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 ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs rolled out its fiscal 2025 proposed budget Monday, a $369.3 billion plan that would increase spending for medical care, infrastructure, women's health, benefits ...

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 ...

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 ...

Veterans Affairs officials on Friday announced plans to extend caregiver benefits to legacy participants of department support programs through September 2028, pushing back the potential cutoff of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Harold Roper spent his life reaching for the sky — first in the Air Force, then working on NASA's Apollo 13 mission. Today, cancer has left him grounded and bedbound. He now relies on the Department ...