VA Press Room

Backlog of VA disability compensation and pension benefit claims is consistently below 100,000 for the first time since May 2020, during the first Trump Administration.

Effective immediately, VA will not report Veterans to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System as “prohibited persons” only because they need help from a fiduciary in managing their VA benefits.

VA aims to fast-track survivors’ benefits processing.

VA to improve dental care access for eligible Veterans.

VA ends illegal and wasteful leases and license at West Los Angeles VA Medical Center.

VA releases the National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report, which analyzes Veteran suicide from 2001 to 2023, the most recent year for which data is available.

VA’s National Cemetery Administration earned the highest customer satisfaction score ever achieved by any public or private organization measured by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, as part of the group’s 2025 report.

VA recruiting more than 300 vocational rehabilitation counselors and specialists for its Veteran Readiness and Employment program.

VA’s skilled home health care program will now cover the costs of in-home and community-based services for Veterans with spinal cord injuries, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and other complex medical conditions at 100% of the cost of similar care in a VA Community Living Center.

VA announces planned departure of Chief of Staff Chris Syrek, who will soon leave VA for a private-sector opportunity.