New Standards for the VA Caregivers Program Are Still in Limbo. Advocates Want Them Released. Twelve groups that represent caregivers of veterans wrote President Joe Biden to ask about the progress of proposed changes...
In the Past Decade, VA Has Recouped $2.4 Billion in Separation Pay, Bonuses from Disabled Vets The VA's effort to recover payments to service members voluntarily or involuntarily separated from their respective military...
Republican Project 2025 Takes Dead Aim at Veterans' Health and Disability Benefits When I came to Congress two years ago and joined the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, I was cautiously optimistic that...
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...
VA Housing Policy Discriminates Against Disabled Veterans, Federal Judge Rules The Department of Veterans Affairs discriminates against disabled veterans by outsourcing construction on its West Los...
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...
Amphibious Ship Suffers Breakdown, Marking at Least Third Navy Mechanical Issue This Year One of the Navy's amphibious warships suffered a major mechanical failure earlier this week that forced it to return to port...
2 Virginia Guardsmen Are Running a Rural Anti-Government Militia Staff Sgts. Daniel Abbott and Alexandra Griffeth jointly run the Campbell County Militia, which operates in the rural...
Navy Chief Demoted After Installing Unauthorized Satellite Dish on Warship to Access Internet Internet access is restricted while a ship is underway to maintain bandwidth for military operations and to protect against...
Soldiers Set to Get One Shoulder-Fired Round to Replace Multiple Weapons in Move to Ease Loads, Training The XM919 Individual Assault Munition is intended to replace the service’s various anti-tank and anti-structure rounds with a...
Astronauts Stuck on Space Station Will Be Brought Back Home by Space Force Guardian A Space Force officer will command a mission later this month to safely bring home two astronauts who have been unexpectedly...
