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NYT > Veterans Affairs DepartmentNews about the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
V.A. Eases Rules for Medical Marijuana Clinics in the Department of Veterans Affairs system will formally allow veterans to use the drug in states where it is legal, though they will not prescribe it. |
Rule to Ease Veterans? Mental Health Claims Doesn?t Go Far Enough, Groups SayAt issue is a provision saying that a determination on whether post-traumatic stress disorder is tied to military service can be made only by a federal clinician. |
Veterans in St. Louis Area May Have Been Exposed to DiseasesMore than 1,800 veterans received letters this week, cautioning that they may have been exposed to blood-borne diseases while undergoing dental work. |
Navy Bans Smoking on Its Submarine FleetThe move is intended to protect the health of the current force and to save millions a year in health care costs. |
Out of Uniform and Out of Work, and Seeking a Break in a Tough Civilian Job MarketNearly 500 people who have served in the military filled a ballroom in a New York hotel in the hope of finding employment. |
Army Examines Units Treating Injured SoldiersResponding to a news report about problems in care, the vice chief of staff of the Army said the military would look closely at the suspected shortcomings. |
For the Battle-Scarred, Comfort at Leash?s EndThe Puppies Behind Bars program, which uses prisoners to raise and train dogs, has placed 23 dogs with veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. |
As Technology Surges, Radiation Safeguards Lag While new treatments are more accurate, errors in software and operation are more difficult to detect. |
NATIONAL BRIEFING | WASHINGTON; Suicide Rate Increases Among Younger VeteransPreliminary data from Veterans Affairs Department show suicide rate among 18- to 29-year-old men who have left military rose 26 percent from 2005 to 2007 |
Troubled V.A. Agency Will Get a New Chief The official responsible for the problem-plagued disability compensation system at the Department of Veterans Affairs will resign early next year, the department announced Friday. |
No Longer a Soldier, Shinseki Has a New Mission The secretary of veterans affairs, retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, is trying to modernize a problem-plagued agency. |
Homeless on Veterans DayWashington and communities across the country should support a national drive to end veteran homelessness. |
Older Bypass Method Is Best, a Study ShowsA rigorous evaluation of bypass operations with and without heart-lung machines found that outcomes were better in cases using the machines. |
NATIONAL BRIEFING | MIDWEST; Illinois: Inquiry at Veterans HospitalVeterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki orders high-level, quality-management team to assess problems at troubled Veterans Affairs hospital at Marion V A Medical Center in Illinois, where major surgeries were halted in 2007 because of spike in deaths |
Door Opens to More Health Claims Tied to Agent OrangeVeterans Affairs Department plans to add several diseases to growing list of illnesses presumed to have been caused by Agent Orange, toxic defoliant used widely in Vietnam; proposal will make it substantially easier for thousands of veterans to claim that those ailments were direct result of their service in Vietnam, thereby smoothing way for them to received monthly disability checks and health care services from department; photos |