Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vietnam veteran Jerry King holds onto his wife, Pauline, as she lifts him into his wheel chair at their home in Anna, Illinois.

VA officials had said in May that it planned to extend the deadline; Thursday’s announcement cemented the plan. (Army photo) The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to extend benefits through 2028 to ...

A wide-ranging, “landmark” bill for veterans and their caregivers passed Congress. The House approved the final version of the bicameral bill 382-12. House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mike ...

Nathan Boucher, associate professor in the Schools of Nursing and Medicine, and associate research professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, received a four-year grant from the U.S. Department ...

WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) --On the eve of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Senate committees on aging and veterans' affairs examined vets' services and questioned the quality of U.S. Department of ...

VA Secretary Doug Collins said the agency looks to avoid what many perceived as “adverse consequences.” ...

For a growing number of family members and friends acting as caregivers for military veterans, the burden of war lasts long after a loved one returns home. According to 2023 data from RAND, a ...

Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole, poses with caregiver Jeanette Ezell during a reception recognizing military families and caregivers at the White House on May 10, 2023. (Susan Walsh/AP) House lawmakers on ...

Class Actions Seeks to Represent Untold Number of Caregivers Who Appealed Denials from the VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Two ...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough has named a longtime figure in the department's caregiver community as the VA's new chief of staff. Margaret "Meg" Kabat was sworn in Wednesday to the ...