Supreme Court Justices Skeptical Of Current Standard For Federal Worker Age Discrimination CasesJanuary 16, 2020Government Executive – Justices on the Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to reject portions of the Trump administration’s arguments [...]
Vet Homelessness Nearly Cut In Half In 10 Years. But Thousands Remain On The Streets.January 16, 2020Connecting Vets Radio – Veteran homelessness has been cut nearly in half in the last 10 years, but tens of thousands of vets remain on the [...]
Finding New Ways To Better Serve Growing Number Of Female VetsJanuary 16, 2020Stars and Stripes – Women are the fastest growing demographic in the military, and the number using Department of Veterans Affairs health [...]
VA Using A New System To Grade HospitalsJanuary 16, 2020NBC-10 – The Department of Veterans Affairs is using a new system to grade hospitals. The department phased out the star-rating system in [...]
Congress Overrules Pentagon Plan To Limit Service Members’ G.I. Bill Benefits Transfer To DependentsJanuary 16, 2020Stars and Stripes – Service members with more than 16 years in the military may continue to transfer their G.I. Bill education benefits to [...]
Got A Military Medical Malpractice Claim? Here’s How To FileJanuary 16, 2020Military Times – A new Pentagon committee is developing the process for service members or their survivors to file medical malpractice [...]
Court Rules Again To Give Vets Access To Both Post-9/11 And Montgomery GI Bill Education BenefitsJanuary 16, 2020Military Times – Federal officials have just a few weeks to decide whether to go along with a court ruling giving thousands of veterans an [...]
Congress To Investigate Vet Cancers At Toxic Uzbek Base Where ‘Black Goo’ OozedJanuary 16, 2020McClatchy DC – A key House national security panel has asked the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs to turn over documents on the [...]
Burn Pit Legislation Passed By Congress Could Lead To Improved Accountability, Better Care For Vets Exposed To HazardsJanuary 16, 2020Stars and Stripes – Veterans and lawmakers have been sounding the alarm for years that burn pits could be this generation’s Agent Orange, [...]
VA Expansion Of Agent Orange Excludes Some Exposed Vets, Advocates SayJanuary 9, 2020Connecting Vets Radio – On Jan. 1, 2020, the Department of Veterans Affairs said it began processing disability claims for veterans exposed [...]
Senators Demand A VA Crackdown On Unqualified DoctorsJanuary 9, 2020Stars and Stripes – A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday introduced a bill requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to better vet [...]
Lawsuit: Pentagon Withholding Info From Veterans’ AdvocatesJanuary 9, 2020Military.com – A veterans group said the Pentagon has stopped releasing information that helps former service members to contest [...]
This Interactive Map Aims To Help Blue Navy Vietnam Vets Gain BenefitsJanuary 9, 2020Connecting Vets Radio – Veterans and advocates created and launched a new interactive online map that aims to help Vietnam veterans apply [...]
Study Results On New Agent Orange Diseases Not Expected Until ‘Late 2020’ Says VA SecretaryJanuary 9, 2020Military Times – The day President Donald Trump signed a funding bill including a provision ordering VA to announce its plans to add four [...]
Moran Named Chairman Of Senate Vets CommitteeJanuary 9, 2020Military Times – Senate Republicans on Tuesday officially named Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran as the new chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs [...]
House VA Committee’s Top Republican Will Not Seek ReelectionJanuary 9, 2020Stars and Stripes – Rep. Phil Roe, the ranking Republican of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, announced Friday that he will not [...]
New In 2020: New VA Home Loan CapsJanuary 2, 2020Military Times – Limits on VA-backed home loans for qualified buyers will be eliminated effective on Jan. 1, 2020 — due to changes in the [...]
Newly Separated Vets Will Now Get Phone Calls From The VA To Talk About Benefits And Support ServicesJanuary 2, 2020Military Times – Veterans Affairs officials are launching a new effort to reach out to recently separated troops to inform them about [...]
As VA Mental Health Services Increase, Vet Homelessness DecreasesJanuary 2, 2020FOX Business – A Marine Corps veteran is crediting the decline in veteran homelessness to an increase in the Veterans Affairs’ [...]
VA Launches Online Patient Portal For VetsJanuary 2, 2020Healthcare IT News – Users can access their statements through AccessVA, the department’s platform for accessing VA’s online [...]
Kansas’ Moran Takes Over VA Committee With Focus On Suicide PreventionJanuary 2, 2020The Kansas City Star – Sen. Jerry Moran said he will be leaning on veterans to help him set the agenda when he becomes chairman of the [...]
DoD Military Records Will Now Record Troop’s Blast ExposureJanuary 2, 2020Military Times – The U.S. military will now record blast exposures to service member’s medical records in order to help them receive [...]
Results Of Scientific Inquiry Into Malaria Drugs Used By US Troops Expected In MarchJanuary 2, 2020Military Times – A scientific panel plans to publish next year the results of year-long study of anti-malarial drugs used by U.S. troops [...]
VA Reports Blue Water Navy Vietnam Vets Act Claims Now Being DeterminedJanuary 2, 2020Sierra Sun Times – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has begun deciding claims for the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of [...]
VA’s Pilot Program Aims To Offer Free Or Discounted Dental To All VetsDecember 19, 2019Connecting Vets Radio – The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to launch a pilot program that would provide all veterans with free or [...]
VA Must Fill Its 49,000 Vacant Jobs, Senator Tells WilkieDecember 19, 2019Connecting Vets Radio – The Department of Veterans Affairs has more than 49,000 vacant jobs. Of those, more than 43,000 are in the Veterans [...]
Study Links Military Suicides With Longer Wars, But Not Combat TimeDecember 19, 2019UPI – Suicides among active-duty members of the military appear to decline during combat — but may also be more common during longer [...]
Cancers Strike Vets Who Deployed To Uzbek Base Where Black Goo Oozed, Ponds GlowedDecember 19, 2019McClatchy DC – U.S. special operations forces who deployed to a military site in Uzbekistan shortly after the 9/11 attacks found pond water [...]
Budget Deal Advances VA Private Care Program Backed By TrumpDecember 19, 2019U.S. News & World Report – President Donald Trump’s expansion of a program aimed at steering more veterans to private health care is [...]
Senators Demand A VA Crackdown On Unqualified DoctorsDecember 19, 2019Stars and Stripes – A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday introduced a bill requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to better vet [...]
