Here’s how a government shutdown would affect VA services
Veterans' health care and benefits processing won't be affected, but other services would stop during a government shutdown.
By Karen Jowers
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VA staffer accused of blindly approving over 85,000 disability claims
The employee was found to have authorized about 85,300 claims — 19 times the national average, and at an 84% error rate.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
Will VA’s medical record overhaul face more delays?
Officials recently pushed a planned initial deployment of the electronic records system back from this month to July.
To help stem the tide of veteran suicides, VA must stop turning away patients
While suicides soar, the VA is turning eligible veterans away from care, says the author of this commentary.
By Margaret Kuzma
Suicide remains growing challenge for younger veterans, survey shows
The survey of IAVA members saw increases in the number of individuals who have thought about harming themselves or lost a friend to suicide.
VA announces first veteran coronavirus case; patient hospitalized at VA Palo Alto
A California man confirmed to have COVID-19 was hospitalized at the VA Palo Alto Medical Center.
New rules for VA caregiver stipend eligibility released, but still no start date
Currently, only veterans who served after 2001 are eligible for the monthly caregiver compensation program.
Key legislator calls plans for big VA spending boost ‘a fantasy’
White House officials have asked for more than $240 billion next year for VA operations, programs and benefits.
Proposed law would eliminate benefits deduction for military retirees with combat-related injuries or illnesses
The Major Richard Star Act aims to eliminate a benefits "offset" which deducts military retiree pay by the amount of VA disability compensation.
By Dylan Gresik
VA sued over West Virginia veteran’s death from wrongful insulin injection
A woman is suing the federal government over the 2018 death of her father from a wrongful insulin injection at a West Virginia veterans hospital.
VA success story — new veterans answering calls checking in
The new Solid Start program promises phone calls to recently-separated service members to talk about assistance programs and see how they're doing.
VA stepping up coronavirus monitoring at medical facilities
VA hospitals are stepping up alerts, monitoring for COVID-19, the coronavirus that began spreading from China in late January.
By Patricia Kime