VA to consider medical management of symptoms in determining disability ratings If a medication or treatment lowers a veteran's disability level, the rating will be based on the lower level, according to a new VA regulation.By Patricia Kime9 hours ago
VA restores gun rights to some disabled veterans The VA announced it will immediately stop reporting veterans to the FBI’s national background check database if they need a fiduciary for their finances.By Patricia Kime11 hours ago
Robert Duvall, ‘Apocalypse Now’ actor and Army veteran, dead at 95The Oscar-winning actor died at his home Sunday in Middleburg, Virginia.36 hours ago
During WWI this sailor saved his fellow mate from noxious toilet fumes — earning him the Medal of HonorThe German emigre did not think twice when rescuing his fellow sailor from the gaseous byproduct of human waste. By Jon Guttman2 days ago
How chocolate became one of the US military’s most important WWII rationsIn 1937, the Army approached the Hershey Company with a blunt request: Create a high-calorie chocolate bar that's intentionally unpleasant.By Clay Beyersdorfer5 days ago
‘Reduced to atoms’: The devastating 1945 Allied bombing campaign in DresdenThe bombing of Dresden remains a controversial period in the Allied air war over Europe. By Claire Barrett5 days ago