Category Archives: Veterans Services

Military Spouse Attorneys to Gain Admission To Bar in Certain States

Military Spouses move from state to state due to their military  lifestyle.  Military spouses who are -->

VA details sweeping changes to speed care to veterans

USA Today, by Greg Zoroya:  The Department of Veterans Affairs promises sweeping changes — and -->

Secretary McDonald Announces Town Hall Events at Veterans’ Facilities Nationwide

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald has directed all Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare and -->

VA Improperly Billing Insurers for Veterans’ Service-Related Care

NBC News: VA medical facilities are improperly billing private insurers for treatment of service-related injuries -->

Vets Raise Concerns Over Bonuses for VA Employees

Columbia, SC (WLTX) – The Columbia VA Regional Office just gave more than 350 employees -->

Veterans group: VA secretary has ‘already gone native with the VA bureaucracy’

By Josh Hicks, The Washington Post:  VA Secretary Robert McDonald said Thursday that the agency -->

Senate Bill Calls for Research on Families of Troops Exposed to Toxins

By Patricia Kime, Navy Times: More research is needed on the health of the children -->

New VA Secretary Touts Fixes to Veterans Group

ABC News:  Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald addressed a veterans group for the first time -->

Combat Stress Among Veterans Is Found to Persist Since Vietnam

By Benedict Carey, NY Times:  Most veterans who had persistent post-traumatic stress a decade or -->

Obama signs landmark VA reform law

By Travis J. Tritten, Stars & Stripes: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday signed -->

VA blames ‘confusion’ for misstatements about deaths

By Drew Griffin, Scott Bronstein and Nelli Black , CNN The Department of Veterans Affairs -->

VA not rushing to fire inept, corrupt officials

By Pete Kasperowicz, The Blaze: The Department of Veterans Affairs has offered few indications in -->

VA reform act has catches

By Tom Philpott / Syndicated ColumnistPUBLISHED: Monday, August 11, 2014 at 12:02 am …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Veterans -->

Congress announces deal on veterans affairs health fix

BBC News America: Veterans affairs leaders in Congress have announced a compromise to help address -->

Veterans Organizations Back VA Funding

Veterans Today: WASHINGTON, July 23 – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today -->

Obama Nominee McDonald Pledges to ‘Transform’ VA

ABC News: President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs pledged Tuesday -->

Documents detail VA mistreatment of vets

By Kelly Kennedy, USA TODAY, WASHINGTON — In 2003, a veteran who had served in -->

Vet Dies Outside VA Hospital Nothing New

This appeared in the Washington Times on the 11th of July. According to the Times;”911 -->

VA whistle-blower tells of manipulations, retribution

Tricia L. Nadolny, Inquirer Staff Writer;  WASHINGTON – A whistle-blower from Philadelphia’s Veterans Affairs regional -->

House hears evidence VA cooked books on claims backlog

Stars & Stripes, by Travis J. Tritten:WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs overstated progress -->

Agent Orange ingredients found at Okinawa military dumpsite

By Jon Mitchell, The Japan Times: Dozens of rusting barrels unearthed on former U.S. military -->