Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs

Hotline established for female veterans

The Air Force Times reports that the VA-operated hotline will help female vets with claims and information about health care and education benefits.

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UPDATED 17:31 PM EDT, April 29, 2013

More pressure on Obama over claims backlog

The Washington Post reports that President Barack Obama has come under new pressure from a group of senators over the continued backlog in benefits claims at the VA.

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UPDATED 17:29 PM EDT, April 29, 2013

Officials in charge of benefit claims to pay a price for backlog

Senior officials in charge of benefit claims will be paying a personal price for the huge backlog. The VA announced Monday that bonuses will be blocked for those officials, and the money used to help reduce the backlog, The Associated Press reports.

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UPDATED 13:54 PM EDT, April 12, 2013

Army: We're partners with VA - not antagonists

Brig. Gen. Lewis Boone wrote a letter to USA Today challenging the paper's report that the Army is unhappy with the pace of VA's processing of disability claims, saying "the partnership between the VA and Army is improving the disability evaluation process."

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UPDATED 17:30 PM EDT, March 22, 2013

Listen to one veteran tell his benefit backlog story

Here's where it gets personal: CNN Radio talked to an Iraq veteran who's been waiting six years for his disability claim to be handled.

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UPDATED 17:23 PM EDT, March 22, 2013

Keeping faith?

The Economist looks at veterans benefit claims, analyzing why there are so many and why they are taking so long to handle.

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UPDATED 16:16 PM EDT, March 11, 2013

VA exposed vets to possible fraud by sending personal data over insecure lines

The agency violated federal law and its own rules by routinely transmitting sensitive information over unencrypted networks, including Social Security Numbers and dates of birth, the Washington Guardian reported.

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UPDATED 16:13 PM EDT, March 11, 2013

VA uses national security exemption to censor files requested by public

An Associated Press analysis showed that the Department of Veterans Affairs was one of many federal agencies that censored files that the public requested last year under the Freedom of Information Act -- and used national security as the justification.

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UPDATED 16:06 PM EDT, March 11, 2013

VA says it won't comply with reporting aspects of NY gun law

Mental health professionals working for the VA will not comply with new requirements in New York State that they report patients they think are likely to hurt themselves or others, The Associated Press reported.

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UPDATED 10:56 AM EST, March 5, 2013

Ongoing issues at veterans' medical centers, watchdog says

The Veterans Affairs Department found several issues at two medical facilities after an evaluation by the department's Office of Inspector General.

At the Hampton VA Medical Center in Virginia, four out of the ten patients on the "high risk for suicide list" did not receive weekly mental health evaluations, investigators said. 11 other patients not at high risk for suicide also did not receive timely medical follow-ups, the inspector general said.

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