1 in 4 Troops Have an Opioid Prescription in a Given YearDecember 6, 2018Military Times – There’s not a lot of variation between the services in terms of the percent of active-duty members who are receiving [...]
Survey Finds Strong Support for Military Members, Less Support for Military FundingDecember 6, 2018Military Times – Americans still enjoy overwhelming confidence in the U.S. military, according to a new survey by the Ronald Reagan [...]
For Many Atomic Veterans, the Fight for Benefits ContinuesDecember 6, 2018Enid News & Eagle – In the 65 years since Richard Simpson, of Hillsdale, was used as a live subject in atomic bomb testing, he’s never [...]
Wounded Warriors Aren’t Getting the Care They NeedDecember 6, 2018ConnectingVets – Since 2010, the Wounded Warrior Project has been surveying their members as a way to see what’s working and where [...]
Pelosi Vows Democratic Oversight Ahead of New Vet Caregiver LawDecember 6, 2018Stars and Stripes – When Democrats take control of the House in January, a top priority will be to ensure the White House correctly [...]
Here’s the VA’s Long, Slow Fix to the GI Bill Cash CrunchDecember 6, 2018Military Times – For student veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill to pay for school, last week was riddled with chaos and confusion, as the [...]
Report: 78 Percent of Veterans Experience PTSDDecember 6, 2018KOLR – On Tuesday, the Wounded Warrior Project releases its annual report on veterans’ mental health and suicide. The new report says [...]
VA Shadow Rulers Had Sway Over Contracting and BudgetingDecember 6, 2018ProPublica – Newly released emails about the three Trump associates who secretly steered the Department of Veterans Affairs show how deeply [...]
Federal Circuit to Sit En Banc in Blue Water Navy CaseDecember 6, 2018NOVA – Tomorrow, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, will hear argument in the case of Procopio v. [...]
10 Things Connecticut State Employee Retirees Should KnowDecember 3, 2018State of Connecticut 2018 Retiree Health Care Options Planner Here is the State’s Top 10 list from page 60 of the link. The Connecticut [...]
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 [...]
