The Social Security Administration (SSA) has special rules for certain impairments. If your condition is severe enough and on SSA’s list of impairments, then it is possible you may be granted [...]
Stars and Stripes – Iraq war amputees Bryant Jacobs and Ed Salau received the first implantable prosthetic legs in American history last week through a Food and Drug Administration trial at [...]
The Washington Examiner – Officials at the embattled Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix have held onto their jobs despite an internal review that uncovered evidence they had [...]
Military Times – The omnibus appropriations deal reached by congressional leaders late Tuesday night will provide $573 billion for defense operations in fiscal 2016, another $163 billion [...]
The Washington Examiner – Congress is set to pass a $1.1 trillion funding bill that would put new limits on a relocation program for VA workers that has been criticized as a way to funnel [...]
VA.gov – The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) has 56 VA Regional Offices (VAROs) and a Veterans Service Center in Wyoming, that process disability claims and provides services to [...]
Armed Forces Foundation – The House Veteran’s Affairs Committee held a hearing to discuss problems with accountability in the VA with senior department leadership. During the hearing, VA [...]
Military Times – A veterans advocacy group is calling for the Veterans Affairs Department to grant a presumption of service connection for 13 illnesses recognized in victims and [...]
The Washington Times – The Phoenix VA remains mired in problems, a whistleblower told Congress on Monday, more than a year after she ignited a national scandal by revealing that some 40 [...]
Military Times – Advocacy groups still have hope that Congress can fix a longstanding problem with survivor payouts to some military families, despite the fact that it rejected the newest [...]