Tag Archives: department of veterans affairs
County Executive Neuhaus calls VA budget cuts shortsighted
Goshen, N.Y. – Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus released the following statement on Friday -->
Bipartisan bill to provide assistance to burn pit vets introduced in Senate
By Perry Chiaramonte: A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the Senate that aims to -->
The Invisible Veterans: Women
By Samantha Kubek: According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, one in four women seen -->
VA extends deadline for seeking Gulf War illness benefits to 2021
By NIKKI WENTLING – For the next five years, veterans will have an easier time -->
VA plans massive expansion of cancer treatment options
By Leo Shane, III: The Department of Veterans Affairs could turn its entire medical system -->
Problems Keep Piling up for Veterans Affairs Department
By Matthew Daly: The Department of Veterans Affairs faces a serious numbers problem — multiple, -->
VA says it may shut down hospitals to close $2.5B budget gap
By Matthew Daly: The Department of Veterans Affairs may have to shut down some hospitals next -->
Former Department Of Veterans Affairs Official Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Taking $1.2 Million In Kickbacks
TRENTON, N.J. – A former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee who worked as a -->
Wait Lists Grow as Many More Veterans Seek Care and Funding Falls Far Short
NY Times: By Richard A. Oppel, Jr. :One year after outrage about long waiting lists -->
Presumption of Herbicide Exposure and Presumption of Disability During Service for Reservists Presumed Exposed to Herbicide
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulation governing individuals presumed to have -->
VA Announces Availability of Renewal Funding
by GPD, Veterans Today: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is announcing the availability of 1-year -->
Senate passes Heller amendment on veterans records
By STEVE TETREAULT, WASHINGTON — The Senate approved an amendment on Tuesday to prod the Pentagon -->
VA 100 percent disability ratings can be confusing
By Sandy Britt: Veterans are often confused about Department of Veterans Affairs 100 percent disability -->
Veterans Advocates: Care Still Backlogged, Bleeding Money
by Sean Piccoli: A damning new internal report that the Department of Veterans Affairs -->
VA must hold all workers accountable for misconduct, poor performance
By Pete Hegseth: One year ago this month, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric -->
VA Makes Gains in Faster Disability Claims Processing
VA Press Release: Washington – The federal initiative to provide timely decisions on disability payments -->
Veterans groups sue to stop VA’s new informal claims process
Stars & Stripes, by Heath Druzin: Several veterans advocate groups have filed a lawsuit to stop -->
Veterans propose major changes in VA health
USA Today, Dennis Wagner: — A national veterans task force is advocating radical changes in -->
Senate follows House with bill to reclaim VA bonuses
Stars & Stripes, by Travis J. Tritten: WASHINGTON — Senators on Tuesday filed a bill -->
No, the VA has not fired 60 people for manipulating wait-time data
The Washington Post, by, Michelle Ye Hee Lee: “Nine hundred people have been fired since -->