Veterans Health Care

President Trump signed a spending bill for the Department of Veterans Affairs that for the first time exceeds $200B.

What is the status of VA operations in affected areas? What federal assistance is being offered?

Poor oversight and failures in testing led to two fentanyl overdoses last year at a VA residential treatment program.

The DAV says things are better than they were, but need for much progress still remains.

VA Secretary Robert Wilkie received a petition pushing for him to end the ban on gender reassignment surgery at the agency.

Veterans are twice as likely as non-veterans to die from an opioid overdose.

Six vets who walked across the U.S. to raise awareness about mental health problems related to service finished their trip.

A series of investigations have uncovered problems with VA sterilized instrument procedures.

A VA study has shown that non-opioids are just as good and far less risky for treatment of pain.

For one Navy veteran, cannabis proved to be a more effective treatment than antidepressant drugs.

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The still-commissioned Navy warship remains on the Potong River as a museum piece in North Korea's capital.

The unidentified SEAL is being held in a San Diego brig, but has yet to be charged with a crime.

Ronald J. Shurer II will receive the Medal of Honor, an upgrade to the Silver Star he was awarded for his actions in 2008.

The new Army Combat Fitness Test has eliminated age-specific scoring.

VA proposed terminating all five doctors, but each of them opted to resign or retire.