Benefits

VA today announced it has established commissions to find candidates to lead the Veterans Health and Veterans Benefits Administrations. VA Deputy Secretary Paul R. Lawrence, Ph.D., will chair both commissions.

Any and all savings VA achieves by stopping specific medical treatments for gender dysphoria will be redirected to help severely injured VA beneficiaries – such as paralyzed Veterans and amputees – regain their independence.

VA Secretary Doug Collins shares insight on his vision for the department.

VA expanded the Veterans Legacy Memorial — the nation’s largest digital platform dedicated to the memory of Veterans and service members — to allow Veterans to tell their own story before they pass away.

VA is making acute and chronic leukemias, multiple myelomas, myelodysplastic syndromes, myelofibrosis, urinary bladder, ureter, and related genitourinary cancers presumptive for service-connection for:

VA announced that — following the 2024 Supreme Court decision — it has updated the process for awarding GI Bill benefits.

VA announced a proposed rule to exempt Veterans from paying copays for certain inpatient and outpatient Whole Health well-being services, which are available at VA facilities nationwide.

VA is beginning early-stage planning to deploy the Federal Electronic Health Record system to four Michigan facilities — Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Detroit, and Saginaw — in mid-2026.

VA announces three key steps to help Veterans experiencing homelessness, including SSVF Grants, GPD Case Management Grants and the Mayor's Pledge.

More than 3 million Veterans, service members, and spouses who receive life insurance from VA’s programs will receive a discount on premiums starting in the spring of 2025.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to today's press conference. Hopefully everybody's preparing for the holidays. This will be the last time that we see everybody heading into the holiday period. So we definitely wish each and every one of you a happy holidays.

We have a lot to cover today. We have multiple guests joining us to share some news as well as some overviews. So with that, I'll go ahead and kick it over to the boss, over to Secretary Denis McDonough.

VA to expand access to its Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers — a program that provides family caregivers of eligible Veterans access to services and supports, including training and education, financial assistance, health care coverage, beneficiary travel, peer support, and more.