Patricia Kime

Combat veterans waiting for the Veterans Affairs Department to approve their applications for VA health care can now call VA to complete the process.

Veterans’ Affairs Committee senators are wrestling with legislation to reform the Veterans Choice program with the hope of unveiling an agreement in the coming days to fix the troubled health benefit.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has been denying disability claims submitted by veterans of the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War at increasingly higher rates over the past five years, according to an analysis by the advocacy group Veterans for Common Sense.

Veterans with active applications for VA health care have a year to furnish required information.

VA officials announced changes this week to repair the Veterans Choice program and a bill was introduced to fix it permanently.

VA’s Office of Inspector General publishes results of wait time investigations, downplaying findings of separate lists.

The Veterans Affairs Department has shifted management of its suicide hotline to a director who successfully fixed the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans, VA officials said Friday.

Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., plans to introduce legislation Thursday to create a “center of excellence” to study and manage medical care for veterans with illnesses caused by chemicals and other battlefield environmental hazards.