Veterans

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, led a hearing into worries that the Department of Veterans Affairs is too focused on processing older disability claims and the expense of new ones. (Photo: Examiner file)

Watchdog: House takes wait-and-see view of new VA claims backlog plan

Mark Flatten · May 22, 2013 4:00 am

Veterans Administration Spends $378K on Signs for Civil War-Era Cemeteries

Veterans Administration Spends $378K on Signs for Civil War-Era Cemeteries

Jeryl Bier · May 20, 2013 2:43 pm

Dramatic Soldier Portrait

National Editorial: America’s veterans deserve better than this

Examiner Editorial · May 18, 2013 4:00 am

Thousands of veterans had their private information compromised when it was transmitted unencrypted by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a report released today by the VA's Inspector General. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Watchdog: VA puts vets private info at risk, IG reports

Mark Flatten · March 7, 2013 5:00 am

House Committee on Veterans Affairs Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller, R-FL, says veterans need not worry about sequestration cuts. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Vets don’t have to worry about sequestration cuts at VA

Mark Flatten · March 6, 2013 5:00 am

Veterans representatives told Congress today they doubt the Department of Veterans Affairs will make significant progress in reducing the backlog of more than a million unprocessed benefits claims by 2015. (AP Photo)

Watchdog: Veterans group skeptical of VA claims progress

Mark Flatten · February 28, 2013 5:00 am

House Committee on Veterans Affairs Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., speaks on the House floor. Miller and Rep. Michael Michaud, D-Maine, the committee's ranking minority member, agreed yesterday that Department of Veterans Affairs employees who can't perform as required to eliminate a mounting backlog of unprocessed benefits claims should be disciplined or terminated. (AP Photo)

Bipartisan agreement on Veterans Affairs firings needed to speed up vets claims processing

Mark Flatten · February 26, 2013 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner said the Department of Veterans Affairs is displaying "an underwhelming performance." (Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP file)

UPDATED! House Speaker John Boehner challenges VA Secretary Eric Shinseki on veterans claims delays

Mark Flatten · February 25, 2013 5:00 am

Video: One million veterans waiting on VA disability claims

Video: One million veterans waiting on VA disability claims

Washington Examiner · February 25, 2013 5:00 am

Two veterans listen to President Obama during a Veterans Day address. A Department of veterans Affairs Inspector-General report says VA officials have fixed a computer glitch that delayed claims processing but VA employees aren't properly using the remedy. AP Photo

Computer glitch fixed but Veterans Affairs IG says agency workers ignoring it

Mark Flatten · February 21, 2013 5:00 am

File cabinets filled with disability claims files at the VA's regional office in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Photo: VA inspector general)

MAKING AMERICA’S HEROES WAIT: Claims backlog grows despite parade of VA ‘solutions’

Mark Flatten · February 14, 2013 5:00 am

The front of a Veterans Affairs hospital in Pittsburgh is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013.

MAKING AMERICA’S HEROES WAIT: Benefit claims backlog not our fault, VA officials say

Mark Flatten · February 13, 2013 5:00 am