News releases

With more than $137B benefits delivered to Veterans and survivors this year, VA continues to deliver more earned benefits to more Veterans than ever before.

Eligible organizations providing employment-based resources and tools to help recently separated members of the Armed Forces and their spouses may now apply for grants from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced plans to start transitioning Veterans, over the next year, to a more modern, streamlined online login process to access benefit and health care services.

Today, Margaret “Meg” Kabat was sworn in as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ chief of staff.

Since 988 launch, the Veterans Crisis Line has had a 22.7% increase in calls, with more than two million calls, texts, and chats answered in last two years.

Wilmington VA recently expanded services of their outpatient dialysis suite.

Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is including three new cancer types in the list of presumed service-connected disabilities due to military environmental exposure under the PACT Act.

Today, on Women Veterans Recognition Day, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that more than 53,000 women Veterans enrolled in VA health care between May 2023 and May 2024, marking a 20% increase over the previous year and the largest enrollment year for women Veterans on record.

Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that eligible Veterans, active-duty Service members, and surviving spouses who use the VA-guaranteed home loan benefit can pay for certain real estate buyer-broker fees when purchasing a home.

Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that Veterans no longer need to pay copays for their first three outpatient mental health care and substance use disorder visits of each calendar year through 2027