Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Two weeks after rolling back an effort to slow cost-of-living pension increases for working-age military retirees, the Senate is now being asked to give [...]
U-T San Diego – A twofold campaign to accelerate the collection of veterans benefits after years of leaving millions of federal dollars unclaimed appears to be paying early dividends, [...]
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – The subcommittee called the hearing to air concerns that the VA avoids disciplining officials who preside over deadly lapses such as the Pittsburgh outbreak, [...]
The Huffington Post – Military veterans who say they were sickened by lingering amounts of the herbicide Agent Orange aboard re-purposed airplanes after the Vietnam War now have some strong [...]
NBCNews.com – A federal judge has ordered the Army to track down soldiers who were subjected to secret medical experiments during the Cold War and warn them of any newly discovered health [...]
Military Times – Veterans with a 100 percent disability rating will get their Social Security claims processed faster, thanks to a change announced by the agency Wednesday. Read More >
USA Today – A quiet backdrop to Washington’s government shutdown last October was the anxiety rippling through 3.9 million disabled veterans who rely on government compensation for [...]
Stars and Stripes – A sprawling Democratic bill expanding health, education and other benefits for veterans easily cleared an early Senate hurdle on Tuesday. But the election-year measure [...]
Military.com – The Department of Veterans Affairs on Wednesday denied wrongdoing in the alleged deletion of thousands of medical appointment requests at the Greater Los Angeles Veterans [...]
Blogs.VA.Gov – Under Secretary for Health Dr. Robert Petzel addressed questions from members of the House of Representatives today on this topic saying, “There was no attempt to eliminate [...]