The Department of Veterans Affairs will study whether kidney cancer is linked with exposure to chemicals used in military-grade firefighting foam and other products to determine whether veterans may ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

An Army veteran who asked to remain unnamed was deployed several times to Iraq and Afghanistan, and after he took off his uniform for the final time, began suffering from post-traumatic stress ...

—A recent study investigating factors affecting VA service connection denial for PTSD claims related to military sexual trauma found that citing sexual harassment were more likely to be denied than ...

On January 8th, 2025, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it is making acute and chronic leukemias, multiple myelomas, myelodysplastic syndromes, myelofibrosis, urinary bladder, ureter, ...

WASHINGTON — It takes more than 30 years on average after a service member is initially exposed to toxins for the Department of Veterans Affairs to acknowledge the illness, leaving tens of thousands ...

A House subcommittee on Tuesday discussed proposed legislation on illnesses linked to service-connected exposures.

A Marine Corps veteran rated 70% for post-traumatic stress disorder didn't know his sleep apnea counted as a separate disability. An Army veteran with a service-connected back injury never filed for ...

Too many veterans miss out on life-changing disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) because of misinformation, outdated assumptions, or a simple reluctance to ask for help. At ...