Homelessness & Housing Support
VA houses largest number of homeless Veterans in seven years
VA permanently housed 51,936 homeless Veterans across the country in fiscal year 2025.
Category: Trump
Benefits
VA reduces backlog of Veterans waiting for VA benefits by 57%
Backlog of Veterans waiting for VA compensation and pension benefits has dropped by more than 57% since the start of the second Trump Administration.
Education & Training
Trump EO reinstates GI Bill benefits to Veterans discharged for refusing COVID vaccine
Potentially thousands of Veterans who were discharged from service by the Biden Administration for refusing the COVID vaccine may regain eligibility for GI Bill education benefits.
News & VA Updates
Ahead of Veterans Day, Sec. Collins vows to keep improving VA services
“Keeping the promises America has made to its Veterans is the sole purpose of the Department of Veterans Affairs.”
Health & Care
VA earns top scores in latest CMS hospital ratings report
More than three-fourths of Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals that received an Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating earned four-or-five-star ratings as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2025 hospital quality ratings
News & VA Updates
VA redirects millions in wasteful union spending back to Veterans
VA is redirecting tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds away from subsidizing federal unions and back to the Veterans, families, caregivers and survivors VA serves.
Claims & Appeals
VA processes more claims in a single year than ever before
VA processes more disability benefits compensation & pension ratings claims in a single year than ever before.
News & VA Updates
VA terminates union contracts for most bargaining-unit employees
Union contracts for most bargaining-unit employees are terminated by VA.
News & VA Updates
VA, CMS partner to identify and recover $106M in duplicate billing
VA’s new partnership with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services eliminates instances in which both agencies are billed for the same health care episode.
News & VA Updates
VA to reduce staff by nearly 30K by end of FY2025
VA on pace to reduce total VA staff by nearly 30,000 employees by the end of fiscal year 2025, eliminating the need for a large-scale reduction-in-force.
Claims & Appeals
VA processes more than 2M disability claims in record time
VA processed more than 2 million disability benefits claims for Veterans in fiscal year 2025, faster than ever before.
Claims & Appeals
Record breaking VA claims production brings backlog under 200K
VA’s disability benefits compensation claims backlog is under 200,000 for the first time since March 5, 2023.