Pentagon Chief Taps VA Official For Public Affairs Post
The Hill – Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced on Monday he is naming Maura Sullivan, a former Marine and Iraqi War veteran, as the new assistant to the defense secretary for public [...]
Vets Speak Out: Electronic FDCs Get You Faster Benefits
You Tube (VIDEO) – In this testimonial video, Veterans and Veterans Service Officers from the Togus VA Medical Center in Maine give first-hand accounts of the benefits of filing an [...]
Vets’ Benefits, VA Accountability In New Legislation
Military Times – Senators pressed Veterans’ Affairs Committee colleagues Wednesday to get behind bills that would reform VA and increase benefits for some vets, improving fertility [...]
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Salutes New Agent Orange Decision
VFW.org – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United is saluting decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs to begin accepting disability claims from veterans potentially exposed to [...]
Wait List For Vets Even Longer Today Than Last Year, Report Says
The Washington Times – The number of veterans seeking health care but ending up on waiting lists of one month or more is 50 percent higher now than it was a year ago when a scandal over [...]
Millions Of Dollars For Vets Sat Unspent For Three Years – And Now It May Be Too Late
The Washington Post – For three years, more than $43 million the Department of VA had set aside to inform veterans about their benefits sat in an account, not a penny spent, until an agency [...]
What To Do When The VA Says No
Cleveland.com – The Cleveland Regional Veterans Affairs Benefit Office is hosting a public conference, “What to do when the VA says ‘No.” The event will provide [...]
The VA’s Broken Promise To Thousands Of Vets Exposed To Mustard Gas
NPR – In secret chemical weapons experiments conducted during World War II, the U.S. military exposed thousands of American troops to mustard gas. When those experiments were formally [...]
Lawmakers Set To Question VA On Latest Funding Crisis
Stars and Stripes – The Department of Veterans Affairs is likely to face tough criticism Thursday when it breaks the news to Congress of its massive new financial crisis – $2.7 [...]
Senate Approves New Jersey Hospital Official To Oversee VA Health Care
U.S. News & World Report – The Senate has approved President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the troubled health care arm of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. David Shulkin, [...]