Internal VA guidance obtained by The Advocate raises questions about the future of specialized assistance for those who served.

The memo calls for the elimination of all DEI/DEIA programs and gender-identity-based initiatives across VA facilities, stating that government resources must not be used for activities that promote ...

Yvonne Smith has had a pair of mental illnesses diagnosed over the years, but it wasn't until a severe psychotic episode landed her in a psychiatric ward that she came to a sober realization: Although ...

NOTE: This Directive does not negate any existing authority permitting a VA or VHA Program Office to use or obtain VHA PII. This Directive, and corresponding VHA Handbook 1080.01, only outline the ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) quietly rescinded a 2018 policy providing transgender-related medical services to transgender and intersex veterans on Friday, aligning the VA with the Trump ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17-- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration issued the following directive (6300.01): 1. REASON FOR ISSUE: This Veterans Health Administration (VHA) ...

The Veterans Health Administration (VA) is a unique institution because it provides health insurance to those for whom it also provides medical care. As both an insurer and a healthcare deliverer, the ...

Citing concerns about patient privacy, the Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a directive that states must sign before VA hospitals grant researchers access to data on cancer patients treated ...

VA doctors can prescribe only medications that have been approved by the FDA for medical use. 'The bureaucracy at the VA... is keeping veterans from being able to access a proven treatment option,' ...