Veterans Affairs
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VBA has delivered record-breaking level of benefits to veterans for the past three years, and is on track to break yet another record this year.
July 10, 2024 -
The VA launched the new EHR in White City, Oregon in June 2022, but a VA employee says she raised unresolved accessibility concerns before launch.
July 02, 2024 -
The VA data systems affected by the ransomware attack are all now back online, but the downtime has created long backlogs that still need to be sorted out.
June 26, 2024 -
Now a bill in Congress would instruct the U.S. Mint to make coins that commemorate service dogs.
June 18, 2024 -
A mobile and interactive service known as “Annie” is being deployed nationwide to help vets keep up with their healthcare protocols via text message.
June 14, 2024 -
One challenge for the Veterans Affairs Department is basic. Veterans themselves typically don't know about all of the benefits they're entitled to.
June 11, 2024 -
It's now on the House floor and forming in the Senate committee: The National Defense Authorization Act for 2025.
June 10, 2024 -
Veterans can use VA’s health and benefits app to view upcoming appointments, message their doctors, manage their prescriptions, and more.
June 10, 2024 -
Democrats say an appropriations bill with 10% spending cuts to covered agencies would leave no choice but to implement staff reductions to make ends meet.
June 05, 2024 -
VA Secretary Denis McDonough says a “series of massive mistakes” led to his department approving nearly $11 million in bonuses to ineligible career executives.
June 04, 2024 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs says veterans who receive VA services are giving the VA the highest trust scores it's seen so far.
May 28, 2024 -
House lawmakers are demanding answers from VA officials, after they approved nearly $11 million in bonuses to ineligible career senior executives.
May 28, 2024 -
The Veterans Legacy Memorial allows surviving friends and family members to share memories of a veteran in their life who passed.
May 27, 2024 -
The Department of Veterans is driving down wait times for veterans to receive health care — even as the VA sees record demand for its services.
May 24, 2024 -
The Veterans Affairs office of inspector general has revealed a fundamental way to improve care. It has to do with assessing patients about to be discharged.
May 24, 2024