Disabled Veterans

This 'Brain Game' Is Helping Vets with TBI Improve Their Memory

A small study shows that BrainHQ, already available through the Defense Department, helps with TBI symptoms.

“Everybody thinks that everything’s fine," Kevin McCloskey explained. "... It's not freaking fine." (Photo: PROSTHETIC INNOVATIONS)

The Long Game: Veteran Who Lost His Legs in Afghanistan Finds Himself in Golf

Army veteran Kevin McCloskey has learned to play golf again, despite being a bilateral amputee with prosthetics on both legs.

Ronald Choplinsky poses with daughter Sharon in the early 1980s. (Courtesy of Sharon Basile)

VA to Pay Disabled Army Veteran Long-Overdue $40K in Benefits

The VA has notified a disabled Army veteran it will pay the $40,000 owed him in overdue benefits.

VA Partners With Microsoft to Help Injured Vets With Xbox Adaptive Controller

The new device will allow veterans with limited mobility to play Xbox games, reconnecting them to a pastime that is often a s...

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment VetSuccess

The Vocational Rehabilitation program can help veterans with service-connected disabilities find and keep suitable employment...

VR&E - Non-Paid Work Experience

The VA Non-Paid Work Experience program provides veterans the opportunity to get training and practical job experience.

Retired Tech. Sgt. Alfredo Sibucao Jr. flips the open sign to his retail store in Las Vegas, June 22, 2015. Sibucao retired from the Air Force in 2014 and now owns and operates a small business in Las Vegas. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)

After Court Mandate, VA Is Increasing Contracts With Vet-Owned Businesses

The VA is making changes after a 2016 Supreme Court ruling.

The Seeing Eye organization of New Jersey has provided blind veterans with guide dogs at no cost for more than 60 years. (Photo courtesy of The Seeing Eye)

Vietnam Veteran Sent to Prison for Pretending to be Blind ... for 35 Years

He defrauded the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of nearly $1.3 million.

Dozens of members of the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue and their families painted the house belonging to William Velez, a blind World War II veteran, on April 13, 2019. Facebook photo

Florida Firefighters Paint Home of Blind World War II Veteran

A blind World War II veteran's home was painted over the weekend by firefighters who decided to give back to the community.

Kyle, 2, hangs out with Dad while eating a cookie during the Military Child Education Coalition's Tell Me a Story event at the Wounded Warrior Battalion's Warrior Hope and Care Center at Camp Pendleton April 30 (Sarah Wolff-Diaz, U.S. Marines)

Bill Would Align Age Eligibility for CHAMPVA with Tricare, Affordable Care Act

Some members of Congress try again to increase eligibility for CHAMPVA to age 26.

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Navy Lt. Kaylie Ludwig. (Photo courtesy of the Ludwig family)

Navy IDs Officer Who Died Aboard the Arlington; NCIS Probe Continues

Navy officials have identified the woman who died aboard a ship during a port stop in Spain as Lt. Kaylie Ludwig.

The front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

VA Ready to Roll Out Mission Act Program on June 6 But Expect Glitches: Officials

Officials say the benefits of a system giving veterans more say in their own health care outweigh any drawbacks.

Ray Weaver, of Lancaster, Pa., supports Rolling Thunder 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua L. DeMotts)

Thunder's End: Rolling Thunder to Mark Final Memorial Day Event This Weekend

This year's annual Rolling Thunder veterans tribute will be the last.

The Marine Corps insignia is visible behind Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller as he takes questions from reporters at the unveiling of the Iraq and Afghanistan campaign engravings on the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima), Nov. 21, 2017, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Top Marine Makes Plea to End Suicide, Says 'Zero Shame' in Admitting Problem

Active-duty suicide rates in the Navy and Marine Corps reached a 10-year high last year.

Courtland Savage from early in his training. (Courtesy Courtland Savage)

Navy to Change Pilot Call Sign Protocol After Minority Aviators Report Bias

The head of naval aviation has directed the creation of a new process for approving and reviewing pilots' call signs.