IN THE NEWS
IN THE NEWS
November 2018
Some veterans with ALS were deprived of health care benefits, VA watchdog finds
The Veterans Affairs Department’s internal watchdog has uncovered widespread errors in how the agency awards benefits to some of its most vulnerable patients: those diagnosed with the devastating neurological disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Authorities locate the suicidal veteran James Woods used Twitter to help
After actor James Woods used his Twitter account to call attention to a veteran who sent a distressed tweet, authorities located the man who had tweeted he was contemplating death by suicide.
Confirmation of new Veterans Affairs CIO takes new urgency in light of recent GI Bill benefits problems
A key remaining piece of business for the Senate in the final weeks of the 115th Congress will be confirming a new head of technology issues for Veterans Affairs, a post that has come under greater scrutiny with the ongoing problems processing GI Bill benefits this fall.
Apple wants to help veterans access their medical records: Report
Apple Inc. is in discussions with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide portable electronic health records to military veterans, a partnership that would simplify patients’ hospital visits and allow the technology giant to tap millions of new customers.
Judge allows class-action lawsuit by mentally ill veterans
A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled that thousands of Navy and Marine Corps veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who developed post-traumatic stress disorder but were denied Veterans Affairs benefits can sue the military.
Veterans Affairs official reassigned after House hearing over delayed GI Bill benefits
Computer problems at VA have caused benefit payments to be delayed for months or never be delivered, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of veterans.