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Spike in veteran calls expected with launch of new three-digit suicide prevention line this summer
Veterans Affairs officials expect calls to the Veterans Crisis Line to increase by as much as 150% after a new three-digit dialing code for suicide...
Veterans Affairs eyes relaxed hiring rules as staff turnover slowly worsens
Turnover rates among Veterans Affairs staffers have risen slightly in recent years, and officials worry that could increase dramatically if Congress doesn’t help ease the...
Dozens of VA medical centers slated for closure, total rebuilds under new infrastructure plan
Thirty-five Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in 21 different states would be closed or completely reconstructed under a nearly $2 trillion infrastructure overhaul unveiled by department leadership in...
The Jack Ryan career path: How veterans can join the CIA
Jack Ryan may be fiction — especially considering he eventually ends up as president — but an economics expert or a veteran with a strong...
VA secretary promises improvements in medical wait time data
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough acknowledged that he is “frustrated” with inconsistency in how medical appointment wait time data is calculated and recorded within the...
What veterans and service members need to know about military discharge upgrades
The process appears straight-forward, but restoring your entitlement to those veterans benefits with a discharge upgrade can be very complicated for some.
VA’s caregiver review would’ve booted 90% of young vets from program
Veterans Affairs officials were on pace to boot 90% of post-9/11 veterans receiving caregivers benefits as part of an ongoing overhaul of the support program before announcing...
White House spending plan could boost Department of Veterans Affairs budget
Veterans Affairs programs would see a 31% increase in funding under the White House budget plan for fiscal 2023.
For service members learning to speak civilian, it’s about softening the edges
Is it any wonder that service members encountering civilian life for the first time in years — sometimes for the first time in their adult...
Some lawmakers want VA to issue at-home COVID tests
A group of U.S. senators is pushing the Department of Veterans Affairs to start providing at-home COVID testing kits to veterans for free, saying that individuals facing long commutes...
