Then on March 7, VA extended for 90 days the terms of all research employees whose appointments were otherwise due to expire. "We aim to make it even more effective.

A round of benefit payments for disabled veterans will be made in July. Why It Matters. About 6.2 million U.S. veterans receive disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Jobs at the VA's Veterans Crisis phone line would get protection under a new law as VA looks to slash 15% of its workforce, or 80,000 jobs.

The decision to cut about 300 medical center payroll jobs and move about 300 more are part of broader efforts to reduce the size of the VA workforce.

The VA said veterans who fail to report eligibility changes are part of the problem. But these veterans said they did notify the VA and it continued overpaying them anyway.

The VA has announced major survivor benefits reforms. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs logo marks the entrance to their headquarters building on April 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. J.

VA’s 988 crisis line would also remain separate. Richardson, the Caregiver Support Program executive, told employees she had to withhold details from them. “There are certain things I cannot ...

To streamline the process for referring patients to clinicians in private practice, the Department of Veterans Affairs, effective immediately, will remove a requirement for a veteran to have two ...

Here's what Trump VA Secretary Doug Collins had to say about agency cuts and the aging Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis. News Sports Indy 500 Things To Do Opinion Advertise ...

Budget figures show spending for non-VA medical care by private doctors will grow from $22.5 billion to $34 billion, and funding for VA medical services would decrease from $69 billion to $57 billion.