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VA, DOJ sign agreement to improve care for nation’s most vulnerable Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Justice have signed a memorandum of understanding that will help some of America’s most vulnerable Veterans get the ongoing care they need.
VA moves to speed up community care appointment scheduling
Technology that will help the Department of Veterans Affairs schedule community care appointments faster than ever before is now up and running at all VA facilities, and VA will be expanding its use in 2026 so Veterans can more easily choose the health care they’ve earned.
VA benefits claims backlog under 100K for first time since 2020
Backlog of VA disability compensation and pension benefit claims is consistently below 100,000 for the first time since May 2020, during the first Trump Administration.
VA undoes decades-old wrong and protects Veterans’ Second Amendment rights
Effective immediately, VA will not report Veterans to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System as “prohibited persons” only because they need help from a fiduciary in managing their VA benefits.
VA moves to speed delivery of survivors’ benefits
VA aims to fast-track survivors’ benefits processing.
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