Veterans

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.

Veterans are more likely to struggle with debt or other financial problems. Often, their issues with money start when they're still in the military.

California incarcerates nearly 7,000 military veterans scattered throughout 34 different prisons. Now, the state is planning to house them together on what would be the nation's largest veterans prison yard.

In Kansas City, the Moral Injury Association of America sponsors a writing group that’s worked with thousands of veterans and family members since 2014.

Around the country, groups are teaching wounded troops and veterans to fly fish. While there's not much research on the therapeutic benefits, some say the experience helps them heal.

Army Specialist Shoshana Johnson was traveling in a convoy in Iraq in 2003 when her vehicle was attacked. Iraqi forces killed 11 soldiers in her company and captured six, including Johnson. She was held for 22 days, becoming the first Black female prisoner of war in American history.

Congress has mandated a pilot program that will pay to train service dogs and place them in veterans' homes.

Edie Meeks joined the Army Nurses Corps in 1968 and deployed to Vietnam, but her year treating wounded soldiers left her bitter about the war and conflicted about her service in the Army.

Troops and veterans sometimes are hurt by misconceptions about VA mortgages, or they encounter sellers who don't want their home to go through a VA appraisal.