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The days of being able to wait until you were close to retirement to transfer your GI Bill benefits are over, and Air Force officials want you to plan ahead so you and your family don't lose out.
Budget cuts are taking a toll on deployed forces, with both service members and civilians 'very worried about what's going on in Washington,' says a senior member of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The nation's largest veterans' group is challenging the Veterans Affairs Department's record of accuracy in deciding benefits claims.
Injured troops, veterans and their families in the mid-Atlantic region now have a new place they can escape to for rest and relaxation.
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.
The Veterans Affairs Department has chosen two health care companies with histories managing Tricare contracts to administer the department's community care program.
The population of female veterans in the U.S. is small, but the challenges the women face to stave off homelessness are significant.
A judge in Los Angeles ruled Thursday that a lesbian Army veteran and her spouse should be entitled to disability benefits given the recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act.
The House Veterans' Affairs Committee chairman is giving the IRS until Tuesday night to explain why veterans' organizations are being required to prove their members are really veterans.
The Government Accountability Office has criticized the Veterans Affairs Department for giving bonuses to physicians when its medical centers and clinics haven't clearly defined what the extra pay is meant for.
A Kansas senator wants the IRS to explain why veterans groups are being asked to prove their members actually served in the military.
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.
President Barack Obama assured disabled veterans Saturday that his administration is making progress on reducing a backlog of disability claims and said the number of requests for assistance has fallen by nearly one-fifth since peaking at more than 600,000 just a few months ago.
Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy wants Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shineski to rescind more than $100,000 in bonuses given to VA leaders in the wake of a Legionnaire's disease outbreak at Pittsburgh's Veterans Affairs hospitals.
President Obama, who has addressed VFW and American Legion conventions over the years, will speak this week to disabled veterans.
More than 170,000 retired military personnel and their family members face significant changes to their medical care on Oct.
A bill that requires the Transportation Security Administration to provide expedited security screening for injured or disabled troops and veterans is heading to President Obama's desk for his signature.
The Veterans Affairs Department has launched a unique incentive program for disabled veterans that will potentially provide up to one year of extra disability compensation if a benefits claim is submitted with almost all of the information required for pr
A new bill unveiled in Congress would strip the Veterans Affairs Department of responsibility for verifying veteran-owned small businesses, a change in federal contracting procedures aimed at simplifying the process and saving money, according to the bill
A federal judge in Oakland has ruled that Cold War military veterans who say they were harmed by government-backed chemical and biological experiments aren't entitled to medical treatment outside the Department of Veterans Affairs medical system.
The number of homeless veterans in the U.S. has decreased by 17 percent since 2009 — but many of these men and women are put in apartments without furniture, paid utilities or even toilet paper, according to advocates.
An omnibus veterans' bill approved July 24 by the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee is chock full of improvements in health and benefits programs, according to a summary released by the panel.
A. You don't need to do anything this second; newborn babies of active-duty troops are automatically covered from the moment of birth under Tricare Prime for 60 days.
A Senate committee proposes a multi-year plan to cut the weight of some veterans, including the possibility of buying fitness club memberships for some obese patients.
The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee passed eight bills Wednesday, but given the panel's secretive approach, it is hard to judge the potential impact.
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