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New Veterans Suicide Executive Order Signed By President
President Donald Trump created a new Cabinet-level task force by signing a new executive order called the PREVENTS initiative. The executive order creates a task…
GAO Report Shows Disqualified VA Doctors Hired To Treat Veterans
In a new report, GAO impugned the quality and safety of VA health care revealing the agency hired unqualified doctors to treat veterans. The watchdog…
TDIU: How To Get Total Disability Individual Unemployability In 2019
Individual Unemployability (IU) is one of the top VA benefits for disabled veterans, but a lot of confusion and myths surround the benefit that trip…
Why Do So Many Vehemently Oppose Veterans Leaving VA Health Care?
The back and forth over Veterans Choice as expanded under the Mission Act is just starting to heat up with three major positions. Those opposed…
Veteran Shoots ER Doctor At West Palm Beach VA
Reports of a veteran shooter late Wednesday night were confirmed by witnesses as is the FBI investigation into the incident. A wheelchair-bound double amputee reportedly…
Higher VA.gov Satisfaction Rates Reported After Site Redesign
The Department of Veterans Affairs saw a significant increase in VA.gov satisfaction rates after a one-year redesign and launch in November 2018. The agency teamed…
Military’s All-Male Draft Unconstitutional Rules Federal Judge
The all-male military draft is unconstitutional according to a federal judge in Texas in a ruling challenging the decades-old practice. While the restrictions premising an…
60-Minutes: FDA Wrong To Allow Long Term Use Of Opioids Says Ex-Commissioner
CBS 60 Minutes plans to air its interview with a former FDA commissioner that the agency was wrong to allow long term use of opioids…
Veterans Affairs Launches New Claims And Appeals Modernization Process
The Department of Veterans Affairs just released its new procedures governing benefits claims and appeals as part of the 2017 appeals modernization laws. This is…
CDC Surveillance Project To Access Veterans’ Health Records
Veterans’ health records will now be accessed for a CDC surveillance project to evaluate public health data. In a press release, VA says it will…
VA Voc Rehab Counselor Gets 11 Years Prison, Defrauded 88 Disabled Vets
One VA employee working as a Voc Rehab Counselor was sentenced Friday to 11 years for defrauding 88 disabled veterans in a $2 million bribery…
VA Benefits Rolls Out Biggest Appeals Changes In Decades Next Week
The biggest changes to VA benefits appeals in decades will roll out next week that will speed up some claims at the expense of increased…