Veterans Affairs

The Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledged racial disparities in claim approvals. Records show the agency is more likely to deny disability claims from Black veterans.

A federal lawsuit was filed Monday alleges decades-long racial disparities in veterans benefits. The case is represented by the Yale Veterans Legal Services Clinic, which found that nearly 30% of Black veterans who applied for disability compensation were denied compared to 24% of white veterans.

A federal investigation released Monday of a hot steam accident that killed two workers conducting maintenance on a boiler system at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut substantiates a whistleblower's allegations that employees did not follow proper protocols to control hazardous energy or receive adequate training, among other violations.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) met with veterans on Tuesday to discuss how a new law will help service members who were exposed to dangerous toxins during their service.

Connecticut is spending more than $5 million to upgrade hospital infrastructure at the campus of the state’s Department of Veteran Affairs in Rocky Hill.

The Shinnecock tribe has been given 100 Southampton Villages beach passes after fighting for free access to the beach.

The bill no longer would force generations of veterans to prove that their illness was caused by toxic exposures suffered in the military in order to get VA coverage

The bill would expand benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and toxins. Senator Richard Blumenthal thinks it has broad bipartisan support.

Twenty-five supporters of the bill switched their stance during a last-minute revote in the Senate on Wednesday due to a procedural technicality. The legislation would have provided health care to sick veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) has introduced a bipartisan bill to connect survivors of military sexual trauma with a peer support system to help their recovery. The bill would establish a military-wide peer support program.