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  1. New survey: 3 of 4 post-9/11 vets have PTSD, anxiety

    More than three out of four injured post-9/11 veterans have post-traumatic stress disorder and roughly the same number suffer from major anxiety, according to a survey released Sept. 10 by Wounded Warrior Project.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  2. Legion challenges VA on claims accuracy

    The nation's largest veterans' group is challenging the Veterans Affairs Department's record of accuracy in deciding benefits claims.

    • Sep. 12, 2013
  3. Probe launched into VA center's disease outbreak

    A criminal probe is underway into the Veterans Affairs Department's handling of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System.

    • Sep. 9, 2013
  4. The Boulder Crest Retreat, a 37-acre getaway in Northern Virginia's horse country, opens its doors Friday, providing combat-wounded service members and families a place to rejuvenate and regroup for up to two weeks. Mike Morones / Staff

    Photo gallery: New wounded warrior retreat opens in Northern Virginia

    Injured troops, veterans and their families in the mid-Atlantic region now have a new place they can escape to for rest and relaxation.

    • Sep. 5, 2013
  5. Chris Ott, right, talks with her son, former Marine John Thomas Doody, in Riverview, Fla., on Sept. 3. J.T., was shot while serving in Fallujah, Iraq, and subsequently suffered an infection. A series of strokes left him in a coma and relying on a ventilator to survive. Chris O'Meara / AP

    Many vets' caregivers cut out from federal benefit

    John Thomas Doody was in a coma and on a ventilator, but his mom refused to follow a doctor's advice and put the Iraq war veteran in a nursing home.

    • Sep. 4, 2013
  6. Former Tricare West contractor picked to help manage VA program

    The Veterans Affairs Department has chosen two health care companies with histories managing Tricare contracts to administer the department's community care program.

    • Sep. 4, 2013
  7. Stephen Anthony is pictured before a 2011 incident burned his face while being operated on at the VA in Martinsburg, W.Va. Photo courtesy of Stephen Anthony

    Burned in surgery, Army vet fights VA for PTSD pay

    These days, former Army Spc. Stephen Anthony sleeps on his sister's couch, struggling with the depression, nightmares and anger symptomatic of post-traumatic stress disorder.

    • Sep. 3, 2013
  8. DoD health affairs chief meets with still-troubled Tricare West contractor

    Headaches continue for physicians and military health care beneficiaries in the Tricare West Region as contract manager UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans struggles to meet the demands of its Defense Department commitments.

    • Aug. 30, 2013
  9. Under cuts, families struggle to get medical appointments

    Difficulty getting medical appointments tops the list of military families' complaints during the current budget crunch, according to family advocates.

    • Aug. 29, 2013
  10. The Air Force adjusted the pressure inside cabins of U-2s to 15,000 feet after a study showed the aircrafts' pilots were more prone to brain lesions. 1st Lt. Victoria Porto / Air Force

    Air Force re-pressurizes U-2 cabin to prevent brain lesions in pilots

    The Air Force has re-pressurized the U-2 spy plane's cabin after a study revealed U-2 pilots had brain lesions at a higher than average rate, officials said.

    • Aug. 28, 2013
  11. Report: Military medical workers quit during furlough months

    Nearly 3,400 military medical workers quit this year in the months when furloughs were threatened or being carried out because of spending cuts known as sequestration. The vast majority of those losses were with Army medical facilities.

    • Aug. 28, 2013
  12. Tricare charging more for Medicare-covered services

    More than 12,000 Medicare-eligible retirees have been notified that if they receive care at a VA health facility for illnesses other than service-related conditions, they'll pay more starting Oct. 1.

    • Aug. 27, 2013
  13. The Air Force is keeping the tape test but giving some airmen who fail the abdominal circumference portion of the PT test a second chance, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said today in a message to airmen. Colin Kelly / Staff

    Failing the AF tape test will no longer mean automatic failure of PT test

    The Air Force is keeping the tape test but giving some airmen who fail the abdominal circumference portion of the PT test a second chance, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said today in a message to airmen.

    • Aug. 21, 2013
  14. Army Staff Sgt. Ed Matayka and his wife, Sgt. Karen Matayka, are the first couple to use a Tricare benefit that pays for in-vitro fertilization for severely wounded or ill troops. The Mataykas were deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 when a roadside bomb left Ed a double amputee. Twins Ryan and Alana were born in March. Michelle Tan/Staff

    Wounded staff sgt., soldier wife use in-vitro benefit

    After six years of marriage, Army Staff Sgt. Ed Matayka and his wife, Sgt. Karen Matayka, were ready to start a family as soon as they returned from Afghanistan.

    • Aug. 21, 2013
  15. Matt and Paige Figi with children Charlotte, Max and Charlotte's twin sister, Chase. Kathryn Mathis / Courtesy of Matt Figi

    Special Forces vet's family featured in marijuana documentary

    Former Special Forces Staff Sgt. Matt Figi is stepping front and center into the debate to legalize medical marijuana after appearing in a CNN documentary that focused on the plight of his little girl.

    • Aug. 20, 2013
  16. Navy Capt. Judith Epstein File

    Navy captain spearheads malaria breakthrough

    For 15 years, Navy Capt. Judith Epstein has toiled at the Naval Medical Research Center to develop a malaria vaccine.

    • Aug. 19, 2013
  17. Lung cancer screening recommendation could affect DoD, VA care

    An influential independent panel is recommending that heavy smokers over age 55 — a group that includes many military retirees and veterans — should be screened annually for lung cancer.

    • Aug. 16, 2013
  18. Senators: Let rural vets use Indian Health Service

    The success of an Alaska program that gives veterans the option of being treated at Indian Health Service clinics could be a model for other states, said Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska.

    • Aug. 14, 2013
  19. Tricare Help: How can I prove baby is covered?

    A. Your brother can get all the information he needs by visiting the ID Card/Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System office on any military installation or by calling the main DEERS support office toll free at 800-538-9552.

    • Aug. 14, 2013
  20. IG: Mail-order pharmacy saves money for beneficiaries, DoD

    The Tricare Mail Order Pharmacy program costs the government and beneficiaries less money than retail stores and is a safe, effective way to deliver medicine, a Defense Department audit has concluded.

    • Aug. 13, 2013
  21. How will Affordable Care Act affect veterans? New VA website has answers

    The Veterans Affairs Department has launched a new website explaining the likely impact of the Affordable Care Act on former troops and their families.

    • Aug. 9, 2013
  22. Dr. H. Theodore Harcke, forensic radiologist with the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System at Dover Air Force Base, examines CT scans. All U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan and Iraq have undergone a complete autopsy. Suchat Pederson / The News Journal

    Inside the Dover facility where casualties are studied to boost survival rates

    Combat medics were perplexed. They'd been applying the standard treatment to U.S. troops in Iraq who'd suffered a collapsed lung — piercing the chest with a special needle-thin catheter to release trapped air and relieve pressure.

    • Aug. 7, 2013
  23. Study: DMAA didn't kill soldiers, but still poses risk

    A two-year Defense Department review of body-building supplements containing 1,3-dimethlyamylamine, or DMAA, has concluded that there is insufficient evidence to prove the ingredient caused the deaths of three soldiers in 2011 and 2012.

    • Aug. 6, 2013
  24. Treatment center for military women needs men to up numbers

    An in-patient hospital program for female active military or veterans with emotional disorders or addiction has been expanded to include men.

    • Aug. 5, 2013
  25. Suicides drop in '13, but advocates won't declare victory yet

    A drop in the pace of military suicides in the first half of 2013 is welcome news for the Defense Department, but officials are not ready to call the decline a trend, given that 2012 saw the worst year for suicide since the military began closely tracking

    • Aug. 5, 2013

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