Military.com – This month, which is National PTSD Awareness Month, K9s for Warriors published a study with Purdue University researchers in the prestigious Journal [...]
The Washington Post – A veteran set himself on fire with gasoline and fireworks outside the Georgia state Capitol on Tuesday in an act of protest, officials said. Read More >
Military Times – Some disabled veterans no longer would be exempt from VA loan funding fees as part of proposed changes mandated by a House bill that expands health care benefits for “blue [...]
MERI Talk – While the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is ready to move forward on a new electronic health records (EHR) system, members of Congress are asking for transparency and [...]
Military Times – Senate lawmakers approved a “minibus” of appropriations bills Monday that could result in next year’s Veterans Affairs and military construction funding being finished [...]
Government Executive – The Senate this week unanimously intervened in a dispute between the Veterans Affairs Department and its inspector general, voting to tell the agency it cannot make [...]
Military Times – Veterans Affairs officials are walking back a new suicide study which appeared to show thousands of unreported military deaths in recent years, saying differences among [...]
Dayton Daily News – The Department of Veterans Affairs has accidentally overpaid hundreds of thousands sending some into debt when the government agency asked them to pay it back. But, new [...]
Military Times – The government released Thursday its first in-depth look at the health risks created by chemical compounds found in hundreds of military water sources and what illnesses [...]
CBS Minnesota – A bill sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar to help veterans exposed to toxic fumes from burn pits has passed the U.S Senate. At least 100,000 U.S. veterans were exposed to [...]