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WASHINGTON A bill re-introduced Thursday by Rep. Dina Titus is the latest bid by Congress to get its arm around the handling of disability benefits for military veterans. The Titus measure would create a task

ST. GEORGE Staff members from the Veterans Affairs St. George Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, representatives from the St. George Vet Center, state and city officials and veterans gathered Wednesday night at the Southern Utah Veterans Home

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. The Department of Veterans Affairs is under fire: St. Johns County leaders say the VA is wasting their time and your money. The medical treatment of local veterans hangs in the balance.

TOMAH, Wis. (AP) Some Wisconsin and Minnesota lawmakers are calling for congressional hearings after allegations of overmedication at the VA Medical Center in Tomah. U.S. Reps. Ron Kind of Wisconsin and Tim Walz of Minnesota

More than half of all VA disability appeal cases are sent back for another review sometimes more than once and must be addressed before new cases are opened, leading some veterans to wait years for

MILWAUKEE All the defendants in one specialized Milwaukee County court share a common link. They are military veterans and are accused of nonviolent offenses that involve substance abuse or mental health issues. The Veterans Treatment

Veterans living in the St. George area were invited to a town hall meeting Wednesday night to express concerns they have and to hear from medical personnel from the St. George Veterans Outpatient Clinic and

The effort to clear a massive backlog of veteran disability claims is hurting efforts to address a similar backlog in appeals of denied claims, say advocates demanding reforms to an onerous hamster wheel system that

Senior executives at the Veterans Affairs Department could have their pensions docked and their bonuses cut under legislation introduced Jan. 22. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, introduced the Increasing

SPRINGFIELD – Last year, Thomas D. Osborn faced a 30-day wait for a needed medical appointment through the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System. He decided to see a physician in the private sector, and

WASHINGTON Rep. Brad Ashford, D-Neb., said Wednesday that hes encouraged about the future of veterans health care services in Omaha after talking with the man in charge Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald. McDonald met

A native Des Plaines resident, who is active in local military veterans organizations, responded to an article in last weeks Journal & Topics that asked readers who knew any of the Des Plaines residents who