Supreme Court Justices Question Potential Financial Impact of Ruling on Combat Disability Pay Case The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on a class-action suit that challenges a rule that requires veterans to file...
Class-Action Suit over Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Goes Before Supreme Court The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Soto v. United States, a case that challenges a six-year limit on back pay for...
Search Underway at VA for Key Under Secretary Positions for Health and Benefits The process, led by separate commissions chaired by VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence, is expected to take months.
VA Watchdog: Misdated PACT Act Disability Decisions Costing Government, Veterans Millions The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General found that the VA likely overpaid some veterans while...
Lawmakers Try Again on Bill to Give 50,000 Medically Retired Veterans Full VA Disability, Retirement Pay The Major Richard Star Act, which has been floated since 2020, has the support of more than 40 veterans' organizations and...
VA to Step Up Rollout of New Electronic Health Records System in 2026 The program, which is in use at six VA medical centers and affiliated clinics, has been stalled since 2022.
17 years after Cancer Diagnosis, Veterans Affairs Grants Navy Vet Service-Related Benefits Fifty-seven years ago, Paul Critchett was a 20-year-old machinist in the U.S. Navy, stationed in the waters off the coast of...
The Office that Investigates Disparities in Veterans’ Care Is Being 'Liquidated' The Trump administration has shut down a unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs created under President Joe Biden to...
Supreme Court Upholds VA Court Decision Not to Review 'Benefit-of-the-Doubt' Evidence in Veterans' Claims In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said last week that, while the Department of Veterans Affairs should favor veterans...
What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief? New OMB Director Russell Vought has contributed to two conservative playbooks that advocate for the revamping of veterans'...
Meink Confirmed as Air Force Secretary in Senate Vote The Senate voted 74-25 to confirm Troy Meink, who has been principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office...
Hegseth's Plan to Cut Senior Military Jobs Could Hit More than 120 High-Ranking Officers Based on the percentages outlined by Hegseth and his senior staff, 20% of the 44 authorized top active duty general and...
Dozens of Air Force Families Disenrolled from Day Care at New Mexico Base as Staffing Woes Grow Dozens of families at a New Mexico Air Force base have been suddenly and unexpectedly warned their children will be...
Navy Subs, Nuclear Secrets and Beer: The Riveting History of Bay Area’s Mare Island Mare Island supported the Navy during both world wars and helped spy efforts during the Cold War by using nuclear submarines...
Tweaks to Army's Physical Fitness Test Are Relatively Modest The Army has approved a series of revisions to its physical fitness test, recalibrating performance benchmarks in a modest...
