Secretary McDonough

A new partnership between VA and the American Association of Kidney Patients works to improve everyday lives of Veterans with kidney disease

Veterans under 40 who may have been exposed to burn pits and other toxins during their service are now eligible for breast cancer risk assessments and mammograms (as clinically appropriate) at VA.

Thank you, Dr. Wayne Frederick and Kathy Roth-Douquet for that kind introduction. And thank you to Blue Star Families, Howard University, and The Chamberlain Project for putting together this important recognition of the 75th Anniversary of the Integration of the Armed Forces.

Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that 67% of VA hospitals included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) annual Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings received either 4 or 5 stars, compared to only 41% of non-VA hospitals. This was the first time VA hospitals were included in the CMS Star Ratings.

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WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will conduct a scientific review to determine whether there is a relationship between three conditions

Thank you Chairman Areizaga-Soto for that kind introduction, for your decades of service to our country, and for your steadfast leadership as Chairman of the Board of Veterans Appeals. It’s a pleasure to be here with you.

Transcript of SecVA press conference, 6/27/23.

Good morning, thanks for that warm welcome; and, Jean Gurga, thanks for the kind introduction. Let me start by saying how much I regret not being with you in person. Despite all the technological advances we are about to discuss, we don’t have a way around a heat wave and Canadian wildfires completely upending commercial aviation in the U.S.

For the first time, legal service grants are being awarded $11.5 million to assist Veterans who are homeless or those at-risk of being homeless.

In July, VA will kick off PACT Act Summer VetFest to inform Veterans, their families, and survivors about the PACT Act and encourage them to apply for the health care and benefits they have earned. The PACT Act, which President Biden signed into law on Aug. 10, 2022, is the biggest expansion of Veteran health care and benefits in generations.

The Department of Veterans Affairs establishes Agency Equity Team to ensure VA delivers its promise on providing world-class care and benefits to all Veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors — regardless of their age, race, ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, or sexual identity.