Veterans Affairs

The Senate unanimously advanced legislation this week to create networks of support for veterans in transition to keep them connected to VA benefits and services.

The Senate passed legislation from Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, that requires that every healthcare provider hired by VA with a revoked license undergo a third-party review of that provider's care. If the review finds that a competent health care provider would have managed the veteran's care...

In 1992, Congress passed a law prohibiting the Department of Veterans Affairs from providing abortions or counseling women veterans about abortion. Nearly 30 years later, House Veterans Affairs lawmakers and veteran advocates questioned that ban.

The number of active COVID-19 cases among Department of Veterans Affairs patients has more than tripled in June, to more than 4,100 at 138 hospitals nationwide.

A former Department of Veterans Affairs police officer was sentenced to two years in federal prison for depriving a veteran of his Fourth Amendment rights and for a false report, the Department of Justice announced.

One year after Congress and the president passed into law a measure to grant Veterans Affairs benefits to sailors who served on ships off the coast of Vietnam, VA has granted about 17,400 claims.

America's Adopt a Soldier and VA have been partners since 2010.

VA is also part of the “Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America” federal initiative.

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, an Army veteran, and several House lawmakers, are calling for answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs on its progress expanding community care options for veterans through the Mission Act.

The Department of Veterans Affairs reached several coronavirus pandemic milestones this week, including surpassing 20,000 cases and 1,500 deaths across its hospitals nationwide.