Community & Veteran Stories
Kicking the habit: A smoking cessation success story
Navy Veteran Frederick Hamilton quit tobacco after years, inspired by a VA smoking cessation support group. Now tobacco-free, he feels “like a million bucks.”
Month: December 2025
Homelessness & Housing Support
VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on RSV vaccines, heart disease and homelessness
VA Research recently published findings on respiratory syncytial virus vaccines, a potential heart disease treatment, and health care for homeless Veterans.
Claims & Appeals
Use your phone for check-in, travel claims
VA offers easy patient check-in and travel reimbursement by phone.
Health & Care
The history of addiction treatment at VA: Part 3
Post-Vietnam VHA hospitals introduced new treatments for addiction, addressing the challenges faced by Veterans.
Health & Care
Home-based heart care helps Veteran
Army Veteran George Dale credits VA’s home-based heart care for changing the course of his life
Health & Care
VA launches Veterans Health Administration reorganization
VA announces intent to reorganize the management structure of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), with the goals of improving health care for Veterans, empowering local hospital directors, eliminating duplicative layers of bureaucracy and ensuring consistent application of VA policies across all department medical facilities.
Health & Care
VA to improve health care choice and quality for Veterans with new community care contracts
VA released a request for proposals for new community care contracts that will improve health care choice and quality for Veterans over the next decade.
Homelessness & Housing Support
Once homeless, Veteran now steers others toward stability
An Orlando Veteran helps other homeless Veterans achieve stability with the help of bicycles. A VA Homeless Program allows Veterans to bridge the gap.
News & VA Updates
A sanctuary of music for Veterans with dementia
Music can have a positive impact on Veterans facing dementia.
Health & Care
Veteran credits VA for turning his health around
After years of substance use and mental health struggles, Army Veteran Jim Williams champions the great health care and benefits VA has to offer.
News & VA Updates
Navigating a challenging road after stroke
Veteran Chris Scott recounts his road to recovery after a hemorrhagic stroke.
Health & Care
The history of addiction treatment at VA, Part 2
Civil War and early 20th century Veterans faced addiction, underscoring America’s first and second opioid crisis.