain Injuries A DoD-funded study found that a brain training software program helps injured service members improve their cognitive...
An 'Ambassador for All Service Dogs,' German Shepherd Leaves a Legacy for Veterans with PTSD Kaya spent hundreds of hours walking the halls of the U.S. Capitol lobbying for a bill to provide federal funding for mental...
Army Dramatically Expands Combat Patch Eligibility The policy shift, issued last week, covers soldiers who served in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon...
Plans for Mass VA Firings Scuttled, But Department Still Expects 30,000 Employees to Leave on Their Own The announcement walked back previous plans, first revealed in a leaked memo in March, to fire as many as 83,000 employees as...
Colonel Retaliated Against Major for Talking to Congress About Red Hill Contamination, Report Says The report said that investigators substantiated an allegation that an Air Force colonel had retaliated against Army Maj...
Air Force Academy Cutting 140 Positions; Majors Affected? As the Air Force works to cut 5,000 positions before October, the Air Force Academy expects to eliminate 140 jobs.
Mystery on Pacific Seafloor Proves to Be Part of Daring WWII Saga, US Navy Says A mysterious object spotted on the South Pacific seafloor has been identified as the bow of a torpedoed World War II ship...
