Veterans Affairs

Vietnam veterans' new battle: getting disability compensation

2013-05-11 18:10:00

Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war. He got married, raised two sons and made a career working at credit unions. But as Otte neared retirement, memories of combat flooded back. Starting in 2005, he filed a series of claims with...

Tattered flags in West L.A. anger veteran

2013-05-14 22:51:00

An upside-down American flag is considered a signal of distress. And that's the feeling Robert Rosebrock had when he looked up and noticed the red, white and blue street-lamp banners outside the Department of Veterans Affairs' West Los Angeles Medical...

Leave No Soldier Behind

2013-05-16 15:01:00

Amy Fisch Solomon is a veteran of the Los Angeles trial bar. She has spent 27 years in the heart of downtown L.A., trying dozens of the toughest cases involving heartbreaking injuries and deaths caused by unsafe equipment and products. So it’s...

Blackstone commits to hiring 50,000 military veterans

2013-04-30 10:10:00

Blackstone Group, the New York-based private equity group, announced Tuesday it would hire 50,000 military veterans over the next five years across its various businesses. The company said it is partnering with the White House, which is leading an...

Grenade found in VA hospital was a replica, officials say

2013-04-29 12:01:00

A grenade found at a Westside Veterans Affairs hospital Monday morning that forced authorities to evacuate the building was a replica, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said. Deputies were called about 7 a.m. to the VA West Los Angeles...

VA withholds bonuses because of backlog in disability claims

2013-04-29 21:38:00

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is withholding bonuses for senior officials who oversee disability claims, citing a failure to meet performance goals for reducing a large backlog in claims processing. The backlog has increased...

Boston bombing amputees face tough, costly recovery

2013-04-21 04:45:00

BOSTON — Tammy Duckworth still remembers the anger she felt when well-wishers offered encouragement after she lost both legs when her helicopter was shot down over Iraq in 2004. "I thought, how the heck is my life ever going to get back to normal?...

The veterans benefits backlog

2013-03-31 00:00:00

It is shameful that veterans of the United States military have to wait months, and sometimes more than a year, to begin receiving the benefits they are owed after their years of service. Yet that is the case. Almost 900,000 veterans across the...

Report: SEAL who killed Bin Laden is struggling in civilian life

2013-02-12 06:30:00

The American raid to kill Osama bin Laden may be the most famous top-secret mission of all time, and the latest petal of secrecy was peeled away by Bin Laden's killer himself. On Monday, Esquire and the Center for Investigative Reporting co-released a...

Confusion swirls around Esquire story on Osama bin Laden's killer

2013-02-12 12:14:00

The fog of Abbottabad strikes again. On Tuesday, confusion continued to swirl around Esquire magazine's cover story about the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden during the instantly legendary May 2011 raid on the terrorist leader's compound in...

Number of chronically homeless, including veterans, drops in U.S.

2012-12-10 15:53:00

The number of chronically homeless people and homeless veterans has dropped significantly in recent years, but the Obama administration still faces challenges in its effort to completely eradicate homelessness by 2020. Those findings and others, based...

Helping homeless vets, slowly

2012-12-28 00:00:00

Los Angeles County holds the unwelcome distinction of having the most homeless veterans in the country — 6,000 to 8,000, depending on whose estimate you use. That number has remained stubbornly, embarrassingly high despite the presence of a...

Jim Mobley, member of Antietam Chapter 312 of the Korean War Veterans Association, speaks with South Korean Army Lt. Col. Hansoo Park during a dinner Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Mobley was among 27 local Korean War veterans who were invited to the dinner by the South Korean government.

2013-05-09 14:44:00

Obama picked Eric Shinseki to overhaul the VA. He is a retired Army general and former Army chief of staff who was wounded in Vietnam.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Florida Salutes Veterans Effective Oct. 1, 1989. Total plates issued in 2012: 18,651 Organizations receiving proceeds: State Homes for Veterans Trust Funds for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining domiciliary and nursing homes.

2013-03-01 00:00:00