Veterans

Lawyers are aggressively advertising potential windfalls for people exposed to contaminated water at the base. But it's too soon to know how the claim process will play out.

An Army Corps of Engineers program teaches former troops how to do curation work, while also preparing them for jobs in other fields.

The program at eight local VA hospitals offers clean supplies, mental health care, and other services to reduce some of the risks of substance abuse.

Leaders in Long Island, New York want people to pull their cars off the road and stop what they're doing for two county-wide moments of silence to honor fallen troops.

A VA study concluded that veterans experience bulimia at about three times the civilian rate.

The sweeping makeover of the VA's health care system would affect dozens of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and other facilities.

More than two million American children and teenagers live with a wounded or ill veteran. Many help with the veteran's care and face challenges like stress, anxiety, and social isolation.

Labor shortages exacerbated by the pandemic have left facilities around the country with empty beds, even though veterans are on waiting lists hoping to move in.

Veterans suffering from certain medical conditions became eligible for "presumptive" VA disability benefits last year. But the claims they're filing have added to the agency's huge backlog.

At the VA - the nation's largest health care system - dozens of hospitals have had to implement "contingency standards" since the omicron wave began.