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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vietnam veteran Jerry King holds onto his wife, Pauline, as she lifts him into his wheel chair at their home in Anna, Illinois.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has fully launched its pilot, announced last year, in which it's distributing 1,000 iPads to family caregivers of veterans loaded with 10 specially-created apps.

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to extend benefits through 2028 to veteran caregivers who faced removal from a VA program that provides them health care and compensation. The VA announced ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has a very popular program that pays a stipend to those who care for post-9/11 veterans, often family members. In 2018, Congress revamped it to include Vietnam-era ...

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The Department of Veterans Affairs rolled out its fiscal 2025 proposed budget Monday, a $369.3 billion plan that would increase spending for medical care, infrastructure, women's health, benefits ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A long-awaited plan to give caregivers of severely wounded Iraq and Afghanistan veterans some extra help was unveiled Wednesday by the Veterans Affairs Department with few specifics ...

Ron Anderson quit his job to become a caregiver for his father, Lee, a World War II veteran. He candidly shared that, after his mother, Lee’s wife, died, he had a very challenging, yet extremely ...

MARION, Ill. (WSIL) -- The Marion VA held two events to honor those who care for our local veterans on Friday. Dozens came out to attend the Caregiver Resource Fair and the Caregiver Celebration on ...

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has been a strong advocate for expanding VA caregiver benefits to more generations of veterans. "When someone is injured in war, we say ‘We’re going to take care of them ...