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In 2017, former Secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), David Shulkin, proposed the addition of three adverse health conditions to the list of disabilities presumptively associated with Agent Orange exposure. It was his goal to allow veterans with bladder cancer, Parkinson’s-like symptoms, and hypothyroidism eligible to receive disability compensation. History of Agent Orange […]

A lawsuit was recently filed against the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in order to stop it from sharing veterans’ health records with third parties. A group of former servicemembers filed the lawsuit, stating that sharing health records is a violation of their constitutional rights. VA has agreed to not release records until January of […]

Several suspicious deaths were reported on the third floor of the Louis A. Johnson Medical Center in Charleston, West Virginia. The cases were very similar and all involved high doses of insulin injected into the victims. The FBI and the Office of Inspector General for the Veterans Administration are thoroughly investigating the deaths of the […]

More than a dozen patients at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in West Virginia have reported instances of sexual assault, and many of the allegations name a single physician as the assailant. In early September, a news station spoke with an anonymous patient who claimed that he was one of more than […]

Waste produced by military servicemembers on U.S. bases in certain locations may be difficult to properly and safely dispose of. When the U.S. military occupied Iraq and Afghanistan, the common procedure for disposing of waste was to burn it in open pits. As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) continues to investigate the toxic chemicals […]