Michael Missal, inspector general at the Department of Veterans Affairs since 2016, was one of more than a dozen inspectors general fired by President Donald Trump.

Up to 60 VA employees whose sole job was to advance initiatives known as DEI are on paid administrative leave, the VA said Monday. The employees’ combined annual earnings total more than $8 million. The average salary of these workers is $136,000 per year.

The last Afghan special immigrant visa applicants housed at Rhine Ordnance Barracks have departed, according to an American advocate.

The Department of Veterans Affairs can continue to fill thousands of vacancies in its health care workforce despite a federal hiring freeze ordered by President Donald Trump, the VA said Thursday. There were roughly 40,000 vacancies at the VA at the end of 2024.

If passed, the bipartisan Aviator Cancers Examination Study (ACES) Act would direct the Secretary of the VA to study cancer incidences and mortality rates among aviators and aircrew who served in the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Thursday almost unanimously advanced the nomination of Doug Collins to be the next secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, paving the way for a vote by the full Senate.

The BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) is a biweekly video series from the Department of Veterans Affairs that focuses on key topics of importance along a veteran’s journey.

“All I was told by the president is to take care of our veterans,” Doug Collins told the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee during his confirmation hearing. “We’re not going to sacrifice the veterans benefits to do a budget. … I wouldn’t go to a place in which we’re not doing the mission. The mission is veterans.”

“Lefty,” as she was known to many, was lauded for breaking down racial barriers and for her lifelong dedication to preserving the legacy of African American military pioneers.

The Senate confirmation hearing for Doug Collins to be the next secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, which was scheduled for Tuesday morning, has been delayed for a week as the FBI completes a required background check.

Acute and chronic leukemias and other life-threatening cancers will now be recognized as presumptive conditions for toxic-exposed veterans who served during the past 25 years in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday.

The settlement would make it easier for veterans to have discharge papers changed to remove references to sexual orientation and ease access to health care, loans and tuition assistance from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The OATH Act would lift a mandate that requires veterans to apply for benefits within one year of leaving military service to receive compensation dating back to their discharge. It specifically identifies Vietnam-era service members who were human test subjects from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s.

Richard Cavazos, Bruno Orig, Wataru Nakamura, Fred McGee and Charles Johnson were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during the Korean War. Their heroics were not fully recognized at the time, and they received the Medal of Honor as part of a campaign to shine a light on the role of minority service members in defense of the United States.

Pfc. Kenneth David and Capt. Hugh Nelson Jr. are the latest soldiers who served during the Vietnam War to receive the Medal of Honor. Nelson received the medal posthumously.

The expansion is the result of a 2024 Supreme Court decision that effectively ended a 36-month cap on education benefits for veterans who had at least two qualifying periods of military service. Veterans are now eligible for a total of 48 months of assistance.

Findings showed nearly 55% of 2,654 veterans whose records were studied by the VA and who took their own lives had reported pain problems in the year before they died.

Harry Chandler, a Navy corpsman who witnessed the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 from a hillside hospital before rushing to take part in a watery rescue mission, died Monday. He was 103. His death leaves only 14 veterans of the attack known to be alive.

Diagnoses for mental disorders among U.S. service members increased nearly 40% in a five-year period that partly overlapped with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report that military researchers say demonstrates a growing need for health services.