Military Families Battle Mice, Mold and Mushrooms at the Mercy of Private LandlordsNovember 8, 2018Military Times – U.S. military families living on base housing find themselves at the whims of powerful private landlords as they battle [...]
Veteran Homeless Rate Drops 5 Percent Nationwide, Rises on West CoastNovember 8, 2018Military.com – The number of veterans living in shelters or on the streets dropped by about five percent between January 2017 and January [...]
Changes in a VA Hospital’s Star Rating May Say Little About Care QualityNovember 8, 2018New York Times – When the Department of Veterans Affairs released the annual ratings of its hospitals this fall, the facility in Atlanta [...]
After Listening to Veterans, VA Put All Its Services on One WebsiteNovember 8, 2018Nextgov – Wednesday night, the tech team at the Veterans Affairs Department launched their latest effort to improve the quality of services [...]
New Device Improves Balance in Veterans with Gulf War IllnessNovember 8, 2018Science Daily – Gulf War veterans with unexplained illnesses that cause fatigue, headaches, respiratory disorders and memory problems can [...]
A New Resource for Gulf War ResearchNovember 8, 2018VAntage Point (VA.gov) – While researchers in VA and elsewhere have been studying Gulf War Veterans’ health problems since the 1990s, there [...]
Vets Resume Court Fight Over ‘Non-VA Emergency Care’ CostsNovember 8, 2018Stars and Stripes – Earlier this year the Department of Veterans Affairs executed a clever rewrite of a regulation to avoid reimbursing [...]
Democrats Gain Control of Key House Military, Vet CommitteesNovember 8, 2018Stars and Stripes – The fate of an ongoing military buildup, war oversight, veterans affairs and decisions on who can enlist in the service [...]
Navy Veterans with Agent Orange Stories Push VA for BenefitsNovember 8, 2018The Post and Courier – After serving in three wars, it wasn’t armed conflict that killed Rear Adm. Emmett Bonner. It was cancer, [...]
Army Veteran’s Family Agrees to $2.5 Million in Settlement with VA Over Wrongful Death SuitNovember 8, 2018Stars and Stripes – Last month, the VA agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Lake Havasu City, Ariz., [...]
Supreme Court Grants Cert in Gray v. WilkieNovember 8, 2018SCOTUSblog – According to the [VA] manual, only veterans who set foot on Vietnamese soil or served in the country’s “inland waterways” [...]
National Veterans Memorial and Museum Opens in Columbus to FanfareNovember 1, 2018The Columbus Dispatch – U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie, an officer in the U.S. Air Force Reserve and the son of an Army [...]
VA and 11,000 Nurses Reach Impasse as Secretary Rejects Negotiated Contract ProposalNovember 1, 2018Government Executive – A group of 11,000 nurses at the Veterans Affairs Department has reached an impasse with the agency over its [...]
Veterans Skeptical That $10 Billion Computer System Will Improve Service at VANovember 1, 2018The Spokesman-Review – Spokane will lead the $10 billion effort to revamp the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ medical records system, [...]
Cerner Gives New Updates on DoD and VA EHR RolloutsNovember 1, 2018Healthcare IT News – In an earnings call to discuss its Q3 results this past week, officials from Cerner offered new information about the [...]
Veterans Are Cutting Back on Smoking and Drinking, but They Still Face Significant Health RisksNovember 1, 2018Military Times – Veterans remain more likely to report feeling in great medical condition even while they face an increased risk of serious [...]
Rand Report Reveals Where Military Sex Assaults Were Happening, But Not WhyNovember 1, 2018Stars and Stripes – A Rand Corp. report requested by the Department of Defense and published last month offered a glimpse at where sexual [...]
Brain Disease Discovered in War Veterans, Tied to CombatNovember 1, 2018WXIA (NBC-11, Video) – “It makes my heart race every time I come here,” Joy Kieffer said as she knelt beside the white slab of marble with [...]
New Lawsuit Seeks VA Compensation for Veterans’ Unpaid Emergency Room CostsNovember 1, 2018Military Times – Hundreds of thousands of veterans could be eligible for sizable reimbursements of unpaid medical bills if a new [...]
Readiness of VA Emergency Stockpile of Drugs, Medical Supplies Called into QuestionNovember 1, 2018Stars and Stripes – It’s uncertain whether a Department of Veterans Affairs stockpile of drugs and medical supplies — intended to be used [...]
VA to Fast-Track Benefits Appeals for Hurricane VictimsNovember 1, 2018Military Times – Veterans Affairs officials will accelerate appeals claim processing for individuals affected by the recent hurricanes that [...]
Here Are the 172 Veterans Running for Congress in NovemberOctober 25, 2018Military Times – A total of 172 veterans won primaries this year and will appear on midterm ballots across the country. Their military [...]
Student Vets Win Too as Court Unchains Obama Loan ProtectionOctober 25, 2018Stars and Stripes – Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of student veterans, despite having robust GI Bill education benefits, contend they were [...]
Troll Watch: Why Veterans Are Targeted by Spreaders of MisinformationOctober 25, 2018NPR – NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with army veteran Kris Goldsmith about his efforts to eliminate Facebook pages that spread [...]
Not Many Troops Are Opting Into the New Retirement SystemOctober 25, 2018Military Times – With less than three months to go before the year-end deadline, only one in six service members who are eligible to make [...]
Wounded Warrior Project Pledges $160 Million to Battle PTSDOctober 25, 2018Military.com – The Wounded Warrior Project pledged Tuesday to raise $160 million over the next five years that would be funneled to four [...]
VA Struggles to Reach Other-Than-Honorable-Discharge Vets in Need of HelpOctober 25, 2018NPR – Former Marine Lance Cpl. Josh Onan was in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006 when his Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb. “I remember laying [...]
VA Delays Force Disabled Veterans to Seek Alternatives for Essential EquipmentOctober 25, 2018Texas Public Radio – For veterans who need things like wheelchairs, walkers, and artificial limbs, getting them from the Department of [...]
Digital Records Will Lead to Faster Disability Claims Decisions, VA SaysOctober 25, 2018Military.com – The Department of Veterans Affairs has completed a major effort to replace millions of paper files on benefits and [...]
White House Rejection of Board of Veterans’ Appeals Judges Raises Concerns of PartisanshipOctober 25, 2018Stars and Stripes – This summer, the White House rejected half of the candidates selected by the board chairwoman to serve as [...]
