by Rikki Almanza | Apr 24, 2024
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is urging the VA to conduct a thorough review of the quality of its privatized disability benefits examinations. This call comes in response to what she characterizes as troubling accounts of insufficient and unprofessional...
by Rikki Almanza | Apr 3, 2024
The VA is proposing a $369.3 billion spending plan for fiscal 2025, a 12% increase from the previous year. Despite the increased overall budget, the VA anticipates a reduction in staff numbers for 2025. The budget proposal includes an allocation of nearly $25 billion...
by Christian Southards | Oct 29, 2021
On Wednesday, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it is extending the presumptive period for qualifying chronic disabilities for Persian Gulf War veterans to Dec. 31, 2026. The presumptive period was previously set to expire on Dec. 31, 2021. During the...
