January 8, 2015 Report: Veterans Affairs spends millions in payments not supported by medical evidence An internal watchdog says that in its rush to cut a huge backlog of claims for disability benefits, the Department of Veterans Affairs has a high error rate that results in payments to many veterans who lack adequate medical evidence of a disability.
January 8, 2015 911 tapes depict response to collapse of vet who had heart attack at VA hospital in New Mexico Newly released 911 tapes reveal the efforts to revive a Vietnam veteran who collapsed with a heart attack in a Veterans Affairs hospital in Albuquerque.
January 8, 2015 VA offers appointment to Massachusetts Vietnam veteran 2 years after his death, baffling widow The Veterans Affairs Department is apologizing to a Massachusetts woman for offering an appointment to her husband almost two years after he died.
January 8, 2015 Senator: Alaska Key to VA Healthcare Fix Sen. Mark Begich of Alaska says his state is the model for how the VA can broaden access to healthcare for veterans.
January 8, 2015 Watchdog group defies US subpoena to identify whistleblowers complaining about poor VA care A private watchdog organization investigating problems in the Veterans Affairs Department is defying a federal subpoena to turn over to the Obama administration materials it received from federal whistleblowers.
January 8, 2015 VA official concedes 'integrity issue' over veterans' care as evidence of delayed care builds A top Veterans Affairs Department official is acknowledging an integrity problem among some top agency personnel and apologizing for it.
January 8, 2015 VA facilities where new patients wait the longest for care Veterans Administration medical centers have come under criticism for long wait times for care.
January 8, 2015 Elias Saavedra, one of the last Bataan Death March survivors, dies at 96 Elias Saavedra died Wednesday at his San Rafael, New Mexico, home. He was 96.
January 8, 2015 Last of original group of Navajo Code Talkers dies The last of the 29 Navajos who developed an unbreakable code that helped win World War II has died.
January 8, 2015 Acting VA secretary to meet with staff at embattled Phoenix health care facility The new Veterans Affairs chief will visit the Phoenix health care facility that was the initial focus of what has become a nationwide scandal.
