Defense Department, VA Gear Up To Host Suicide Prevention ConferenceJuly 12, 2019Military.com – The Defense and Veterans Affairs Departments will team up in August to hold a conference on suicide prevention in Nashville. [...]
Some Groups Claiming To Serve Vets Bilk Public Out Of Millions, FTC FindsJuly 12, 2019Military.com – The latest shutdown of a self-labeled veterans support organization comes against the backdrop of repeated warnings from the [...]
Department Of VA Facilities To Be Smoke-Free By OctoberJuly 12, 2019Stars and Stripes – A smoking ban is set to go into effect at Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities across the country [...]
‘911’ For Vets: Bill Would Make Crisis Hotline Number Just Three DigitsJuly 12, 2019ConnectingVets Radio – A bill introduced to the U.S. Senate would create a “911” for veterans in crisis. Instead of veterans [...]
Pentagon Delays Big Changes To Post-9/11 GI Bill Transfer RulesJuly 12, 2019Military.com – The Pentagon is delaying implementation of a new restriction that limits which service members can transfer their Post-9/11 [...]
Thousands In GI Bill Fees Paid By Recruits ‘For Essentially No Reason At All’July 12, 2019Politico – Most military enlistees sign up during boot camp to pay $1,200 to later use the so-called Montgomery GI Bill for their [...]
Advocates Urge Help For Homeless Women VetsJuly 12, 2019The Hill – Lawmakers on Wednesday looked at ways to provide help for women veterans, particularly those who are homeless, at a hearing of [...]
Marines Stage Awareness Campaign To Reach Those Sickened By Camp Lejeune Toxic WaterJuly 12, 2019The Roanoke Times – Former Marines on Wednesday staged a campaign in front of the Salem VA Medical Center to let other veterans know that [...]
Widow’s Tax, Block On Military Malpractice Lawsuits Would Be Repealed In House Defense BillJuly 12, 2019Military Times – House Democrats are pushing to end the military widow’s tax, repeal rules blocking troops’ medical malpractice [...]
VA Secretary Robert Wilkie Orders ‘Stay’ On Blue Water Vet Disability BenefitsJuly 12, 2019ConnectingVets Radio – After decades of trying to win disability benefits from the VA, thousands of Blue Water Vietnam veterans and others [...]
VA Inspector General: Department Must Be More Transparent On Hiring, VacanciesJune 27, 2019Military.com – The same day President Donald Trump said VA has hired more than 200,000 doctors, nurses and physicians’ assistants [...]
Republicans And Democrats Agree: VA Must Study Medical Marijuana For VetsJune 27, 2019ConnectingVets Radio – Both sides of the aisle on the House Veterans Affairs Committee seem to agree — the VA must study medical [...]
VA Imposes Strict Limits On Controversial Ketamine-Based Depression TreatmentJune 27, 2019Military.com – After the VA announced in March it would offer a highly anticipated ketamine-based medication for treatment-resistant [...]
How Well Do VA’s Regional Offices Perform? VA Doesn’t Really Know.June 27, 2019Government Executive – The Veterans Affairs Department has never clearly defined the role of its regional offices that oversee its 1,200 [...]
Trump Touts MISSION ACT In ‘Off The Record’ Call With Thousands Of VetsJune 27, 2019Military.com – A phone call between President Donald Trump and more than 10,000 veterans on Tuesday presented a chance for the president to [...]
Big VA Budget Boost Included In Controversial Spending BillJune 27, 2019Military Times – House Democrats on Thursday advanced a nearly $400 billion spending bill that includes a hefty increase in Veterans [...]
Wilkie Frustrated VA Left Out Of Whistleblower Hearing, But Didn’t Show Up To VA Oversight HearingJune 27, 2019ConnectingVets Radio – Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said it was “one-sided” and “exclusionary” for a Congressional committee [...]
VA Employees Say Agency Is Actively Retaliating Against WhistleblowersJune 27, 2019The Hill – Three employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs said in new interviews that they were sidelined at their jobs and stripped [...]
Bill Eliminating VA Loan Cap Signed Into LawJune 27, 2019Housing Wire – The Department of Veterans Affairs can now back loans that exceed the conforming loan limit, as a bill eliminating this cap [...]
VA Policy Restricts ‘Meaningful Access’ To Benefits For Native AmericansJune 27, 2019Stars and Stripes – Inside a small conference room in a hotel-casino on the Ohkay Owingeh reservation, attorney Carol Wild Scott sat across [...]
Wounded By Chemical Weapons In Iraq, Vets Fight A Lonely Battle For HelpJune 27, 2019The New York Times – On Dec. 2, 2005, three HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters hovered over the northern end of Camp Taji, Iraq, as a nine-man [...]
Benefits For ‘Blue Water’ Vets Finalized After Years-Long FightJune 27, 2019Military Times – The “blue water” Vietnam veterans benefits act is now law. Late Tuesday night, President Donald Trump signed the [...]
Supreme Court Chips Away At Federal Agency PowerJune 27, 2019Reuters – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday constrained the power of federal agencies, scaling back a legal doctrine that calls for [...]
Congress Mulls Proposal To Add More Providers To VA Telehealth ProgramJune 20, 2019mHealth Intelligence – Congress is considering a bill to expand the pool of healthcare providers able using telemedicine to treat the [...]
VA Fast-Tracking Controversial New AntidepressantJune 20, 2019ConnectingVets Radio – A VA panel that determines which drugs the VA carries and prescribes will vote Wednesday on the depression drug [...]
Deported Vets Could Get Help Through Bills Reintroduced To CongressJune 20, 2019ConnectingVets Radio – Ten days after news broke that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not know exactly how many veterans it [...]
Study Finds VA Prescribes Far More Opioids To Rural Vets Than Urban CounterpartsJune 20, 2019Stars and Stripes – Rural veterans are given almost a third more opioids than urban vets, according to a study that analyzed outpatient [...]
VA Ordered To Stop Posting Firings, Discipline On Website After Union WinJune 20, 2019Military.com – The union representing 260,000 Department of Veterans Affairs employees recently won a “cease and desist” [...]
Bill Would Give Vets With ‘Bad Paper’ Discharges Better Appeal OptionsJune 20, 2019Military.com – Veterans appealing their less-than-honorable discharges could have more opportunity to influence the outcome of their [...]
Conspiracy Of Silence: For Some Vets, Toxic Exposure Didn’t End With Atomic BlastsJune 20, 2019Stars and Stripes – Just before noon, sunlight escaped the Nevada desert and a midnight darkness overtook the bleak and lonely landscape. [...]
