Veterans Affairs

Six military veterans from Maryland pleaded guilty to fraud charges this week in a scheme to obtain federal military benefits and state tax breaks with faked documentation claiming they were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, according to the...

It has taken the Department of Veterans Affairs nearly two years to approve disability benefits for Jeff Colaicovo, a Vietnam War veteran with two Purple Hearts. He hasn't received a penny, but he believes he is close. About two dozen veterans came to...

A blessing of the foundation was held Wednesday for the third house, the first for a military veteran, in Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Panhandle’s Auburndale subdivision. The house will be home to Robert Scott, 57, a homeless veteran who...

Blackstone Group, the New York-based private equity group, announced Tuesday it would hire 50,000 military veterans over the next five years across its various businesses. The company said it is partnering with the White House, which is leading an...

As federal agencies pull back on spending, 7Delta's strategy is thinking big. The Columbia information technology firm, which grew by focusing on work for one federal agency, is going after larger contracts and broadening its reach. It's a...

With staff members at the Baltimore office of the Department of Veterans Affairs spending a month in training, Maryland's senators called on VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki to dispatch more analysts to help work through one of the worst disability claims...

They serve our country through thick and thin. Now, some local agencies are hoping to give back to local service members who give so much. The Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center is hosting a "veterans only" job fair on Tuesday. Last year's event...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Throughout his nearly 10-year military career, Jeff Barnes said he led almost 700 soldiers into combat and brought all home alive. But after leaving the military, a prospective employer looked at his resume and asked, "This...

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson says he thinks Confederate flags should be removed from a Veterans Affairs hospital in the South Dakota city of Hot Springs. The flags are in an 8-flag historical display. They were removed for a few...

A group of local Korean War veterans has been invited to have dinner with the president of South Korea on May 7 in Washington, D.C. Les Bishop, commander of Antietam Chapter 312 of the Korean War Veterans Association, said the South Korean Embassy...

Taking a cue from the Bible, the Department of Veterans Affairs has decided the last shall be first. The agency announced last week it will expedite claims for disability benefits that have been pending for a year or longer. Those veterans will receive...

Maryland's U.S. House delegation met Wednesday with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki to keep pressure on the agency to fix problems at the troubled Baltimore office and follow up on promises for improvement. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, a Southern...