ABC News – The federal government has acknowledged that it wrongly declared more than 100 veterans dead and suspended their benefit payments, and says it is changing its policy of [...]
CAVC – NOVA has received word that Former Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Judge Jonathan R. Steinberg has passed away. Judge Jonathan R. Steinberg was nominated by the President of the [...]
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 [...]